Lakeview Terrace (2008)

Directed by

Neil LaBute

Genre

drama film, crime film, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1,162 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Black LAPD officer harasses his new white and Black neighbors because they are an interracial couple. The husband and wife struggle to defend themselves and their home from his escalating intimidation.

tensesuspensefulunsettlingmenacingclaustrophobicslow-burnanxiety-inducingprovocative

What happens

Lakeview Terrace is a 2008 American crime thriller film directed by Neil LaBute, written by David Loughery and Howard Korder, co-produced by James Lassiter and Will Smith, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington. The film follows a racist Black Los Angeles Police Department police officer who terrorizes his new next-door neighbors (Wilson and Washington) because they are an interracially married couple. The title is a reference to the ethnically mixed middle class Los Angeles neighborhood of Lake View Terrace. The film was released on September 19, 2008, received mixed reviews and grossed $44 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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