Trespass

After a business trip, Kyle and Sarah Miller return to their waterfront mansion while their teenage daughter Avery sneaks out to a party. Four masked men in fake security uniforms stage a violent home invasion, demanding the contents of a high-security safe. Kyle stalls and tries to bargain to protect Sarah and Avery, while hidden tensions in the Millers' marriage and the intruders' own histories crack open under pressure. As negotiations and threats escalate, loyalties shift and survival becomes uncertain. The story focuses on fear, moral choices, and the fractures between appearance and reality, without revealing how the confrontation ends. The cast keeps the tension taut, and secrets slowly surface as characters test limits and instincts guide desperate decisions now.

Released in 2011, Trespass was directed by Joel Schumacher from a screenplay by Karl Gajdusek. The thriller reunites established stars Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman, and it was marketed as a tense, single-location hostage drama for international audiences, and distributors.

The picture opened theatrically but performed modestly, with limited box office traction compared with mainstream blockbusters. It later found a wider audience on home video and streaming platforms, where genre fans and viewers curious about the cast checked it out.

While not a landmark film, Trespass is often mentioned for its audacious premise and the unusual pairing of Cage and Kidman. Some scenes and marketing images stuck in public memory, and the movie contributes to the subgenre of domestic invasion thrillers that test morality under duress in the 2010s landscape.

Critics were mixed, reflected in an average vote near 5.5 out of 10, with praise for the central performances but criticism for a predictable script and thin character development. Themes include strained marriage, class disparity, desperation, and how fear reshapes honesty and courage in extreme situations for many viewers alike.