This film is about a home attack. A group of youths hold a couple of parents under siege while they wait for their son to return so they can "teach him a lesson".I can see from other reviews that people found the film boring and waste of time. I felt this film in some ways was too real, it made me feel very anxious all the way through. When the boy returned and the youths disappeared with the lad to what we assume was his bedroom, you could hear the noises that he was being attacked. For me it is worse then seeing it as your imagination can run wild. It is definitely an urban horror and left me feeling very disturbed. I will never watch it again.I gave it a 5/10 as I guess it did horrify me so done what it said on the tin.

One of the worst films I have seen. The cast is made up of a stereotype youth gang that break in to the house and stereotype middle class couple, I would say family but you don't see the son until the very last few scenes when he has been beaten to a pulp. There is no plot, watch this film and you will just watch an event not a story. Basically it was like watching a Crime Watch reconstruction (without the budget).The husband was a really annoying character, fortunately for most of the film he was tied and gagged, when he eventually freed himself he took on the persona of a Black Adder character.I am not sure why I watched the film until the end, I rarely do this with a film that is so poor. I guess I was expecting a twist or at least an exciting ending but no, the film did not deliver. I suppose you have to give the film the credit for captivating the attention of at least one person.I have ticked the box to say that I may have given away some of the plot in my review. However, I am only writing this review so that you don't spend your valuable time watching this trash.

Cherry Tree Lane is this year's Eden Lake, with an ending just as shocking and abrupt. The film is confronting and the most raw home invasion film I've seen in years. The film starts out pretty simplistically with a slow boil pace, with an older couple that is settling down in their home for the evening to eat dinner. In a moments time they hear their door bell ring and what any person would do they answer it. Thugs burst through and demand their son who isn't there, they then duck tape them and wait helplessly bounded. The film is such a nail biter because the viewer for most of the time doesn't know what's going to happen next and when it does it's off screen, but you hear the horror and that is even more disturbing. The film boils over into one harrowing conclusion; it makes you think how far would you go to protect your family? Just like such films as Eden Lake and Funny Games the performances are subtle yet powerful. The actors that play the troubled youths are a real standouts and you get to know a little about them and their flaws, than them just being figures of fear. All of the actors are pretty much unknown, which is a plus because you don't as high of expectations regarding their acting. Everything flowed in a tense, natural, gripping matter that made the viewing experience a mostly effective one.Director and writer, Paul Andrew Williams has already established a pretty promising career so far in this genre, with films like London to Brighton, which I really want to see now, and his other works such as the pretty decent but not great The Cottage and the very solid and chilling, killer kids flick The Children, which he wrote the story for. I'm pretty excited about what he is going to come up with next because every new film seems to be very different and slightly better than the last. He knows how to create suspense, confronting drama and how to meticulously build suspense and terror. He then mixes it together with a dab of dark humor to effecting results. Keep an eye on him! Overall, the film treads on a tired formula and doesn't have as much action, chaos or scares as some other more superior home invasion movies. The ending, though it kept me on the edge of my seat clutching the arms of my chair in anticipation of what's to come, left the viewer out cold of what the next move of the film will be. The conclusion bothered me because you don't really officially know the outcome. That being said Cherry Tree Lane is one of the most provocative British crime/thrillers I've seen in a while even though it's not that original.6.9 out of 10

You know that feeling when the film suddenly stops short, you're left with no closure or satisfaction, and as the credits start to roll you begin to wonder why you watched this movie in the first place? This movie leaves that you with that awful taste after watching it. The majority of it takes place within a living room, alongside mindless distractions and unnecessary violence that prolongs an end to this horrid movie; the plot seems to be going no where. And you're continually wondering when this slow, drawn-out buildup finally leads to a climax or resolution, but it is very anti-climatic.I would describe it to the likes of a teenager's first sexual experience; awkward, the other never feeling satisfied or seeing a climax, and a long sigh of disappointment immediately after.