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Michael O'Keefe 2012-05-20 16:48:33

Stark discovery in the Spanish woods.

A bit strange, but THE BACKWOODS will grow on you. If you are a GaryOldman fan, you will be pleased. An English couple played by Oldman andAitana Sanchez-Gijon)decide to holiday in Spain. To be exact, to checkout the family property he bought in desolate woods. Invited along area bickering couple(Virginie Ledoyen and Paddy Considine), who arereluctant to be there in the first place. As the men are out huntingthey discovery an abandoned home, where they find a young animalisticgirl chained inside. They take her back to their cabin with intentionsto take her to the authorities. Tension builds when a group of rurallocals arrive armed with shotguns looking for the frightened child. Apowerful performance turned in by Oldman. And Ledoyen I found strikingand very easy to watch. Also in the cast: Lluis Homar, Kandido Urgangaand Andres Gertrudix.

BuffaloVic 2012-05-20 04:01:27

Atmospheric and stylish piece of genre cinema

Saw this at a film festival in Dublin recently and really enjoyed it.The film is an obvious homage to Peckinpah, right from the openingcredits. I thought it was very well shot, the film looks great inwidescreen photography. There is a nice ominous atmosphere captured bythe director and a real 70's feel to the film. There is also a verygood cast, it got me thinking, how did a small Spainsh film attractsuch good actors? The one complaint I would have is that the script waslacking a bit. The dialogue felt a bit forced, almost as it if wastranslated from Spanish and then when spoken in English it seemed to bemissing something in the translation. It just did not come across asbelievable at times. On the whole though there were far more positivesthan negatives and I would recommend this film to fans of genre cinema

samo68 2012-05-13 05:34:32

Full of clichés and very disappointing

This was one of the movies I saw in Cannes last month during the filmmarket (it was not part of the festival, which is different) andpossibly the worst movie I've seen in a while.The trailer showed promise. The only reason I went to the screening wasbecause of star Gary Oldman. After the movie ended, myself and mycolleagues wondered out loud why Gary Oldman decided to do this empty,shallow movie which was full of clichés and obvious homages to Leoneand movies like Deliverance that don't amount to much. A chance to playin Spanish maybe ? That is the only mystery we have in this movie : whydid Gary Oldman do it ?The performances of most of the actors were good except for VirginieLedoyen who still has not showed that she can play more than one style.I wished the producers had chosen a better actress who has depth andmore chemistry with her co-stars. She was by far the weakest actor ofthe 5 main actors in this movie. Paddy Considine was good as herhusband. I'm always impressed by Considine's performances and here hewas the actor that gave the most impressive performance out of themall. Gary Oldman and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon were effective as the othermarried couple. Except for Homar, the rest of the supporting Spanishcast seemed like amateurs doing their first movie.This is a movie about incommunication and the effects, butunfortunately that theme never gets fully developed. Besides theperformance of Considine, the only other good point of this movie isthe cinematography. Everything else about this movie makes it more suitable for viewing asa direct-to-DVD instead of in the theatres. The people I work with didnot buy the movie and no one in our company recommended it or felt itwas worth it. I don't think Filmax sold it to anyone at the market.Oldman and Considine are good, but 2 good actors are not enough to savea bad film. I miss seeing Gary Oldman in good films and hope he makes smarterchoices in the future. Now I will have to wait for the next Batman tosee Oldman in a good film.

Richard Virga 2012-05-12 16:17:17

Okay, here's why it gets a ten

First, what's wrong with it. Aside from Cohen's wonderful song, thesound and music were poor and didn't add anything. The cinematographywas not particularly inventive or inspiring.But still a 10.Why?Okay you have to catch what this excellent writing is up to.The twist at the end is pure and righteous symmetry.It's about justice and revenge, an atypical and furious interpretationof right and wrong. It's got a piece of The Unforgiven about it.It posits that some things just can't be fixed, and that the penaltydoes often indeed involve even more suffering of the innocent.All the acting is excellent. The direction is excellent.The writing is difficult, twisted, demanding, and wonderful, hard tograsp at first, hard to at first grasp, even at the end. But withinit's own pained logic of warfare, just.The heroic transformation is really spectacularly fierce in that thedelivery of justice and punishment requires such a high price to bepaid by the destroyed innocent, and the hero, that it at first doesn'teven seem like justice.... but it sinks in, that it is.Sure, it has deliberate echos of Deliverance, but it's actually muchmore sinister and indirectly more disturbing, not just to personalsafety, but to our perception of right and wrong, and justice,punishment, and revenge.It reminds me in some ways of Death and the Maiden.It could have almost been a stage piece.If it wasn't low budget and foreign, with non-U.S.-well-known writingand directing, and with higher "production values", it would have madebig stink here.Or maybe not. Us Americans are often so dull about clear winning andlosing, that they get lost in movies like this. Our loss.Oh, and I want to thank Gary Oldman for taking a shot at this. Iwouldn't have known about it or seen it with him, and I thank him forroping me in!God only knows what great stuff I miss from not having the time towatch everything! I wish I could clone myself and have them watch itso, I would have reviews I could trust! ;)

