The Occupant

I see this as a Spanish parasite. Every time Javier intrude his old home it gave me anxiety on whether he's gonna be caught. It is a riveting psychological thriller on a man who do anything to gain power, with awesome performances.

Good character building, great editing and commendable performance delivered by Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez who plays the protagonist... but it is not appeasing and the climax is quite distressing and then it is as dark as it gets... it is not a Hollywood cliche and not made for mass kind movie .. a dark psycho thriller that you would want to watch I love Lucy or friends before you go to bed :-)

Xavier Gutiérrez is a very good actor, and his acting is credible; unfortunately the plot it is not. Second half of the movie is a series of embarrassing and obvious situations which, on the other hand, have been badly done.

Spanish thrillers are quite something. The moral code might feel off for many and there is quite the wrongness to a lot of things happening. But the moviemakers do not judge, they just tell. And sometimes that means as a viewer you don't know which direction the movie is going.

Also it is quite evil to make us feel sorry for a character who is not "good" by a long shot. Having said, the story is quite entertaining and our main character is intriguing. We get his struggle, but do we also get his decisions and actions? That is up to you to decide ... but the movie itself is really having you on the edge of your seat. Someone wrote the movie him anxiety ... without even reading the whole context, I totally get it. This is not easy and mostly not pleasant (in a traditional sense)

Very nice and entertaining suspense story that manages to combine a very simple plot of ambition with an atmosphere of continuous anxiety seen from the point of view of the villain.