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‘Lakeview Terrace’ Signals The Inevitable Death Of Samuel L. Jackson And The Surprising One Of Neil LaBute

What could be safer than a cop living right next door!? I mean, really, WHAT COULD BE SAFER??!?? Oh, but the irony! That’s the hilarious new premise of “Lakeview Terrace.”

Oh Samuel L. Jackson, for so many years you have teetered on the edge of self-parody, and yes, you’ve insouciantly danced on that pitiful precipice for years now, but now my friend, you might joyfully soared into the stratosphere with this move. With “Snakes on a Plane,” you began an all out mission to make sure no one would ever take you serious in a role again, and we think this years “The Spirit” may have cemented that. Now you do take on this joke, and we’re certain you’ve finally put the sturdy nails in the coffin.

But wait, this dreadful looking evil-cop next door/ race drama is being directed by none other than Neil LaBute, the playwright known for, if not great, then extremely polarizing personal dramas (he’s a tad overrated in our book, but he has done some decent work). What the fuck! Seriously?? Run out of decent ideas? ”Terrace’ looks terrible and laughable, and it only straightens the thesis that Jackson has become a fucking one-note cartoon.

One must note, LaBute didn’t write this one, but he’s been faltering in recent years (he didn’t write “Nurse Betty” either, but that ruled). He did direct and co-write the “Wicker Man,” with Nicolas Cage, but then again, that one is so fucking unintentionally hilarious, it’s kind of reverse awful. How the semi-mighty and at least respected have fallen.

‘Terrace’ stars Patrick Wilson, and Kerry Washington as a biracial couple that move in next door to a L.A. cop (Samuel L. Jackson) who has a problem with their marriage, and quickly moves to drive them out. It is set for a September 17th release date and looks like it will come and go without any fanfare, but who knows, maybe, maybe this is just an subversive comedy lying in the wake just ready to sink its ridiculous claws into your irony membranes.

Watch: “Lakeview Terrace” trailer

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  1. I saw the trailer for this last night when I went to see Tropic Thunder and for a second I thought it was a part of the faux trailers I heard so much about. Especially when it broke out into that song around the 1 min 20 sec mark.

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