100 Feet Movie
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Till Death Do Us Part Wasn't Enough
A young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband - a violent NYC cop - in self defense) on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence. Her late husband's partner keeps tabs on her from a patrol car parked across the street, hoping she'll violate probation and he can send her back to prison. But the 100-foot radius her ankle bracelet allows isn't the worst of her problems. Her dead husband —now a malevolent ghost—is still in the house, where he died — intent on savage revenge.
| Famke Janssen | Marnie Watson |
| Bobby Cannavale | Shanks |
| Ed Westwick | Joey |
| Michael Paré | Mike Watson |
| John Fallon | Jimmy |
| Patricia Charbonneau | Frances |
| Kevin Geer | Father Pritchet |
| Evelyne Kandech | Patrolwoman |
| Kembe Sorel | Patrolman |
| Tibor Pálffy | Homeless man |
| Ken Kelsch | Garbage Man |
| Eric Walkuski | Shocked Guy |
| Eric Red |
6.60 out of 10 (85 votes)
Visitor Reviews
If I were you, I'd wait until this is in the dollar rack at Wal-Mart.
posted on 10 Aug 2009Although this movie wasn't unbearable, it came pretty close. The plot needed work, along with... Well, everything. It seems that someone had an idea for some decent special effects and built a movie around that, and the special effects weren't even that great. Marnee kills her abusive husband out of self defense and is put on house arrest as opposed to spending the remainder of her sentence in jail, she is condemned to be within 100 feet of her household which proves to be a problem when her dead husband begins haunting her... And by haunting I mean trying to kill her. She can't leave the house or tell anyone, and of course she befriends the boy who delivers her groceries and well, let's just say her dead husband isn't too happy with where the relationship goes... Well, plain and simple... The movie sucked, the ending was cheesy, it was cliché and the special effects needed work... It had potential though, really, it did.
Could have been so much better!
posted on 06 Aug 2009Well, this movie has the right kind of crew that can work in order to create effects that leave a lasting impression. They have the creativity that can produce scenes which genuinely surprise you and scare you. With this talent, they could have made a very good horror movie that would have gone down as one of the best. But they fail miserably in the overall plot development and scripting department and this is where the movie suffers a downfall.The movie's central concept is quite unbelievable. Here is a lady who has been abused for years and years by her husband. And her complaints to the police have not been taken seriously. Eventually, the husband is killed by her during an act of self defense. She is placed under house arrest. To ensure the house arrest works, there is a device attached to her ankle with a receiver in the house that triggers an alarm if she goes more than a hundred feet from the device. Great concept! But the whole reason that led her to the mess, the way the husband's ex-partner looks down at her and yet voices out his concern when he sees her bruised and beaten, is simply not believable. There are some well done, scary scenes in the movie. But the actions that lead to these situations are simply unbelievable. The complete ignorance of her wounds, her very survival after taking a beating that she does take, her stupidity to use a grater to get rid of her wedding ring and more importantly the overall plot and the ending are simply too many negatives that simply undermine all the beautiful work done with the scary scenes. This movie is worth one watch. It has some good scares. But the story and the plot overall are miserable.
All in all,
posted on 25 Jul 2009I thought this was a decent movie. The story line particularly made this title more appeasing to me. A lady kills her husband in self defense after being beaten for years? I like this only because this a real scenario that happens all to often, and the women in punished for it. Even though eventually the husband would probably kill her anyways. I like the fact that she is on house arrest which gives the story a certain twist. The scenes are suspenseful and make you clench your teeth and jump at certain times. The characters are done well and the story moves at a decent pace. There was some really good gore and some particularly scary parts which were also done well. As for the end, what can I say, after all the horror movies that have been made endings are harder and harder to do. This movie was great up until the end, and even the end was not that horrible, it was still kind of bad enough to make me reduce my rating on this movie. All in all, worth the watch, but probably wont be a favorite.
