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Desperate parents looking for a missing child are led into a strange netherworld in this haunting thriller.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Not a gore fest more a study of a women's nervous breakdown as she and her husband try to track down their missing son,very nice print much of it shot in jungle locations,good performance by emmanuelle beart & rufus sewell as the ever more desperate couple,should appeal to those looking for more challenging material than standard hollywood fare,recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I think I approached this film with the wrong attitude because I had the wrong impression. It's more of a drama, but I was expecting a horror, and the children featured on the front are only really at the end.
In a nutshell, I couple who have lost their child travel to a remote island where the woman believes her child to be. The film is more about their journey there, it isn't an action packed gore fest, the more I thought about it afterwards, I found it to be a film about motherhood. It's about the mother's relentless desire to regain her maternity and fill the space of her lost son, and the mutual longing to regain this link shared by the primal orphans that live as a tribe in the jungle lures her in regardless of the consequences, ie the strain in places on her relationship with her husband, and their safety.
Not expecting this, I found the film a little tedious because I was waiting for the horror stuff to start, but had I known what the film really was about, I would have enjoyed it far more, and now that I know this, I have a big appreciation for the story. It does have a horror element, it's creepy, and sinister, and is quite original as far as I am aware and think it deserves another good review to perk up it's rating average.
In a nutshell, I couple who have lost their child travel to a remote island where the woman believes her child to be. The film is more about their journey there, it isn't an action packed gore fest, the more I thought about it afterwards, I found it to be a film about motherhood. It's about the mother's relentless desire to regain her maternity and fill the space of her lost son, and the mutual longing to regain this link shared by the primal orphans that live as a tribe in the jungle lures her in regardless of the consequences, ie the strain in places on her relationship with her husband, and their safety.
Not expecting this, I found the film a little tedious because I was waiting for the horror stuff to start, but had I known what the film really was about, I would have enjoyed it far more, and now that I know this, I have a big appreciation for the story. It does have a horror element, it's creepy, and sinister, and is quite original as far as I am aware and think it deserves another good review to perk up it's rating average.
Format:Blu-ray
Great movie but the transfer leaves much to be desired. The picture looks fine in some scenes, while displaying a lot of grain fuzziness in others. The worst part is that the movie's colors look drab and some scenes come across looking like they were filmed for a cheap tv movie. The sound is good though even if it won't give your system a challenge. Save your money and rent it or get a hold of the german edition by Kock media which is a vast improvement on this edition.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Dull, overlong and stupid
I think the director of this said to himself: "why hold a shot for 4 seconds? Let's REALLY get the point across and use 16! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mrs. E. A. Molloy
Don't bother
I bought this the other day as it looked OK first of all the locations were good and there was a chance for this to be a good film but what destroyed this film for me was the fact... Read more
Published 17 months ago by subwoofer nuts
Guilt sodden descent into muddy madness
Emmanuelle Beart looks as though she's been shooting heroin in preparation for this picture, never have I seen her look so rough and I couldn't stop thinking about the possibility... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Martin Montag
Wouldn't bother
If you are thinking of buying this film, I'd seriously reconsider. I had the misfortune to hire it out and wasted an evening on this over pretentious, slow, boring piece of... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2009 by B. Parkinson
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