Before Keanu Reeves arms up for John Wick 2, he'll have another, very different kind of fight to win. Earlier this year at Sundance, Eli Roth debuted his latest thriller, Knock Knock, which stars Reeves as a cheating husband who gets more than he bargained for in two sexy, and very dangerous women.
Lionsgate has dropped a new international trailer for the film, which co-stars Lorenza Izzo and Ana De Armas as the two femme fatales who seductively set their twisted plan into motion. Here's the synopsis:
Evan Webber (Keanu Reeves) is living the dream. Just look at his beautiful, successful wife, his two wonderful kids, and his truly stunning house—which he designed himself. Of course he did. Things are going so well, Evan doesn’t even mind spending Father’s Day alone while the rest of his family heads out for a beach weekend. And then there’s a knock on the door.
The two young women (Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas) standing on Evan’s doorstep are where Evan’s dream takes a nightmarish turn. Given co-writer/director Eli Roth’s well-deserved reputation for creating cinematic discomfort, it should come as no surprise what happens next: Things get weird, and then dark, and then much, much, much darker. But this is no splatter film, so Roth keeps the horror nice and psychological as Evan’s life—and house—get ripped apart, piece by beautiful piece.
I'm intrigued to see how Roth handles material like this that, seemingly, requires a bit more nuance than he's accustomed to. This is definitely a promising trailer so hopefully we'll get a release date soon.
