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A remake of the Hong Kong film Jian Gui (which was
released back in 2002) this is yet another creep fest in the vein of The Ring and The Grudge.
You know the drill : nice American girl haunted by jerky looking
shadows and pale Asian girls with panda eyes and hair that needs a good
ol' fashioned combing.
The flick follows Jessica
Alba
(who, despite being incredibly hot, just can't act to save herself) as
Sydney, a blind violinist who is given the chance to see for the first
time since childhood through a miraculous corneal transplant.
Modern medicine - amazing isn't it!
However
just as soon as Sydney begins to adjusts to a strange new world of
shapes and colours, she begins to experience haunting and frightening
visions of death itself capturing doomed souls and dragging them away
from the world of the living.
Admittedly, that is a tad freaky.
Even
if Sydney just assumed seeing her room burst into flames was 'just part
of the norm' (because... how would she know any different?) it's still
quite a lot to take on board. Soon, she becomes so terrorized by it all
the poor girl enters the brink of insanity, leading to an investigation
into whose eyes she has actually inherited and what the secret visions
even mean.
As with most Japanese thrillers, the basic concept
behind the story is actually quite cool and potentially frightening.
And, yes, early on in the flick there are quite a few creepy moments -
but by the halfway mark it all gets a little convoluted... and slightly
annoying.
There is an audience out there for this stuff, and while it isn't up
there with others in the same genre - it does it's job.
At
the very least, it gives teenage boys an outlet to see Jessica Alba in
some skin-baring situations... and when it comes to horror movies, that
is all you can really ask for... or want.
DVD EXTRAS
If
you survive watching the entire film and haven't fallen asleep by the
closing credits, I find it hard to believe anyone would still be keen
on checking out Deleted and Extended Scenes which weren't
interesting enough to make the final cut.
But to each their own I guess.
Also included are a few Featurettes (again, worth it if only to see
more of Alba's cute grin) and a Theatrical Trailer.
Conclusion:
Movie 60% Extras: 55%
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