Just as good as all the other home alone movies. Brilliant acting and awesome original story

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist is a TV movie and the fifth installment of the Home Alone franchise.It stars Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar and Eddie Steeples.It is the second film of the franchise that does not focus on Kevin McCallister but rather a new kid in Finn Baxter.Despite having new characters and a new setting,it pays several homages to the first film.

The Baxter family moves from California to Maine.Finn is somewhat suspicious that the house is haunted with a ghost.Later his parents and his sister leaves the house and got stranded across town,Finn finds himself all alone at home by himself and he has to defend his home against three thieves.

While this is probably better than the third and fourth mediocre film of the Home Alone series,I felt that it is time to end the series.After telling the same story and providing nothing new,then it is time put an end to the franchise out of respect to the original film,which happens to be beloved by many viewers around the world.

The Baxters move into their new Maine house for the mother's new job with her boss Mr. Carson (Edward Asner). They don't know the house once belonged to a bootlegger with a rumored valuable missing painting. Older daughter Alexis (Jodelle Ferland) don't like the move. Younger son Finn is always playing his video game. He discovers a walk-in safe in the basement and befriends neighbor Mason who warns him that his house is haunted. Sinclair (Malcolm McDowell),Jessica (Debi Mazar) and idiot safecracker Hughes (Eddie Steeples) are thieves looking to sneak in and steal all the valuables.

There are lots of great actors especially the bumbling villains. I'm actually surprised but I guess that even Malcolm McDowell needs to eat. The lead kid is not good enough and a little too old for an adorable role. It's not all his fault. There is no comparison to the fun of the original. By the time the iconic home-made traps appear, it becomes a sad copy rather than a fun homage. This movie is completely flat with no actual humor. The great actors can't do much other than collecting paychecks.