It’s official. Kieffer Sutherland will never be rid of his Jack Bauer persona. There’ll always be snickers going around if he’s onscreen and he’s not in another 24 episode.

I always have my reserves for horror flicks. The ridiculous scares that make no sense, the thin plot, weak storyline – all compromised just for the sake of making the movie. This movie, although comes with multiple plotholes that the story has ignored for the sake of development,  does have a solid story.

Perhaps it’s because this movie is a remake but I didn’t know it. While watching it, I kept thinking, this doesn’t feel like a Hollywood storyline, it’s too Japanese or Korean – like Ring and Ju-On. And sure enough, it’s a remake of the Korean Into The Mirror.

 

The first half as the story was developing, the scares were aplenty and not lacking in gore but it felt it dragged on for a little too long. It was the usual story of discovering, denial, unconvincing to frineds and family, acceptance and solving the mystery.

Some will dislike the revelation and the way it ended, but I thought those were the best parts as I didn’t see it coming. And it wasn’t a typical happy ending that I was dreading.

Rating: 5 / 10

(all images from imdb.com)