Many a times, we come across movies which show a lot of promise but somehow fail to attract the audience. M for Mirrors and M for Mystery! French director Alexandre Aja comes again to haunt us and this time with the help of Mirrors. Check out the movie review to find what lie behind the ‘Mirrors’.
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Released On: 15th of August 2008
Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Horror
Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Screen play writers: Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur
Official website: www.mirrorsmovie.com
Music Composer: Javier Navarrete
Produced By: Marc Sternberg, Gregory Levasseur, Alexandra Milchan and Moritz Von Der Groeben
Star cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Ezra Buzzington, Erica Gluck, Amy Smart, Mary Beth Peil, Tim Ahern and Cameron Boyce
Storyline/Synopsis: The remake of "Into the mirror", the story of ‘Mirrors’ revolves around the head of a haunted departmental store. The head of the store and an ex cop Ben Carson gets a feel of the strange things happening there and they all have something to do with the mysterious mirrors. He starts seeing things and the story takes an intriguing twist when the mirrors at his house also get haunted. When he comes in contact with a mentally unstable lady, she tells him that the store in a fire accident her sister died and now she wants to come back using the mirrors. If looking at the mirror implies calling death, then how can one be safe? What would happen if she comes back to the living world? How would they stop the horror to completely invade their minds? Get ready for a spine chilling thriller.
The movie is rated R for disturbing images, strong violence, language and brief nudity.
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Strengths: Acting wise Kiefer Sutherland stands out, it may not be an Oscar winning performance but somehow it would help this talented actor in getting a few more movies. Ezra Buzzington looks good and Mary Beth Peil is simply superb. Everyone missed Amy Smart especially after watching the nude Bath Tub scene. All the other actors have done a decent job. The director Alexandre Aja impresses with some really creepy as well as scenes. The suspense and horror makes up an interesting mix.
Flaws: The characters are not fully developed, the dialogues are a big let down and the movie is quite lengthy. There are many other flaws in the movie but because I somehow liked it so I would just say that the ‘Mirrors’ reflect a patchy reflection.
Audience Verdict: Before highlighting the Audience verdict, I would like to tell you all that the cinema hall looked empty and most of them were watching the movie without many expectations from it. I got a chance to know the opinion of my fellow audiences and all of admitted that they found the ‘Mirrors’ scary but only in parts. The best part about the movie is that those who expected nothing from it would feel as if there is some reflection from the Mirrors. Actually there is some reflection but visible only to few audiences.
Audience rating: 4 out of 10.
My ratings for the Movie **1/2 i.e. Two and a half stars out of Five. One star for Alexandre Aja for the improvement in direction work, one star for decent performance of Kiefer Sutherland and another half for some really scary scenes in the movie
If you are a diehard fan of horror movies, then check out the ‘Mirrors’ at your nearest theatre, otherwise wait for the DVD.
