2009 Oscar Pool

Mirrors: Redband

July 2nd, 2008
Written By: Andrew James

Alexandre Aja was the director behind the painfully stupid The Hills Have Eyes remake some years back. While I hated the film, I remember the style being kind of cool and it definitely had it’s moments. But really it was just a movie that was made so they could bring out a cool looking trailer. 2003’s Haute Tension was quite the interesting little horror film (despite the cop-out ending).

So will the latest project by Mr. Aja, entitled simply Mirrors, starring Kiefer Sutherland be more of the same: some nice ideas and neat look but with the same bland story telling and cliche-ridden scenes? Or will it be something new and refreshing that keeps everyone talking for weeks? My bet is on the former, but we shall see.

The newest red-band trailer has some disturbing imagery, but my guess is these are the best parts of the movie. Truth be told though, I’ll pay ten bucks to watch Paula Patton all day long.


1 response about Mirrors: Redband »

  1. And yet American audiences couldn’t palate Haneke’s remake of Funny Games. This looks to be a mashup of that (genuinely scary) part of the Amazing Stories (series or movie-proper, I don’t remember) segment about the guy who kept seeing a horrible killer, but only in reflection AND 24 (wotwith all the brave kiefer faces).

    I tried Haute Tension, hoping that the French could pull off better horrorsploitation than the Hostel fare (and I truly loved Roth’s Cabin Fever despite its gore for its comedy value) - and thought Haute Tension was WICKED lame.

    Comment by MadPerc — July 2, 2008 @ 12:09 pm

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