“The Silent Thief” (2012), by Jennifer Clary, is a curious
thriller, set in Malibu, where radical hospitality goes wrong.
Before Cody (Mile Henderson) goes away to college, his
parents invite an apparent British orphan of the same age, Brennan Marley
(Tobey Hemingway) to live with the family, to help out with income.
Cody meets him, and feels suspicious before going away. Brennan seems to have some issues and behave
like a mooch. His problems begin to
surface when one of Cody’s weightlifting buddies Alex (Josh Pence) makes a
sexual advance on him.
Then, we see Cody watching a video he shot of his past
crimes, where he apparently had victimized Doug Edwards (Reid Ewing), shown as
an attractive “hippy” in silent black-and-white cameos.
Brennan eventually tries to take advantage of Cody’s being
in the closet, and to arrange a gradual drowning of Alex.
Perhaps the film makes a remote comparison to “The Dark
Place” (Dec. 2, 2014). There’s a touch of Hitchcock, too, maybe “Rebecca”.
I’m not sure I buy the ritualistic and watery ending.
The film (Jensev and HBO) can be rented HD on Amazon for
$4.99, and $3.99 on YouTube, couldn’t find it on Netflix.
Picture: Beach near San Clemente, my picture, 2012.
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