ACROSS THE HALL



Julian (Mike Vogel) gets a call from his friend Terry (Danny Pino) who explains to him that he had earlier that day received a call that his fiancée, June (Brittany Murphy), has cancelled her flight. Terry had followed her and discovered that she has checked out a room in a local hotel, after which, Terry rents out the room across the hall from June believing she is cheating on him. Terry explains to Julian that, earlier that evening, he had gone to Julian's house, and finding him not home, broke in and stole Julian's gun, and that he is now "about to fuck up." Worried that Terry is about to kill someone, Julian tries to reason with Terry on the phone not to do anything, but after having no success, he tells Terry to stay where he is and wait until he meets him at the hotel in about 20 minutes. At the end of the film, it is revealed that June canceled her flight because of the more handsome Julian. They cheat behind Terry's back, but Terry finds this out when he kills June and tries to call Julian, who's cell phone was still in the hotel room that June and Julian cheated in. Terry tricks Julian into helping move June, framing him for killing her while the police storm the hotel.
"The short film that this feature was based on was far superior. The only thing they reproduced with the feature was a bad stretched out version of an amazing short film. They should have left it alone." - A. O. Scott.