Horror meets thriller in new Famke Janssen movie
posted on 15 Jul 2009Saw this at a film fest in Germany and its really not a bad horror drama. Marnie Watson (Famke Janssen) is released from prison but has to serve the rest of her sentence under house arrest. This is the same house in which she killed, in self defense, her Police Officer husband Mike Watson (Michael Paré).Plot wise this movie falls a little bit flat. There is no explanation to all the events that occur in this film. Shanks seems to take a very strange interest in Marnie. Even to the point of parking outside her house and watching her day and night. But there is no real reason for this, he has a hunch that perhaps Marnie didn't kill Mike. The acting overall was fine, I quite like Janssen and she played this part well. Although I thought she was very calm considering the circumstances.Directed by Eric Red, who I knew little about. When I checked it appears he has done other films, things like Cohen and Tate, and has quite a few writing credits. There are some nice well done scenes in this film, a few jump type moments but nothing really scary. There is one quite horrific scene in the bedroom when the ghost of Mike takes a dislike to Marnie's new beau. The effects were done well, though a little bit over dramatic at the end.This is a Horror/Thriller but I would say leans more to the Horror genre than Thriller. It could have gone more down the Thriller route, and there were enough plot lines running through to create a decent Thriller.All in all it was an enjoyable film that held my interest, but left me asking more questions than it answered.
Stay Away!
posted on 16 May 2009No spoiler disclaimer necessary since I could only bear thirty-five minutes or so of the drivel that was "100 Feet". Apart from my distaste for the genre, which might not necessarily preclude liking a well-presented horror-thriller film (e.g. "Aliens"), I can only agree with the wording stated in my vote, "awful". Awful in its stupid, and practically non-existent, dialogue. Awful in the ugliness of the characters and their behavior toward each other; the contemptuous cop, the crude, unappealing protagonist (lovely? not even very pretty), her sibling, her haughtiness a hoot. Absolutely inane in its purported horror effects. Disgusting in its crass attempt to be socially relevant. Of course, the sociology was entirely off too, in that way that stupid people (the screen writer? Was there a screen writer?) have of getting things wrong, the sister referred to what could only be a very pricey, very desirable Park Slope(though they got off the highway at Brooklyn Heights. Details, details...)brownstone (they go for $10 million these days)as a rat invested dump! If you could sit through such idiocy, I think you are dumbing yourself into insensibility. I advise you to try hard to raise your intellectual and aesthetic standards! Don't misinterpret my disdain: Movies are popular entertainment and do not have to be either intellectual or profound; they can even be a little dumb, a little lowbrow; but they must not be as bestially idiotic as "100 Feet," or we're all doomed. That would be a terrible special effect.
Tripping At The Finish Line...
posted on 12 May 2009100 feet is an openly aggressive film that does well to keep your pulse pounding all the way up to the flat line ending. I enjoyed the idea behind the story and for the most part felt as though it was well portrayed. Several times you find yourself having to stretch your imagination in order to play along but nothing I would consider a deal breaker. I highly appreciated the amount of time and attention spent on the gore effects. On the other side of that coin a little more time and effort put into actually frightening the viewer would have been well received. Sadly this is a film that would have ranked much higher had the ending not brought the momentum to a stand-still. As is, still a decent flick.
Death doesn't do us part after all... Phoooey...
posted on 06 May 2009Mental note: anything developing from such silly a premise cannot redeem itself no matter what. And a silly premise it is. Abused wife kills abusive husband, lands house arrest sentence and a nice 100 ft. radius to do stupid things in throughout the movie. While spousal abuse is no laughing matter but the people who made this managed to turn it into one by mixing in the late husband's ghostly return to his old habits, a kid-next-door who's got the hots for our leading lady and an overprotective cop who used to work with her husband. Doesn't make much sense, does it? Well, tell that to the screenwriters. All in all, we have one dubious looking hologram-like up-to-no-good ghost, some poltergeist to make for a few faint scares every now and then and your mandatory sex scene to account for having cast a former Bond Girl who seems hellbent on picking awful parts and do away with any slight chance to jumpstart her career in the process. I gave this movie 2 stars for this one scene where a guy gets mauled to death. Yes, I know it's been done to death - hehe - it's just the only thing here that stood out. Sort of. Mental note #2: anything starring Michael Paré, even if it's the aforementioned hazy thing, couldn't possibly be worth my time. Better make that a sticky and slap it on my desk.