Coventry 2012-05-10 17:10:08

Lost in Spain

I'm seriously confused about how to properly write a critique on "TheBackwoods" without being either overly negative or positive, butnevertheless express my respect to the cast and crew for the film theyintended to make. This is a genuine throwback to the era of 70'sexploitation film-making, with a truly grim atmosphere anduncompromising violence, but at the same time it's completelyunoriginal and derivative. I've read an extended interview withwriter/director Koldo Serra, in which he declares that he doesn'tunderstand why so many horror movies are being remade nowadays eventhough the originals aren't open for any kind of improvement. Thatmight very well be true, and Lord knows I wholeheartedly agree withsuch a statement, but Serra goes so far in 'bringing homage' to theoriginal classics that he practically copies them as well. "TheBackwoods" isn't a remake of any existing 70's flick, but it easilycould have been, since it bluntly borrows elements from "Deliverance","Straw Dogs" and "The Wild Bunch". Cleverly set in the year 1978, so that the script at least didn't hadto take into account malfunctioning mobile phones and navigationsystems losing their signal, "The Backwoods" revolves on two couplesspending a little vacation deep in nearly impenetrable woods of theSpanish Basque region. Paul, the oldest and wisest of the four, boughtthe old house of his grandmother there and wants to show the beautifulregion to his wife and friends. After some very unfriendly welcomingvibes in the local bar already, the quartet faces the ultimateconfrontation with the primitive backwoods community when Paul andNorman discover a neglected young girl chained up in a hidden cabin.The girl is the outgrowth of a humiliating family scandal, and thelocal patriarch Paco so desperately want to keep her existence secretthat he mobilizes the rest of the locals for an old-fashioned manhunt."The Backwoods" is an uneven mishmash of a film in which downrightpowerful sequences are altered with dreadful clichés and predictableplot twists. The gritty and relentless atmosphere of 70's survivalflicks is marvelously re-created, but the script doesn't have thecourage to genuinely shock the audience with twisted little details orperverted undertones like they did in the old days. The filminglocations are stupendous and the producers managed to attract afantastic cast (including the brilliant Gary Oldman and VirginieLedoyen). It's really a shame this film doesn't feature anything trulyunique, because I really wanted to like and recommend it.

2012-05-10 11:33:00

thinking man's horror/thriller

a lot of bad reviews on here for what is a well-directed suspensefulold fashioned horror- thriller. Maybe, people needed a commentary toexplain to them what was going on and even though the ending was alittle ambiguous, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Gary Oldmancontinues to surprise and amaze me, this was actually the first time Ihad heard him in his native tongue since "nil by mouth" as he is alwaysdoing a range of accents but then he broke out in perfect Spanish,another string to his bow. As many have already said, this is a crossbetween deliverance and the hills have eyes in the basque country. Itsa story about backward locals, years of possible inbreeding and ancientcultural traditions that foreigners from more civilized parts don'tcomprehend and regrettably decide to take the matter into their ownhands. My one gripe is the fate of gary oldman, he was the dominantcharacter in the movie, so its crucial to know if he did die or not,while its assumed he did, if so, the way he surrendered was completelyout of character to what we had seen in the previous hour. This aside,All the native actors were superb and the taut direction kept thesuspense going, there was no need for any Hollywood effects or an OTTmusic score, the backdrop and the incessant rainfall did the job,sometimes the best way of doing things are the simplest.

yokurdan 2012-05-02 04:31:18

Wellcome back to 70's!

