"The Lodger" is not so much a film adaptation as director David Ondache completed the ceremony of paying tribute to Alfred Hitchcock with this directorial debut .
The plot layout is an obvious dual clue mode, one clue is a cat-and-mouse game between the police officer and the killer, and the other clue is the thrilling affair between the landlady and the mysterious The Lodger. David Ondaqie's skills in the old mystery are not bad, and he is also very good at rhythm and suspense. For example, the landlady's affair with the mysterious The Lodger is close to small details, in the first reaction at the end of the film. In the twist ending, it was echoed. And the second open ending that followed, pushed the story to a climax. The male protagonist Alfred Molina's down-and-out police detective style is also quite interesting, with clear eye lines, and the identity of the middle-aged man is very convincing
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