Within 100 feet of his wife, an abusive husband is not quite ready to cross over
posted on 20 Apr 2009By far one of the best entries of this years "Screamfest 08", Eric Red's "100 feet" finds a young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband - a violent NYC cop - in self defense) on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence. Her late husband's partner keeps tabs on her from a patrol car parked across the street, hoping she'll violate probation and he can send her back to prison. But the 100-foot radius her ankle bracelet allows isn't the worst of her problems. Her dead husband --now a malevolent ghost--is still in the house, where he died -- intent on savage revenge. The acting, story telling and scary moments are nothing short of outstanding. With terrific performances by Marnie Watson and Bobbie Cannavale, this ghost story is not to be missed. Intense, startling and down right scary, you will leave the theatre with renewed faith in the horror genre. reviewed for entertainmentfilmnews.com
Hey Hollywood... take notes!
posted on 06 Apr 2009I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Maybe more than I should have. It's amazing how this film could keep me interested when all I expected was to enjoy 90 minutes or so of Famke Janseen on my screen. She delivered a really good performance, naturally... but the highlight of the film was the ghost himself. Very scary stuff. I got goosebumps at every scene and that's hard to say with the recent garbage out there these days. As far as characters... well done. You ever watch those films where every line is like a narration for the audience? As if we're all dummies? Well, there's no instructional dialogue between characters here; it's just plain as day and straight to the point. Eric Red is really good director as well, I'll be looking for more of his work from here on out. Great effects, great story, I can only take off points just to be unbiased. I'm impressed. Hollywood should step back and take notes. This is how it's done. Stop stealing ideas from Japan and Korea. Use 100 Feet as a blueprint and you'll sell more tickets you hacks.
Not a good use of my time!
posted on 04 Apr 2009I really wanted to enjoy this film, but try as I might I couldn't find anything to endear me to it. Wooden acting, lack of depth to all of the characters, gaping plot holes, poor special effects and laughable direction made this one of the poorest movies I have seen in ages.Famke Janssen is a great actress who usually brings depth and enthusiasm to her roles but her performance throughout the movies seems to lack effort and she seems permanently embarrassed and uncomfortable.The actor playing her dead husbands partner (Bobby Cannavale) looks the part, but also doesn't seem happy in the role, or committed to the part.The movies relies on tried and tested means of scaring the audience, which unfortunately fail as we have seen them all before.Not recommended.
Too long - too light to make a story
posted on 15 Mar 2009I just finished watching this movie. I did something I very seldom do: fast-forward watching. Langweilig, boring. Repetitive. The idea is not too bad, some lines are actually good. But where is the story? I mean the way it was written and directed it could have been a lot shorter, and gain some deepness. It could have been a "Alfred Hitchcock presents" kind of movie, with a little more suspense and less -very poor!!!- special effects. I do like the way Famke Janssen acts, she has presence and intensity. Such a pity that there is no text for her part. It's not like the topic doesn't give great opportunities though... I find Ed Westwick promising, but to make a difference still needs something more that the very sexy cuteness. As I didn't see him in other movies, I must say i am quite ignorant and cannot make any assessment. Bobby Cannavale gives as much as he can to a part that is actually underestimated. Good actors don't make a good movie, needs script, direction, and may be a better definition in the "genre"
Simply enjoyable...
