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| ACTORS: | Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2002 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Umvd/Visual Entertai |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 031398100829 |
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Customer Reviews of The Eye
Lack of originality is this movie's blind spot A woman who has been blind since the age of two gets a cornea transplant 18 years later. The doctor's remove the bandages from her eyes, and she opens her eyes to see...something's not right. Soon, she and her post-surgery psychotherapist (conveniently of the opposite sex and thus becomes a romantic interest as well) are working together to determine why she's haunted by these visions (to describe them would spoil the fun).
The premise sounds original and promising, but a bit further into the movie and you realize that The Eye borrows plot elements from a variety of horror and suspense movies, one very popular American movie in particular. I won't name it since it would be a spoiler, but even if you barely see any movies you'll know which one it is if you make it only a third of the way into The Eye.
Should we hold that against this fairly well acted and directed movie? In the realm of suspense pictures, there is definitely such a thing as first mover advantage. A plot that the audience has seen before loses the element of surprise and can't reach the same peaks of dramatic tension. I knew what she was seeing, why she was seeing them, and how she could make them stop, because I'd seen this movie before.
Not that you won't get goosebumps or feel your heart racing a few times. The director isn't at all embarrassed to resort to the classic creeping camera pans and quick visual cuts in conjunction with sudden peaks in the soundtrack to make the audience jump and squirm. Some horror fans enjoy being manipulated so directly, others do not.
Given that Asia has cranked out some of the most original horror and suspense films in the past decade or so (e.g. The Ring series, Dark Water, Cure), many of which have been remade or ripped off by Hollywood, it's disappointing to see the reverse happen in The Eye.
Boring
The Eye is slow and not that frightening. I was watching it and got so bored I had to turn it off. It was a total bore.
Ok, If you like horror, you might as well watch it
OK movie but like so many Asia movies (Suicide Club,Inner Senses), the stories are great but they end up going nowhere, they give you extra characters and facts that have nothing to do with the end result and sometimes even contradict the story. I must admit, I did jump a couple of times but foreign films also don't capture the moment by increasing the volume of the special effects for that added chill.
Disclaimer: I'm using the same review for Inner Senses
Rent-Yes
Buy-Maybe