Finally a movie with all that 70's taste. Reminds me a mixture betweenPeckinpah, Friedkin and Yates. The fear sensation it's really welldone, and Gary Oldman drives clean into Spanish, and into Spain... I'venever listen anything before about Koldo Serra and for sure I'll keepcontact with his cinema. Serra controls time like he's been alwaysshooting with a camera since he was young. Tension is always lookingfor you in the middle of the deep forest were the characters are...Deep characters in weird land, real introvert feelings and nothing easyfor people who likes to see typical Hollywood films. And with all thisyou have to think that is Koldo's first movie! Hard, strong, bright,scary work for your first time master!

dunmore_ego 2012-05-01 13:45:32

Even in Spain, there's a Deep South.

Shades of STRAW DOGS and dabbles in DELIVERANCE, THE BACKWOODS is anexploration of deep south justice - in Spain.Two Brits with their European wives holiday in the backwoods of Spain,Paul and Isabel (Gary Oldman and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón), and Norman andLucy (Paddy Considine and Virginie Ledoyen). The two men go hunting oneday and come across a malformed little girl chained prisoner in adisused, ratty hovel.It's the freakiest scene in the movie. Obviously this little girl isbeing kept alive by someone - so though we fear her "crazy flipperfingers" (she sure plays a mean pinball), we must fear even more thepeople who are keeping her like an animal.Paul and Norman never think of this, and remove her to Paul's rusticcabin, intending to take her to a hospital. Let the moral ambiguitybegin...The villagers come a-lookin' for the little girl, suspecting that Pauland Norman know something they're not telling. They're right, ofcourse. But are the villagers right in their treatment of the girl?Should the British couples just walk away, turn a blind eye and leavethe villagers to resolve their own sociological problems? After leadingPaul into the woods, the villagers go STRAW DOGS on Norman's wife,Lucy, who "asked for it" quite explicitly by walking into the local barupon her arrival in town, wearing a see-through dress.THE BACKWOODS is an uneven production, alternately slow-moving andriveting; the malformed girl and STRAW DOGS rape scenes are compellingand wondrously violent, while the character studies of the two Britishcouples trying to rejuvenate their flagging marriages are not so.The villagers have a point when they continually warn that theoutsiders should not have stuck their nose into Backwoods business.Resolution is not how Hollywood would have liked it...--Review by Poffy The Cucumber (for Poffy's Movie Mania).

JoeB131 2012-05-01 21:14:40

Slow moving plot, weak performances

Okay, we all know the plot of a movie like this. Some sophisticatedcity folk go out to the country and are set upon by local inbreds whoproceed to rape and kill them.They retroed the movie to 1978, because if set today, the heroes wouldcall for help on their cell phones and the story would be over.This movie also had the worst set of fake and bad accents I've seen.Besides Gary Oldman effecting a British accent, we have the two women,whom you can barely understand. (Fortunately, the direct to DVD releasehas subtitles.The movie is ponderously slow. The story is unoriginal and you don'treally like the characters.

sillyboho 2012-05-01 07:44:02

creepy and riveting

i enjoyed this movie immensely, even though some bits were hard for meto watch. the near-rape was hard, but it wasn't gratuitously shot. itreally showed a degree of separation between the man and woman involved(between the man and woman i forgot about the rapist) the characterization was incredible. i HATED one of the men in thismovie so much, i am still seething with hate for him days later. atfirst i also hated his wife, but the relationship between the twobecame very clear through the course of the movie. Gary Oldman is great in this. it is not a role i have seen him playbefore, and i didn't like the character much. though, in comparison tothe other characters, he was a paragon. i had sympathy for the Spanish men, i understood them, there is notreally a bad guy in this film.

fwomp 2012-04-24 13:32:03

Say It Ain't So, Mr. Oldman!

Oh say it ain't so, Gary Oldman! Having been a fairly big fan of Mr.Oldman (even having enjoyed his performance as Zorg in THE FIFTHELEMENT), I've come to expect a certain level of entertainment from hisfilm choices. Not so here.Gary Oldman (HARRY POTTER films) stars as Paul, an Englishman onholiday in Spain's backwoods with his wife and another couple when theyrun afoul of the locals who are hiding a young girl away in what seemsto be sickening conditions (they find her tied by the ankle in adilapidated home drinking from a dog bowl). "Saving" the girl, theybring her back to their distant cabin and learn that some yocal-localsare looking for her ...and their carrying rifles.Hiding her away, the English vacationers quickly learn that the nearbytownship will do whatever necessary to retrieve her ...including rapingor shooting anyone who gets in their way.Probably the biggest issue with this film is that it has no purpose,and flings about in uncertainty up to and beyond its horrible ending.It is never explained why the girl is tied up in the first place (shedoes act like an animal and the audience is left wondering if she weresome sort of mentally handicapped kid or a hybrid human-canine, or evena werewolf ...but none of these are ever explored in any depth).The acting is so over-the-top that I often wondered if the scenes weresupposed to be taken seriously or were designed for laughs.Regardless as to intentions, THE BACKWOODS should remain on the extreme"back shelf" of all DVD rental stores ...if stocked at all!

