Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
Acting
Woods and Quaid chewing scenery like it's their last meal
Direction
Tony Bill finds genuine tension in sprinkler placement
Writing
Dialogue that understands how neighbors weaponize courtesy
Director
Tony Bill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This TV movie premiered during peak '90s suburban anxiety, when films like Falling Down and The 'Burbs turned cul-de-sacs into battlegrounds. It barely aired before vanishing into cable rerun purgatory.
Woods reportedly took the role specifically to play against his usual intensity—then decided the character needed MORE intensity, rewriting scenes to escalate Matt's unraveling.
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