Kelly brings her autistic younger brother Tom to an institution so he can be cared for while she goes away to college. When they inform her the check bounced, she calls the bank and finds out the account was closed by her stepfather. Kelly’s mother, who is deceased, put the money in the account so it could be used for Toms care.
When Kelly goes back home to confront her stepfather and demand the money back, she finds out he’s already used spent it. He bought a tiger and is going to open a safari park. The tiger is his show piece and the seller told him it’s an evil killing machine.
But enough of this tiger business, here’s a hurricane coming and the windows and doors on the house are being reinforced with plywood. Tom and Kelly head off to sleep, while her stepfather tries to figure out it what to do with the tiger.
When Kelly wakes up in the middle of the night, she finds she and Tom are trapped inside the house. Then she see the tiger walk by the stairs and panic sets in. Imagine how afraid she’d be if she knew the tiger hadn’t eaten in two weeks.
The rest of the film is the kids trying to stay alive and figure out how to get out of the house. Well, only Kelly is doing any of the thinking and hoping Tom can manage to keep quiet. The tiger can break through walls, doors, whatever is in it’s way seems to crumble in front of it. They did an okay job with tension, but you don’t have to worry too much because usually big budget movies don’t kill children.
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