jorgemad 2012-04-23 23:03:10

Garý Olmand's best performance of the last years

I'm surprised to read the comments on the movie ob that page. KoldoSerra is probably one of the most promising young directors of Spain. I would say the only bad thing of the film it's the script writer'swork.Mr. Serra did an amazing work with such a weak script. Actor'sperformance is just perfect. I have not seen such a great performanceof Gary Oldman in the last five years. Paddy is really well directedand I would remark Aitana Sanchez's performance, just incredible. The film has been selected in the San Sebastian International FilmFestival. I heard in Cannes the movie has been sold all over the world,I cantwait the movie to be released in USA con I can see it again!!

Rathko 2012-04-19 05:39:41

Forest of Darkness

Sometime in the 1970s, two Englishmen and their Spanish wives hope toovercome the difficulties in their relationships with a vacation at afamily home in rural Basque country. When the guys go hunting andrescue a young girl held captive in an abandoned farmhouse, it's only amatter of time before the locals come looking for her. 'Bosque deSombras' clearly takes Peckinpah's 'Straw Dogs' as its model, exploringthe same themes of power and masculinity through a sexually provocativewife and her weak and ineffectual husband. Only the psycho-sexualdynamic is played out against the unspoken backdrop of Franco'sdictatorship instead of the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, thesesocio-political underpinnings, which made Peckinpah's 1971 classic sopowerful, are lost in 'Bosque de Sombras' not only through the lack ofany real sense of the era but a reluctance to define the characters inthe broad strokes necessary for political commentary. Even the attemptitself begs the question: just how relevant is a critique of theinsular superstitions of Franco's Spain? So we're left with a prettyroutine genre thriller of backwoods crazies running amok. The cast andcrew do an excellent job (particularly the always brilliant Oldman),the forest locations are beautifully ripe and foreboding, and the movieis suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining, but any attempts to achievesomething greater are ultimately held back by a screenplay that daresnot deliver on its thematic philosophy.

2012-04-18 17:19:20

Flawed but entertaining throughout

If you enjoyed films like 'Deliverance (inbred hillbilly folk hunting down tourists)' and/or 'Straw Dogs (wimpy man tired of being pushed around finally learns to grow a pair and protects his woman)' then 'The Backwoods' is right up your alley in delivering a stylized 1970s-esque action thriller set in the Basque hills of Spain. Keep in mind that this film isn't meant to cater to the Euro art house cinema crowd. This flick is a slice of pure, B-grade genre kettlecorn that would actually fit in quite nicely as part of a Tarantino Grindhouse double feature. Also of note - this disc has ZERO extras save for a handful of LionsGate trailers. The 5.1 mix is surprisingly robust. Video transfer quality gets a 7/10 from me. Definitely give this film a rental - at the very least!

2012-04-17 14:11:42

Don't Play In The Woods!!

I admit it. I'm a sucker for a Gary Oldman flick. Just show me his name on the screen and I'm there, ready and willing. Gary Oldman is the bomb. But more importantly, he takes chances and that's exactly what he did with this film.THE BACKWOODS takes place in Northern Spain in 1978. Two couples are vacationing together, each in different stages of their marriage. The realism between Norman and Lucy is raw, there are moments I wanted to look away, the intimacy, the pain felt so real. The characters are fleshed out excellently before the "real" pain begins.Norman and Paul go on a misguided hunting trip in the woods and stumble on a seemingly abandoned house with a horrible secret. Locked away inside is a feral child chained and in rags. The child has deformities and has suffered tremendously, judging by her reaction to the men. Rather than leave her there to possible starve, since there wasn't any food in the shack, Paul decides to take her back with them. He reasons with Norman that they can feed her, clean her up and then take her to the police. And perhaps Paul's plan would have worked, except for the group of violent Spanish heathens who show up on his doorstep, determined to take back possession of their property. When the inevitable clash occurs, ill-fated choices are made, sad attempts at redemption and the grudging respect between two enemies.But even more surprising is the character development of Norman, the layers that strip away till the naked core is bloody and bruised.THE BACKWOODS won't be everyone's cup of tea. Everything isn't nice and neatly wrapped up at the end. I have to admit, the ending was a bit shocking for me, something I didn't see coming. But the film delivers. The atmosphere, the moodiness, the beautiful scenery, meaty characters that you can relate to, all this makes THE BACKWOODS a superior film experience. If you're wanting to veg out,rest your brain and not think, then this isn't your film. However if you want something to haunt your dreams and quite possibly your waking hours as well, THE BACKWOODS is the one. Come on, let's play in the woods.

