INTRUSION

US, 2021, 93 minutes, Colour.

Freida Pinto, Logan Marshall-Greene, Robert John Burke, Megan Elizabeth Kelly, Mark Sivertsen.

Directed by Adam Salky.

Intrusion is a psychological thriller.

And the person who is the subject of the intrusion is Freida Pinto, happily married to a top architect who has built them the ideal contemporary house out in desert country. She has recovered from a bout of cancer. She is a psychologist in the town. What could go wrong?

The answer is to house intrusions. In the first, a computer is taken. In the second, shots are fired and some of the intruders killed.

Needless to say, this arouses her curiosity, especially when her car is put out of action and she has to borrow her husband’s, finding destinations on his GPS, following them, making further discoveries…

There seems to be something cheerfully phony about the husband, played by Logan Marshall Greene. And, at the end, there definitely is, quite some psychological disturbances and compulsions.

Familiar material, but watchable.

1. The title? The intruders, the burglary, motivations, mystery, solutions?
2. The remote setting, the desert background, the mountains, high country? Small town, the lavish home and interiors, hospital, offices, the trailer park? The musical score?
3. Mirror and Henry and their story, 12 years married, living in Boston, his work as an architect, her work as a counsellor, the building of the house, a new beginning, the lavish house, exteriors and interiors, the plans, the secret staircase and basement? Mirror and the shower, lump, the history of cancer, her recovery? Henry, his work and skills? The sequences at home?
4. The intrusion, the stealing of the computer, the response of the police? Mirror upset? Henry very calm?
5. Mirror, at work, the cancelling of the young man, the oncologist, her results?
6. The second intrusion, Henry and his hidden gun, Meera going to the car, hearing the shots, the deaths, the young man unmasked and shot?
7. Nero, following Henry, leaving his wallet behind, the detour, the car crash? Her using Henry’s car, the GPS, going to the trailer park, the cog trailer, the envelope, her being accosted by the man at the park, the camera in the postbox? Watching the film, the man having broken the camera, buying a new one? Asking Henry, his avoiding the issues?
8. Her going into his office, the USB stick, the photos, the missing girl on the photos, her father? The dilemma about going to the police on not?
9. The housewarming party, Meera watching the tape, going to the office, finding the hidden switch, the secret door, the staircase, finding the girl tied up? Henry, the guests, single life in the office, his coming to the basement, tying up Meera? Are getting loose, untying the girl? The attempted escape? The fight with Henry? Back into the basement for the girl? Mirror and his Boston clock, her attacking Henry, tying him up, his death? Freedom?
10. Meera, selling the house, driving away?
11. A credible psychological thriller? Henry and his explanation that he was born that way, sadomasochistic drives, covering it, planning a future to foster his deviation?