THE AGGRESSION SCALE

     RAY WISE  DANA ASHBROOK  FABIANNE THERESE  RYAN HARTWIG

MOBSTER BELLAVANCE (WISE) HAS JUST GOT OF PRISON AND IS LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO STOLE HIS MONEY.  HE SENDS FOUR OF HIS HENCHMEN, LED BY LLOYD (ASHBROOK), TO FIND THE MONEY AND THE PERSON.  THE SEARCH LEADS LLOYD TO A FAMILY OF FOUR, WHOSE KIDS, LAUREN (THERESE) AND OWEN (HARTWIG) END UP HAVING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM THE HENCHMEN.  OWEN HAS SOME EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, NEVER TALKS AND HAS A HISTORY OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR, WHICH HE USES TO FIGHT OFF THE BAD GUYS.
THE DIRECTOR DESCRIBED THIS MOVIE AS "HOME ALONE MEETS RAMBO" AND THAT IS AN EXCELLENT ANALOGY.  OWEN SETS UP TRAPS AND OUTSMARTS THE BAD GUYS THROUGH OUT, SOME OF IT BELIEVABLE, SOME NOT.  LAUREN, WHILE NOT AS INNOVATIVE, ALSO FINDS HER 'BAD SIDE' AND HELPS OWEN IN THEIR FIGHT. 
THIS IS A VERY VIOLENT AND BLOODY MOVIE.  THE BAD GUYS DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, AND THEY DO IT "LOUD AND MESSY" AS INSTRUCTED BY BELLAVANCE. 
ASHBROOK, AS LLOYD, WAS VERY MENACING AND SCARY TO WATCH.  HARTWIG, IN NEVER TALKING, MADE OWEN BELIEVABLE AND VERY CREEPY.  AND THERESE, AS LAUREN, STARTED OUT BEING A BIT IRRITATING, BUT BY THE END I WAS ROOTING FOR HER AS MUCH AS OWEN.
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THIS MOVIE.
RATING  3 out of 5