2012-04-16 23:22:31

a family's hidden shame leads to a torrent of violence...

With some solid acting performances, The Backwoods (2007) is a tense and edgy thriller with some dark undercurrents swirling beneath the surface, as newcomers to the Basque region in Spain, run afoul of some the locals. The year is 1978, and Paul (Gary Oldham) has invited his friend Norman (Paddy Considine) and his wife Lucy (Virginie Ledoyen), who are having marital problems, to come to his home located deep in the woods for a visit. Paul's family was originally from the area, and he has moved there to live with his wife Isabel (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) who is Spanish. Paul himself speaks fluent Spanish, and tries to be a hospitable host, though he often comes off as a condescending know-it-all, talking down to Norman. While wandering through the woods hunting, Norman and Paul run across a cottage, break in, and discover a young girl with deformed hands, imprisoned inside. Returning home with the girl, Paul decides to take her to the nearest village, and turn her over to the police. While on the way, a distracted Paul slams his SUV into a tree, forcing the group to return to the cabin. The following day, a group of men with guns arrive at the house. Their leader Paco (Lluis Homar), says they are looking for a missing girl. Paul joins the search party intending to lead them away, and tells Norman to take the girl to the police. Norman however, decides to stay put, lying to the women about what Paul told him to do. This is a decisive point, as from here Norman takes charge of the women and little girl, while Paul matches wits with Paco, who knows more about the situation than it seems. Violence soon erupts, as Paul brutally drowns a man, while Norman employs his shotgun, and heads into the woods with the women in an attempt to reach help. The film's ending is somewhat confusing and perhaps unsatisfying, as the child is saved, but things do not conclude in a neat and tidy manner, and there are jagged holes left for the viewer to fill in. The situation between Lucy and Norman deteriorates under stress, and becomes one of the key elements. It's a point of discussion, whether they have any future together. Directed by Koldo Serra, Backwoods has some impressive cinematography, and some strong acting performances, particularly by Gary Oldman, Lluis Homar, and Paddy Considine. The story while fairly credible, does unravel at the end, and the unconventional finish may be unsettling. The action sequences are mostly very well done, and except for the terribly clichéd standoff at the end, pretty realistic. Rating: 3.5 stars)

masherlarni 2012-04-09 04:54:05

decent watch, better than straw dogs by far.

no need/unfair to berate this movie for being similar and not as goodas straw dogs. its a good film in its own right. great ending as well,brilliant. nice little twist. liked the way i began to sympathise withthe french family as well, until the final scenes of course. one thingi am always frustrated about is when people do stupid things like crashinto trees when they're trying to escape from the bad guys, but i don'tthink I've seen a tense drama or thriller that hasn't frustrated me inthis way before or since i watched sexy beast. I've seen straw dogs butcouldn't get into it at all, ended up switching it off after about 35minutes. i think because it was made so long ago i'm 36 it put me offright from the start. straw dogs production was also much more lowbudget and shabby. backwoods gripped me from start to finish. could bebecause i like oldman, but id say its much better than straw dogs if iwas forced to compare or recommend one of them. this isn't one of myall time favourite films but was much better than i expected for alittle known french film that i only hired because it had gary oldmanin it. i was pleasantly surprised and definitely glad i watched it.

Alborozo 2012-04-08 15:12:23

Could someone explain the boycott campaign against this movie?

