Unlawful Entry came
at the tail end of the “yuppie domestic nightmare” cycle kick-started by Fatal Attraction (1987), in which either
co-workers, kids, neighbors, babysitters or whoever you think you can trust
turn out to be psychos. After a while,
the genre waned in popularity in theaters but found a permanent home on the
Lifetime channel. After a scary break-in
one night, well-to-do couple Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe decide to accept
the advice of friendly neighborhood cop Ray Liotta and install a security system. Some issues about class differences are
relevant, but mostly the film remains focused on deranged Liotta terrorizing
the couple. Liotta is so crazed from the
outset that it’s unclear how he functioned in life before this or what his main
priority is; does he really want the wife for himself, or does he just resent
rich people? All these movies are kind
of fun because they tap into deep-seated fears, but they’re also really
cynical; the message is basically that you can trust no one.
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