The Lodger - 2009 * *

I actually had the idea that this film was going to be a remake of the brilliantly chilling Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same name filmed in the 1920s. However, besides there being a lodger in the movie there is very little else to compare it with. Which is just as well really because it couldn't compare. A series of murders have taken place echoing a number of deaths that took place 7 years beforehand. It is up to the lead investigator and his side-kick to uncover the truths of who commited them before it is too late. Sound familiar? Well yes because you hear this sort of thing in almost every episode of CSI. The twist at the end is good and I didn't see it coming but it leaves a lot of plot holes open which is always frustrating for the viewer. Really the plot with the lodger and the whole scenario surrounding these deaths could be 2 seperate films. I must say I was more interested in the lodger and his strange behaviour than the murders.