I enjoyed the movie last week at its Premiere in Madrid. It was verygood. A very interesting piece of film art, where the picture is madeof a good fusion of beautiful images, ominous silences, sparklingsounds, mature musics, good acting, rhythm, great photography, etc. Avery good tension is achieved in the film and even though the story maybe somehow known in the history of the movies (there are confessedprior references) is this time treated differently and with a brighteye which captures your eye and grasps your attention from the verybeginning. All actors bright in the movie, specially Oldman and Homar,although all the cast is really convincing (mention also Ms. Ledoyen,Ms. Sánchez-Gijón and Mr. Considine).It is not a perfect work of art (art is as such impossible ofperfection) but is a real work of art.For that reason, I cannot really understand (yet there may be a reasonwhich may not be so difficult to explain, such as an explicit boycott)how so many people voted so low for this movie, ... and they did iteven before it was officially released!! I hope now the public can makeaccurate and sincere voting without any particular economic interest orprejudice.I do really recommend it to all the people interested in good movies.

Steve Nyland 2012-04-08 15:08:14

Delivers The Deliverance

I've got a weak spot for hicksploitation thrillers about dementedcrackers hunting humans out in the sticks for fun. Here's aninteresting Spanish made variant of the formula with a few interestingtwists and an appropriately somber, amoral ending. Because it's aSpanish made production that dwells on the tragedy of the story it'snot quite the guilty pleasure fun of the classic OPEN SEASON (1974),lacks the poignancy of DELIVERANCE (1972), and doesn't come close tothe barbarity of STRAW DOGS (1971), which are the films it is mostobviously patterned to resemble. If you are looking for a contemporaryfilm that homages those, look no further.I checked the spoiler warning just so I could complain about oneelement of the story, though I will leave it as a surprise for thosewho do choose to seek this movie out -- which I do recommend. Butthere's one scene where a major character resigns himself to anunwholesome fate and the direction sets it up to suggest that hemanages to escape it somehow. Which turns out not to be the case,making the moment into a fake red herring of sorts: If you are going toset up a surprise ending, why fake the audience out and not spring thesurprise? The film's premise is solid: A group of Anglo tourists travel back toGary Oldman's family estate in the outbacks of Spain, two couples thatis and naturally both of the women are attractive. They stop at a localpub long enough to rip off the scene from STRAW DOGS about Americancigarettes, and then move into their hunting cabin, constructed by aset designer who had studied OPEN SEASON for hints on how to dress theset. The men then set off on a hunting expedition inspired byDELIVERANCE, and quite by accident stumble upon a most disturbingsurprise, a young girl apparently kept captive in sub-human conditions,and debate whether to take her to the authorities.They take the waif home & clean her up, then the next morning the localSpanish hicks show up, armed to the teeth, and ask if they have comeacross a young girl who has gone missing. Interesting. There's a lot ofmelodrama about the couples being somewhat dysfunctional and someappropriate machismo posturing, and before you know it the two groupsare waging war in the forests. Which includes an obligatory homeinvasion sequence that was particularly distasteful as it objectifiedone of the women in a way that was profoundly creepy by keeping herhalf clothed & sort of inviting the mind to fill in the rest. Eitherthe director was trying to keep it classy & misfired, or he's even moretwisted than one might think.What the film has going for it is the unique Spanish scenery and anon-conformity to formula. The ending is anything but what you'll beexpecting no matter how many of these "humans hunting humans" thingsyou may have seen. It's also exceedingly well made with someinteresting musical contributions by Leonard Cohen, who is apparentlyquite popular in Spain, and some impressive widescreen cinematographythat alludes to various Spaghetti Westerns at times. The main gripe Ihave with the flick is that it lacks a sense of humor or the sly witthat gives OPEN SEASON especially it's legendary status as a cultfavorite. THE BACKWOODS is merely twisted + emotionally devastating bycomparison, and while there's nothing wrong with that it's probablygoing to be one of those films you should see once but probably won'tneed your own copy of, because it's such a total downer. A good downerthough, and for fans of Gary Oldman a must see.6/10

piperian396 2012-04-07 17:46:53

Worse movie I've seen in years

This movie has to be one of the worse movies I've ever seen. The plotseems to start all of these mine story lines but does nothing withthem, all of the characters are poorly developed, the main story linemakes absolutely no sense, and it just plain isn't scary.I'd avoid this one at all costs, there was absolutely no point inseeing this movie. It had a bad plot, bad characters, bad direction,and mostly bad acting.But on a somewhat good note, I have no idea who Gary Oldman is, but hemost certainly had a very good screen presence. His acting isn't toogreat, but I think it is because he was not given a character to actout. But he definitely is talented.Overall a just plain bad film.