No Sympathy for Characters Who Fail to Hide or Run

I always wondered if this was a cultural translation error. Like when the boys are introduced at the doorway, and Ann is trying to kick them out and her husband allows them to stay. Or when they initially knock George over with a club and she doesn't just take up a club and whack back. But you're right, these are the kinds of things that bothered me. I wouldn't even have minded if they did end up dying anyway, as long as it were plausible.

The family were clearly not remotely prepared for any form of self-defense (which may have been one point the movie was making - wealthy people who are sure the world is all about their comfort and happiness and are so insulated they never give a thought to danger).

She may have only weighed about ninety pounds, but she had an opportunity in the cat-in-the-bag scene to knee Tubby in the groin, head butt him in the nose, and/or stomp on his insole, and then take away his golf club and start swinging - but she was neither prepared nor practiced and missed her opportunity.

And neither of them had any sort of home defense ready. I'm almost anti-gun, but if I were going to live/vacation someplace where there are no neighbors near enough to hear me scream, I would definitely have a land line and some sort of weapon hidden in each room.

And I know it's impossible to say how I would react in a real situation, but once abductors are in my home & have committed violence, no way do I not tell the neighbors in the boat that these two men are holding us hostage and we need help - especially since I'd now know why the first neighbors were acting so strangely.

And after watching this, I'm considering starting a code word system with my friends and neighbors - some phrase that is unique but easy enough to slip into casual conversation, which signals people to call for help right effing now!
:-D

*SPOILERS*
I actually have a theory on this. To be honest, I hated the movie because of these character errors. But then I gave it some thought. Near the end, it becomes evident that the antagonists had control over reality. What if they've been using this throughout the movie and the infamous rewind scene was actually a reveal? Maybe the remote in that scene wasn't any random remote, but one that Paul kept on him. He could have accidentally dropped it from the shock after Ann shot Peter. That could explain the failed escapes from George (Georgie) and Ann. It's hard to say exactly what else they could have done with that kind of power.