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The fact is, the film is very awful. Let me say hurriedly that I found Sly's acting is not so bad. There are interesting supportsing cast including Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, Robert Patricl, Kris Kristopherson, and Charles S Dutton. But the result is simply bad.

The story opens with mildly interesting premise, and it is about a detective Jake (Stallone), chasing the serial killer (who has killed 9 cops already), but cannot still have a clue. The killer is always one step ahead of him, and Jake finds that the next victim is someone who is very close to him. Unable to recover from the shock, he gets drunk until he is sent to an institute for rehabilitaion built in isolated mountaions in Wyoming. Yes, for D-Tox. But the killer somehow stalks Jake there, the patients dead one by one, and to make matters worse, the connection between the place and the outside world is shut down by the heavy snow. Now, Jake is trapped, seeking the criminal among the immates.

OK. The story is most incredible, but the fatal mistake is that there is no suspence in the course of the film. First of all, you cannot just tell character A from B, so there's no point of searching for the culprit. Moreover, those characters, trapped in the lonely place, should have been more frightened by the situation, but the reality is they are not. And I don't know what to do when I see in the opening credit that this "killer" calls 911, make a statement (with title sequence a la "Se7en", and conludes with the comment "Thank you for you time." Seriouly. The things go automatically, and when you finally come to know the truth, you are certainly underwhelmed, losing any interest in the story.

The acting is overall bland or hammy, and even Polly Walker seems sleepwalking (why is she here?). The only saving grace is Dean Semler's photography that captures the terrifying effect of blizzard.

One of Sly's Best!
I noticed several years ago that Sly was making this moving. Afterwards, though, it passed my mind. I went to the video store one day and saw this title and instantly made the connection that this was originally D-Tox. I was disappointed that it made a straight to DVD appearance. Being a big Sly fan that I am, I would have loved to have seen this in theaters!
Anyways, I picked up the title and was expecting a decent film. But instead I got a great film!
The all-star cast makes this movie entertaining and chalk full of great actors who know how to act! The story itself is original and very suspensefull! Perhaps the best one I have seen to date!
This title is one of the more gruesome Stallone films with people's eyes getting drilled (although you don't actually see it happen but you do see the aftermath) and people getting their throats cut and what have ya. Definately not for the person with a touchy stomach.
All in all a great movie that really deserved a chance in theaters!

MYOPIC
EYE SEE YOU starts out pretty good, offering us a weird serial killer after cops. Then it goes off its beam a little, including a puzzling scene where Stallone shoots a man hanging, with duct tape over his mouth. Did they think this was the serial killer? Got me. Anyway switch to a remote detox clinic in Wyoming (actually a beautifully filmed British Columbia) run by the lifeless Kris Kristofferson. Here Stallone is joined by a series of cops who are also suffering their personal demons: Robert Patrick is an obnoxious beefed up bore; Robert Prosky brings a little dignity to his role as an aging cop who supposedly deserted his partner who got killed; Sean Patrick Flannery in a brief but intense role as a cop who witnessed an explosion that killed 20+ children; Christopher Fulford as a British cop with a fear of the dark; Courtney B. Vance who spoke so soft I'm not sure what his role was, other than being the "religious one". Jeremy Wright and Ms. Alvarado were wasted in non-dimensional roles. Polly Walker was pretty as Jenny, although her range was limited. Charles S. Dutton played every cop you've ever seen including Dennis Franz. And why Tom Berenger as a handyman? Director Gillepsie did everything he could to point the murder finger at Berenger.
So what's good? Stallone, amazingly, does a pretty convincing job, a low-key but intense portrayal. The cinematography is gorgeous, giving the winter scenery both a breathtaking beauty and an ominous evil. And the finale is very well executed.
So overall, you could do worse....it's entertaining most of the time.