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The Frighteners

30  MAY
FRI
Dead yet?


Directed by  Peter Jackson
Written by  Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh
Starring:  Michael J. Fox (Frank Bannister)
Trini Alvarado (Lucy Lynskey)
Peter Dobson (Ray Lynskey)
Jeffrey Combs (Special Agent Milton Dammers)
Dee Wallace-Stone (Patricia Bradley)
Jake Busey (Johnny Bartlett)
Runtime: 110 minutes
Plot:
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. - P. L. Arango



Comment:
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.

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 Full Metal Jacket.

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.

Moreover, the finale really spoils the whole movie, I can hardly think about something worse than this unlikely 'positive' ending!



Rating: 6.8  ***


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