posted on 07 Mar 2009"100 Feet" tells the story about Marnie Watson (Famke Janssen) who is released from jail and held under house arrest for murdering her abusive husband, who worked as an NYC cop and violently battered her on numerous occasions. She is put on house arrest by her husband's best friend and fellow cop (Bobby Cannavale). However, she soon realizes that her husband's violent ghost haunts the house, and he intends on getting his revenge.100 Feet sounds and most likely looks like a remake of an Asian movie. The Asian horror department consists largely of ghost stories, so 100 Feet could easily be mistaken as a remake. However, it isn't, which is refreshing after the recent lame remakes of "The Eye", "Shutter" and more recently, "Mirrors". It's a straight-forward movie which is entertaining from the start to the end. There's no mysterious character who holds the key to stopping the ghost or creepy little girls - not that these are bad things, 100 Feet just didn't need any of that because it's a really simple flick.The acting was really good, and it was great to see Famke in another horror movie, considering the last one she did (House on Haunted Hill) was nearly 10 years ago. She was believable, likable, but with a bitchy edge and made sure the vicious ghost wasn't going to hurt her anymore. Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick was also good as Famke's young lover, and Bobby Cannavale nailed the role as the typical, tough NYC cop. Michael Pare plays the ghost of the husband, and even though he's CGI throughout most of the movie, he does a good job as the vicious, angry wife beating ghost.100 Feet has a great location, and I loved the setting of the house. It was dark, old fashioned and not somewhere where you'd want to be staying for two years, especially with your abusive husband's ghost trying to kill you. The chills are used effectively, and whilst I didn't find the movie scary, I am glad they didn't use a lame jump scare every five minutes (cough, The Eye remake, cough). I also thought the idea of the movie quite original. I mean, killing your abusive husband is one thing, but for the ghost to haunt you and continue to beat on you, is quite a disturbing position to be in!The finale was entertaining and explosive, there's a very bloody and violent death scene in the film and I didn't really have any problems with 100 Feet. Whilst it's not a perfect movie or a masterpiece in film-making, there's no doubt that 100 Feet is a great, simple ghost story which you can just sit back and enjoy. Great acting, good location, some chills and violence and overall, a very good little ghost tale. Check it out.7/10
A Ghost of a Movie
posted on 03 Mar 2009**SPOILERS** Put under house arrest for the killing of her abusive policeman husband Mikey, played by a shadowy and extremely out of focus-in being impossible to see what he really looks like-Michael Pare, his battered and abused wife Marnie, Famke Janssen, never expected to run into him with the exception of visiting, which I doubt that she would, his final resting place in the Greenpoint Cemetery.It's when Marnie was back in the family home, in Brooklyn Heights, with an electronic ankle bracelet to monitor her every move that Mikey came back to life making her life a hell on earth! It's Mikey's partner Shanks, Bobby Cannavale, who's job it was to keep an eye on Marnie who felt that Mikey's death was murder not self-defense which Marnie always insisted it was. Not letting her even come up for air, in just stepping outside the house, Shanks does everything he possibly can in order to make Marnie's life miserable. But as things were soon to turn out whatever Shanks did to Marnie was nowhere as miserable as well as deadly as what her dead husband Mikey has planned for her!It soon becomes very obvious to Marnie that the house she's staying in is haunted by Mikey's ghost. Even though dead Mikey still has it in for his now widowed wife in her killing him when in fact she stopped him cold, by running him through with a kitchen knife, when he was about to murder her. As for the late Mikey's former partner Shanks he obviously had known the truth behind Mikey's death all along. In that Marnie called the local police station, that Shanks worked out of, at least a dozen times to complain about her husband beating her with getting no help at all!Things get even worse for Marnie when she develops a relationship with the local grocery delivery boy Joey, Ed Westwick, with Shanks suspecting that Joey, a convicted felon, was the person who actually murdered Mikey. Shanks feels that Joey is threatening Marnie who, in Shank's mind, knows that he murdered her husband and wants Marnie to keep her mouth shut about it! It's Mikey's ghost, by being Johnny on the spot, who knows the real reason for Joey infatuation with Marnie and in the end, out of sheer jealousy, does a number on the love-sick teenager by flinging Joey-as if he were a rubber ball-against the walls celling and floors of the house! After being bounced thrown and flung all over the place a blood spattered and crumpled up Joey ends up both dead and in pieces.Desperate to cleanse the house of the evil of Mikey's presence Marnie after finding a cache of dirty money, hidden there by Mikey in the basement, contacts a local Catholic Priest the highly respected Father Pritchet, Kevin Geer, to do an emergency exorcism on it. To Marnie's shock the what seemed like God-fearing Father Pritchet for reasons known only to himself, which aren't that hard to figure out, takes off with the dirty money that's a result from corrupt cop Mikey's payoffs, from neighborhood pimps and drug pushers,and leaves her cold in refusing to exorcise the house from the evil that dwells inside of it!***SPOILERS*** It's when things get completely out of hand with Mikey now feeling fully confident in his invincibility and coming out into the open, where we actually get to finally see what he looks like, that things start to suddenly turn against him. But by then even Mikey's partner Shanks fully realizes that Marnie was telling the truth about Mikey's evil intentions not only towards her but everyone else who knew about them like himself! It's then that Shanks decides to do the right thing but with Mikey's Ghost now bearing down on him, as well as Marnie, does he still have any time left to do it!
