MOVIE REVIEW
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Chuck Zlotnick/Screen Gems
Neil LaBute completes his career 180 degrees turn into total hackdom with “Lakeview Terrace,” an exceedingly silly thriller that only proves the filmmaker’s misguided remake of “The Wicker Man” was not a fluke. The filmmaker’s transition from intelligent, controversial social satire to low-rent genre craftsmanship is very hard to comprehend. It’s almost as difficult to understand as Screen Gems greenlighting the overwrought, suspense-free screenplay by David Loughery and Howard Korder.