In Their Skin - You've seen it all before (probably)

Funny Games. Cherry Tree Lane. Them. The Strangers. All part of this trend of `home invasion' films where the `nice' family is held hostage my nasty intruders in the comfort of their own home.

If you've seen any of those then you've basically seen `In Their Shoes.' Here we have the `nice' family who we are supposed to be able to relate to, being tortured in their holiday home by the `nasty' family.

Even if you know nothing about this film, you'll guess what's coming. For most of us our `Spidey senses' would be tingling when a family of over-friendly simpletons come delivering wood in the small hours of the night. However, the nice family are too nice for their own good and invite them in for tea. Big mistake.

The first half of the film is basically `character building.' We - the audience - can see the other family are basically nut-jobs and know what's coming. You can pretty much skip the first 50 minutes before the violence starts. Then, when it comes, it's all what you'll expect from a home invasion film.

If you've never seen one of these types of movies before, then you might find it pretty intimidating and scary. However, I've seen all the movies I've mentioned, therefore I've basically seen this one. The whole `home invasion' genre is currently a bit stagnant. No film-maker seems to be able to introduce anything new to it, therefore this is just more of the same.

5/10 a hard trek, a bit like unicycling to Mordor and back