Strongly recommended to watch
posted on 01 Mar 2009I don't like American horror films (japanese either) normally because i personally find stupid that a ghost can do more than alive. So what! Am i gonna have ultra mega special powers like Mr. Petrelli moving furnitures, becoming invisible, being everywhere at the same time, having 1000 horse power and flying, after i am dead? Especially in my religion ghosts are less powerful than humans. Anyway: this film is a little bit different from other bunch of horror films. It is worth to watch it. Here again, a simple husband ghost has God's power but you will never be able to expect to find a weak wife here. :) The girl took my applaud for the first time after i watched scaring and running silly girls in other films. She is decicive, cool and sure. Also, i like the way the story proceeds. You will never get bored. Take popcorns and a drink and watch it one breath.
A very entertaining horror movie
posted on 19 Feb 2009I started to have interest on filmmaker Eric Red's career in the 80's,thanks to his work as a screenwriter in Near Dark (which may be my favourite vampire movie,by the way) and in The Hitcher.Then,in the 90's,he made solid works as a director in films like Body Parts and Bad Moon.Unfortunately,some legal trouble in which he was involved kept him far away from cinema for various years,but I am glad to see that he is back with 100 Feet,a very entertaining horror film which may not be great,but which is pretty intense and is endorsed by a solid performance from Famke Janssen.This movie works very well as a tense supernatural thriller which builds up the tension in a solid way for finally leading into an extravagant but satisfactory ending.As I previously said,Janssen is very competent on her role.Her performance is credible and realistic on every scene.The rest of the cast is also good.The always entertaining Bobby Cannavale totally fits on his character of a New York policeman.Ed Westwick and Michael Paré are adequate on their roles.Something which also deserves to be mentioned is an extraordinarily grotesque scene of violence.That will be a delicious moment for any fan of gore (like me).There are some fails on this movie.For one side,while almost all the jump moments are well constructed,there are a few which are a little bit cheap (like the one which shows the cat jumping).And a few elements feel forced.In spite of that,I had a very good time with this movie.I recommend 100 Feet with confidence and I hope Red will not last another 12 years for bringing us his next movie.
Simple but effective
posted on 12 Jan 2009100 feet is a movie about a woman who is placed under house arrest for killing her husband. Sweet deal for her you might think, no more prison. Unfortunately not however as her husbands angry spirit remains in the house and is seeking revenge for what she did.....I sat down to watch this movie with zero expectations and was actually pleasantly surprised. The acting while not spectacular is pretty good, the special effects are mostly believable and there's a couple of nice gory bits to satisfy your blood-lust (if thats your thing!)In short, what you get here, is a simple, enjoyable horror flick that does very little you haven't seen before but does it well. Certainly better than most of the other crap horrors coming out of Hollywood lately. 7/10
A Good ghost story, but not a perfect one.
