I kept waiting for something...anything to happen that would have been interpreted as suspenseful. Decent set up, but it failed to grab me. But Kate Beckinsale is really good-looking even without a lot of make-up and this was the first role I ever saw Luke Wilson seem to not take tongue-in-cheek to.
They passed an old woman who was just opening the door of a brown Cadillac. An old man was already sitting in the passenger seat. The car had a personalized plate with the letters “J-U-S-P-R-A-Y”. “That stuff work?” Israel said to her. “‘Scuse me?” the little old woman said, clutching her keys. “The spray. Does it keep them away?” “Keep who away?” She looked confused. “I gotcha.” Israel gave her a conspiratorial wink.
You know, I actually liked Vacancy. Even though some of it was fairly predictable, it still managed to be suspenseful to me.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS
One of the big things I did like about it was that it definitely was NOT like Hostel or any of the other "torture porn" movies that are out there. I used to have a fairly strong stomach for stuff like that, but those types of movies have really started to bother me. I liked that the violence wasn't right in my face.
How many vikings does it take to change a light bulb?
None. The light from the burning monastery is more than sufficient.