Burning Bright
A tiger roaming your house can be a scary thought, but for most of us it’s more then likely not gonna happen. For Kelly Taylor (Briana Evigan) and her younger brother Tom Taylor (Charlie Tahan) this nightmare comes true. Their step dad, Johnny (Garret Dillahunt), who after the death of his wife and mother to Kelly and Tom decides to build a “Safari Ranch” on the family home. As Johnny is collecting the tiger from Howie (Meatloaf), back at the Ranch there is a hurricane approaching and he has his workers boarding the house up to protect it from damage. We Learn that Tom is autistic, when we see Kelly trying to get help from a specialist institution to help Tom, but the debt can’t be payed because of her step dad buying the tiger. On confronting Johnny back at the house, he said the money is his and that he has spent it.
When Kelly wakes in the middle of the night she notices the tiger is roaming downstairs, it now becomes a fight for survival for her and her brother. What I really enjoyed was this movies ability to build suspense and generate tension, it was done perfectly. Now I’m not sure whether the tiger was real or CGI but throughout the movie he came of as creepy, the villain was well portrayed.
Carlos Brooks, the director has done a great job, its highly entertaining from start to finish, and never slows down. Performances from everyone were great, Briana Evigan and Charlie Tahan get a thumbs up I was really pleased with the direction they went.
This is definitely worth checking out, it is a movie that works well on a simple premise. the story is easy to follow, half way through there is an odd twist that makes you go WTF but when the ending rolls round questions are answered and the ending is refreshing.