posted on 07 Dec 2008In 100 Feet, Famke Janssen plays Marnie - a woman who is finishing out a three year sentence (For killing her ex-husband, Mark, in self defense) by returning to her home. Back at home, Marnie is now confined with an ankle bracelet that gives her a 100 foot radius to move about, and no further (Or the police show up). Bobby Cannavale portrays her husband's former partner in the NYPD. He was very attached to his partner, and holds an extreme grudge against Famke for what he feels was an unjust murder.Soon after returning home, things get very bad, very quickly, as the apparition of Marnie's dead husband shows up to exact revenge. Plates fly, as does Janssen, and soon, Cannavale is even more attune to the situation, assuming she's up to no good. Where the film goes downhill is mostly due to the computer generated ghost that is Janssen's husband. When CGI is used exclusively to create a character in a live action movie, it can really put a damper on things.You don't feel as though characters are in danger until blood actually begins flying due to an invisible force. The only real thing left is the fire (Something the director was quick to point out)... and if fire upstages characters in a movie, priorities aren't where they should have been.Ultimately, this is a good ghost tale with unexpected and surprising gory moments, and it partially makes up for the recent shortage of American ghost stories on screen, but it isn't perfect.
Highly Recommended for Fans of Ghost Story
posted on 30 Oct 2008After seven years and fifty-two days in prison, Marnie Watson (Famke Janssen) returns to her old house in Brooklyn, New York, under the house arrest condition for the next six months. Marnie was sentenced for killing her abusive and brutal husband, the policeman Mike Watson (Michael Paré), in self-defense and she must wear an electronic brace around her ankle that allows her to move in a 100-foot radius in the house during her probation. Mike's former partner Shanks (Bobby Cannavale) takes Marnie under his custody, stalking her from his car, expecting her to violate the limits of the electronic device and send her back to prison. Sooner Marnie discovers that she is trapped in the house with the fiend of Mike that has not moved on and is still in the house seeking revenge against her.I am a big fan of horror movies and Famke Janssen, and "100 Feet" was a great surprise for me. This ghost story has an original theatrical screenplay supported by the acting of this gorgeous Dutch actress and some decent special effects. I believe that fans of this genre will not be disappointed with the plot. My only negative remark is with the bad conclusion, with the explosion of the ghost and Marnie able to leave her place without any money, documentation or friends and her picture on the front page of the news, but traveling somewhere by bus. She had only six months sentence to be a free woman; Shanks could help her during the rest of her probation; and her house might have an insurance policy. This good movie deserved an alternative ending. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Refém do Espírito" ("Hostage of the Spirit")
That thing in Donald Trump's head is scary...this isn't.
posted on 22 Oct 2008The movie had potential but as it goes on and the story unfolds, it tends to be a bit tiresome and the scares and the chills just wasn't there. The supposed ghost of the husband of Famke's character, Marnie didn't deliver the thrills. I've seen much more scarier things in real life than a CGI concocted vague image of some rotten dude trying to kill his wife. Another thing that seemed a bit odd was the premise of a ghost that can physically hurt and in Ed Westwick's case, kill a human being. Now, I'm not into the whole supernatural thing but I'm pretty sure ghosts can't do that. They're dead, they can't kill people when they're dead, that's just silly. Famke Janssen, from a big-budgeted film X-Men playing an iconic comic book character has been reduced to playing battered housewives in low budgeted horror movies. Such a shame really.
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Underrated, i should say.
posted on 26 Aug 2009Lets just say that Famke Janssen does a great acting job in this movie! She can really pull of being the lead roll. The special effects where mediocre and the story was kinda weak. Still, for being a ghost/spirit movie on a tight budget, it was awesome. 100 feat is scary, but still kinda sad, since she gets the cold shoulder from everyone, and she have to re-live her beating over again. And i just have to say, it should stand: Horror, thriller AND drama.Soooo, i have to give it a 7. Well written movie and her role seems to act realistic if you know what i mean. (she is one we can relate too, kinda. Not just a dumb blonde who falls every time someone is chasing her)