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The Eye (15)
THEM, the previous film from
directors David Moreau and
Xavier Palud, found a couple in
an creepy, isolated house plagued and
terrified by barely-glimpsed things
going bump in the night.
Despite being based on an Asian
horror movie, The Eye continues the
tradition of less is more. They want to
scare the living daylights out of
audiences through suggestion and
surprise.
Here, blind concert violinist Sydney
Wells (Jessica Alba) starts seeing
strange and disturbing images after a
double corneal transplant to restore the
sight she lost in childhood.
It's no fun to turn round and find
yourself face-to-face with a faceless
corpse or wonder what that strange
shape might be lurking in the shadows
in the corner of the room.
There are fears the surgery has
tipped the balance of her mind and
neural specialist Dr Paul Faulkner
(Alessandro Nivola) seems unable to
allay her fears. It takes the help of her
older sister Helen (Parker Posey) to
bring her new, sighted life into focus.
At least, it does until the haunting
begins again and she wonders if her
new eyes are responsible for what she
sees. Who were their previous owners?
A bit like the chap who had the hands
of a madman grafted on.
The Eye is to be commended for
refusing to take the easy gruesome and
grisly route, and there are enough
shocks along the way to satisfy
thrillseekers. But for all her frantic
fiddling and startled looks, Alba's
Sydney really isn't very interesting and
indie actress Posey is given puzzingly
little to do.
Stars: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola,
Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzja
Running time: 96 mins
Rating: Three stars
5:46pm Thursday 24th April 2008
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