Knock Knock (2015), R, ★★

Keanu Reeves sandwiched between two beautiful ladies.

Knock knock, who's there? Well, a complicated issue that is right outside an innocent bystander's house. When placed in a situation where a stranger's issue becomes your problem, the outstanding etiquette is taken ahold of that homeowner and invites the stranger or strangers in. But, this is 2015. Technology has steamrollered America by letting the whole domestic population use it to our advantage. Isn't that suspicious that strangers are just dropping into your house? Hmmm... Eli Roth (yeah, the same director who made that detestable The Green Inferno) has directed another movie with a trashy fun and erotic premise but the female characters' exploitations drives the plot into a weird and forced anticlimax that belittles the audience with frustration. There's some guilty pleasure in the movie but there's some insecurity in the end.

Evan Webber (Keanu Reeves) and his wife, Karen (Ignacia Allamand) are a normal couple doing well in domestic life. He plays with the kids a little bit before he wants to be intimate with his wife. However, Karen is concerned about the upcoming exhibition regarding her art work, as well as preparing to take their kids for a beach trip. But, ultimately, Evan cannot go because of a shoulder injury and a pile of work. The Webbers' friend, Louis (Aaron Burns), checks out the sculpture that Karen made. Later, Evan says goodbye to Karen and the kids and he is left alone with their dog.

There is a rainstorm and all of a sudden, two beautiful women named Genesis (Lorenza Izzo) and Bel (Ana de Armas), come in, soaking wet. They were on their way to a party but Genesis left her phone at home and Bel's got hers wet. Evan lets them dry off and put their clothes in a dryer as he, simultaneously, calls an Uber driver and finds the address to a party. As they wait, they start going to deep conversation about sex as Bel comes on to Evan. A little later, they get into a threesome and then trouble ensues for Evan big time.

Let's have fun! 

This is one of the most ludicrous and bizarre erotic movies I have ever seen and the first half was a little bit of fun as temptation overcomes honesty and innocence and places a man into a situation that he cannot fix. But, the twisted and fun scenes consist of the female characters trying to break his innocence and honesty by toying with him and one neighbor. But, then the movie goes downhill as the rest of the movie becomes a long anti-climax that goes on forever as he is strapped by the two female characters and part of their plan. It is like a tame torture porn sequence with not much substance at all.

Keanu Reeves does what he can with his role and gives a pretty competent performance being strapped in, per se, a vulnerable situation that is alluded to his innocence being strapped by sins that are hurting him constantly psychologically. It is a psychological ludicrous exercise of abuse that causes so much pain that he regrets letting these two beautiful women in. As for Izzo and De Armas, they have fun but their performances are over-the-top.

Eli Roth is now on the list of one of the most vile directors around right now, however, this movie was not as awful as I though because of the fun and guilty pleasures around the material. But, the material is lost as the women's "punishments" and activity that drives the plot into a monotonic anti-climax and meaningless climax that somehow frustrated me. The ending was frustrating because I actually wanted to know what Eric's fate was and how the situation would be handled. It is sort of a minor spoiler. But, the movie was fun while it lasted but becomes a meaningless tease that arrives to a forgettable and stupid conclusion.

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