This movie is good for watching while folding the laundry or doing some other mind-numbing monotonous task.Other reviewers have pointed out lapses in logic which I won't repeat here ... except the part that really gets me is ... why does the barista/cashier write "Dela"'s name on the cup if she hands it right to her? Things like this drive me crazy. Though obviously this detail was pivotal to the plot line of DelLa becoming increasingly irritated to the point at which she becomes a raving homicidal maniac.I did enjoy the various dispatchings of the ethnically diverse gang members via the Magic Red Toolbox. Would've been better if they were even bloodier! And I kind of feel disgusted at myself for thinking that the quasi-sex scene at the end was HOTTTTTTTTT. Poor Chuckie! Ending scene was pretty rad though predictable. This movie probably should have stayed as a story, short and sweetly bloody.Among "bad" horror movies (which deserve their own rating system), I'd rate this a 4/10. Among all films ever made, bad-mediocre-good, I'd rate this a 2/10.

So this was supposed to be a thriller, but I found myself laughing most of the time while watching this super stupid movie. This movies is like "Scary movies", thriller and funny. OK, so this movie is super X 10 times stupid!! I don't want to write much of a review, but couldn't resist myself from pointing out some of the demented scenes created by the director.1. A mall, which is so busy at night that a parking space is impossible to find, all of a sudden turns so empty as if it was a graveyard.2.When Kim was escaping from the mall, instead of going back to whatever place she came, she ends up going to the most remote place on planet earth. There were cops too on the way to the mall, but she decides to go to the MARS. 3. What is that red tool box?? lol.......lol.....give me a break!! Why on earth that box?? Many other reviewers have already told a lot about that box. Actually the name of the movie should be "The Red Box" lol 4. When 4 thugs are chasing you, and you have woods in front of your eyes, then what would you do? Right! you would run to your last breath and probably would reach to the farthest end of the woods, but Kim ends up running around the thugs again and again and.........again. 5. Why on earth that Kim's 'pee' scene???!!! The director was so artistic that she covered even the minute details. 6.The young moron thug starts acting like a 150 IQ genius.......He knows how to mark trees, he is even so sure that Kim is around him (in that 100 acre woods) that he talks loud to himself and says "I know you are here".....lol 7. The musical tribute to the dead acquaintance was super hilarious. 8. The abrupt sex scene in the end was out of this planet. I guess Martians feel a burst of sexual desire when they kill 4 people and when their own a** is on fire. This is completely logical for Martians. I am not sure about the folks living on planet earth. 9.Instead of hiding into the woods, she sometimes takes a stupid tool from her Red Box, and jumps to kill a thug like Rambo. 10. Finally when she kills all the thugs, she starts for her home (she doesn't care to tell the cops on the way that she just saw 5 dead bodies, 4 were her own contributions!)This movie is funnier than any of the Scary Movies. Please watch it if you wish to laugh for hours.Beware, despite it's hilarious nature, this movie could be injurious for some people. (and potentially fatal as well).

While there are many who look upon the movie as a hackneyed thriller with a poor ending, I see it as a strong statement on domestic violence, specifically, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). The flick is rife with symbolism but I think that the most emphasized one is the parallel drawn between the meaningless violence Della (the central character) is subjected to by some mindless, psychopathic, freakish strangers on the streets while she was out and the meaningless abuse that Della's own husband subjects her to while she is at home. The few hours that she is out fighting against the freaks to save her life, to get back to her home, help build up the attitude in her to not submit to a similar situation at home. And, we see that in the end, Della brings her life back into her control, by putting an end to the criminals...both outside her home and inside. So, I liked the script for this symbolism. Kim Basinger's performance is awesome as usual.

The genre of suspense films really takes a dive in this one. The big problem is IMPLAUSABILITY. I realize that you need to create difficult situations which would cause suspense and the tense feeling of whats going to happen next, but this movie was so predictable, and is just not believable. I find that the more I watch this kind of movie, the more I am continually saying things to actors to direct them away from danger. Continually making bad decisions just borders on being plain stupid. If they took the time to make it more realistic, I might have enjoyed it a little. Having said that, you might be better off staying away from this one.