The Aggression Scale
A brutal home invasion flick meets Home Alone as a bunch of petty criminals pick the wrong house, especially when the family's youngest happens to be something of a specialist in particularly hostile survival techniques. How and why this sulky kid got to this place is left to the sidelines, but it doesn't really matter as it's a matter of time before the young whippersnapper - who doesn't utter a single word - is despatching the shotgun toting bad guys in entertaining ways. A comment on the desensitised Call of Duty generation no doubt, but hey..
Twin Peaks fans will enjoy seeing Ray Wise and Dana Ashbrook crop up in two of the major roles. I also racked my brain over one of the bad guys - Jacob Reynolds - before realising it was the lead kid from Gummo all grown up.
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