Starring:
Elizabeth Olsen - Sarah
Adam Trese - John
Eric Sheffer Stevens - Peter
Julia Taylor Ross - Sophia
Synopsis:
Trapped inside her family's lakeside retreat, a young woman finds she is
unable to contact the outside world as events become increasingly
ominous in and around the house.
Review:
Ah yes, another one of American cinema's wet dreams. Taking an internationally acclaimed films & make their own version of the film to leech off of. We'll I have yet to see the original Uruguayan version of the film (although I do want to). This is one of those lucky times when the remake isn't completely terrible & a mockery of the original. The best part of the film was that it is filmed as one continuous shot, with no cutaways, breaks or stopping. Also the fact that throughout the movie there are realistically only 4 actors/actresses. Elizabeth Olsen (yes younger sister of The Olsen Twins) does an very good job of not only staying in character, not botching her lines but also showing realistic fear, something that I would imagine might be easy since there are no stops. The other actors in the film are overshadowed by Olsen but also by the predictability of the film itself. With the horror genre, a lot of films stay within the general concept of the genre & don't differ from it. This film is no different. The usual things jumping out, it being dark & you seeing something for a brief second all that jazz. The ending however was not quite what I thought it would be. I had my predictions on how it was going to end, I actually thought of 3, but somehow they came up with one I hadn't. Maybe it was just me trying to think of other endings & completely ignored the idea of this one who knows, maybe everyone else figured it out but me. And of course to top it all off... there was something completely dark & quite evil about things that are found out as the build up to the climax. Overall i would say the lack of scares over powers the difference in filming technique & acting of Olsen.
Ah yes, another one of American cinema's wet dreams. Taking an internationally acclaimed films & make their own version of the film to leech off of. We'll I have yet to see the original Uruguayan version of the film (although I do want to). This is one of those lucky times when the remake isn't completely terrible & a mockery of the original. The best part of the film was that it is filmed as one continuous shot, with no cutaways, breaks or stopping. Also the fact that throughout the movie there are realistically only 4 actors/actresses. Elizabeth Olsen (yes younger sister of The Olsen Twins) does an very good job of not only staying in character, not botching her lines but also showing realistic fear, something that I would imagine might be easy since there are no stops. The other actors in the film are overshadowed by Olsen but also by the predictability of the film itself. With the horror genre, a lot of films stay within the general concept of the genre & don't differ from it. This film is no different. The usual things jumping out, it being dark & you seeing something for a brief second all that jazz. The ending however was not quite what I thought it would be. I had my predictions on how it was going to end, I actually thought of 3, but somehow they came up with one I hadn't. Maybe it was just me trying to think of other endings & completely ignored the idea of this one who knows, maybe everyone else figured it out but me. And of course to top it all off... there was something completely dark & quite evil about things that are found out as the build up to the climax. Overall i would say the lack of scares over powers the difference in filming technique & acting of Olsen.
S.P.R.: C+/39
Acting: 8/10
Plot: 7/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Intrigue: 8/10
Extra: 6/10
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