Blu-ray Review – Ambition

While primarily known as the founder of New Line Cinema, Robert Shaye has taken a few stabs at film direction over the years, helming 1990's "Book of Love" and 2007's "The Last Mimzy." Shaye hasn't found much success behind the camera, and his streak continues with "Ambition." Looking to generate his own take on Hitchcockian suspense, Shaye doesn't have the visual chops, writing, or acting to best support whatever nail-biting reactions he's looking to conjure. "Ambition" isn't frightening, and it doesn't even want to be, registering more as a Freeform Network original where bland young characters deal with modest challenges to their sanity. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com