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Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Starring: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rachel Ticotin, Fernanda Romero
The Eye is a re-make (some might say ‘rip-off) of a popular Chinese film called Jian Gui, and as far as these global remakes, go, this one isn’t too bad. Writer Sebastien Gutierrez moves the story along sparingly and spends most of his screen time trying to scare viewers with sudden, jump-out shocks and disturbing images. It is a simple film, but is fairly well handled by dual directors, David Moreau and Xavier Palud. The loose script pulls together in the last half hour for a decent ending.
Jessica Alba is Sydney Wells, a concert violinist who is happy, popular and productive, despite being blind since she was five. That soon changes, however, when she receives an eye transplant and regains her vision. She doesn’t get any time to enjoy her newly-revived sense, however, since almost immediately she begins to have hallucinations, that grow in frequency and intensity (What kind of story would it be, if they went away?). To rid herself of these relentless episodes, she soon feels that she has to find out the story behind the donor of her eyes.
This isn’t a bad suspense film and is a less effective cross of Sixth Sense and The Ring. Those that can look past the fact that it is a re-make, will find a mediocre, but enjoyable thriller that mananges to create some tension, but still lacks in story and character. What was it called again?
