Arlington Road (1999)

A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly. Arlington Road is a 1999 Crime, Drama and Thriller starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack and Hope Davis. This film somehow received mixed reviews from critics and it got a 62% on Rotten Tomatoes which is beyond my mind because this film is freaking amazing it's suspenseful from start to finish, the acting is terrific especially Jeff Bridges who is amazing once again, Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack are creepy as hell and the direction alongside the story itself is really really good. The movie for me tho at least has one big major flaw which is the ending and although it was smart, different and had a beautiful twist it's the kind of ending you would see in a Saw movie or even that big twist in Prisoners. Personally i was invested a lot within those characters and i expected a somewhat much happier ending or at least something that didn't have to show that terror wins. Overall this is still a terrific film with an amazing performance by Bridges and although i wasn't a fan of the ending it's going to stuck with me forever. (9/10)

Mostly mediocre but saved by the ending.Michael Faraday (played by Jeff Bridges) is a Professor, specialising in modern terrorism and terrorist acts on US soil in particular. His wife was an FBI agent but was killed in a bungled operation. A new family moves into the neighbourhood and, to Michael, certain things about the husband of the family don't gel. So he does some investigating...For much of this movie, this was a very conventional, run-of-the- mill thriller. Even calling it a "thriller" flatters it, as it had no twists or intrigues at all - everything was out in plain sight. Then it got even worse, degenerating into mindless chase scenes.However, it redeems itself, to an extent, with a great twist at the end. But for that this would have been a total write-off.

This was an intense little thriller, dealing with the premise that your friendly next door neighbours might also just be terrorists. Jeff Bridges plays a widowed college professor who (in a gripping opening scene) comes across a bloody 10 year old boy staggering down the middle of the street. He appears to have been in some kind of explosion and Bridges rushes him into emergency. These first 5 minutes set the tone for the rest of the movie; dark, mysterious and intense with Bridges bordering on hysteria.The boy turns out to be his neighbours kid whom he makes friends with, but while having a beer in their living room he comes across some suspicious blueprints which sets into paranoia and soon has Bridges investigating into who these people really are. They seem normal enough, but... Tim Robbins & Joan Cusack play the neighbours, -what a great choice for the bad guys, giving solid performances and very atypical for terrorists which made them even scarier.Bridges does a good job too, he has a lot of scenes without dialogue, just him running around figuring stuff out, freaking out, driving fast, yelling, he does a lot of yelling and running with big facial expressions.I will say that while the whole movie was intense there were also sections that dragged, so that the pacing felt off at times.The ending was.... unexpected to say the least. I think my exact words were "holy sh!t he ----- and that just happened, wow." Very un-Hollywood, including a scary spin regarding the angle the media takes post event. 2/6/15

Do not watch this movie , It basically say's terrorism can work . Don't get me wrong the acting was pretty good , The the morals are all wrong , what are they telling our young minds . I cant believe this movie was allowed to be released . Here the really bad guy wins. the story say's if A person or group of people plans a bombing that they have a good chance of getting away with a terrorist event against our government. I can not believe that the actors involved in this movie would participate in this movie , or That the people that review all these movie's had the mindless ability to let this movie be viewed by possible sick anti government groups or individual's.Don't people remember the words copy cat ant the results of copy cat ?