Vacancy (2007)

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I was a total grump about seeing "Vacancy." Mostly because of my dislike of Luke Wilson. I don't get the sensation surrounding him or the other Wilson. One is blonde and boring and the other is brunette and boring...I wonder if when they get together with friends they all just sit around and yawn. But I digest...digest the savory vision of Kate Beckinsale in anything. So my initial relationship with "Vacancy" was literally one of love and hate. But guess, what...it's kind of a good movie Wilson or not.

Amy (Kate Beckinsale) and David (Luke Wilson) are on a long drive home from Kate's parents anniversary party. They left as soon as possible because acting like a happy couple who hadn't lost a child and aren't getting a divorce was too much for either of them to bare. Amy and David spit lots of acid at one another as David drives them further off the interstate and gets them lost. They almost hit a raccoon which forces them to pull over at a almost deserted looking gas station sitting next to a just as lonely looking hotel. Luckily there's a nice young man (Ethan Embry) that's very willing to take a look at thier engine and get them on there way. The unhappy couple gets about a mile further down the road when the engine totally craps out and they have to walk back to the hotel/gas station which gives them ample time to shoot more barbs of loves labors lost at one another.

When they arrive at the lobby of the hotel loud screams are issuing loudly from the managers office and Amy is ready to bolt, but David rings the bell anyway. We meet an odd, maybe a ...

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