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Dead yet?
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<B>Directed by&nbsp;</B>
<A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Jackson%2C%20Peter">Peter Jackson</A>
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<B>Written by&nbsp;</B>
<A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Jackson%2C%20Peter">Peter Jackson</A>,
<A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Walsh%2C%20Frances">Frances Walsh</A>
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<TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Fox%2C%20Michael%20J%2E">Michael J. Fox</A>
(Frank Bannister)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Alvarado%2C%20Trini">Trini Alvarado</A>
(Lucy Lynskey)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Dobson%2C%20Peter">Peter Dobson</A>
(Ray Lynskey)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Combs%2C%20Jeffrey">Jeffrey Combs</A>
(Special Agent Milton Dammers)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Wallace-Stone%2C%20Dee">Dee Wallace-Stone</A>
(Patricia Bradley)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Busey%2C%20Jake">Jake Busey</A>
(Johnny Bartlett)
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<B>Runtime:</B> 110 minutes<BR>
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<B>Plot:</B><BR>
A psychic private detective who consorts with deceased souls becomes
engaged in a mystery as members of the town community begin dying
mysteriously. While investigating, he is aided by a friendly doctor
who believes in his psychic abilities and is hindered by a crazed
G-Man, a woman involved in an old serial killing, and what may be the
spirit of Death itself. -
<A HREF="mailto:parango@pomona.edu">P. L. Arango</A>
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<B>Comment:</B><BR>
I expected something more from this movie, maybe because it wasn't an
american movie but it was still produced with a large budget. Instead, it
actually follows all the typical cliche of many other similar movies, so it
has nothing special that makes it worth seeing.
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The good points are the special effects, they are not only very well made but
they are also so numerous that almost in every scene there was something
'supernatural'. A few nice ideas provide some funny scene, notably the weird
FBI agent and the ghost of the officer from <FONT COLOR="#0080F0">Full Metal Jacket</FONT>.
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Apart from these (and some other) interesting or funny moments, the movie
isn't so catching as I hoped, some scene is even somewhat boring once you get
used to all that 'ghostly' special effects and start noticing the weaknesses
of the plot.
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Moreover, the finale really spoils the whole movie, I can hardly think about
something worse than this unlikely 'positive' ending!
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<B>Rating:</B> 6.8&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="../eachmovie/3.0star.gif" ALT="***" WIDTH="44" HEIGHT="14">
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