Product Description

Sydney Wells is blind and has been so since a childhood tragedy. After undergoing surgery to restore her sight she learns to see again. But soon after unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Not knowing if they are an aftermath of surgery her mind adjusting to sight her imagination or something horrifyingly real Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see.System Requirements:Running Time: 97 minutes Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER Rating: PG-13 UPC: 031398240617 Manufacturer No: 24061

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15255 in DVD
• Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
• Released on: 2008-06-03
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 97 minutes

Amazon.com
Jessica Alba can see dead people in The Eye, the umpteenth Hollywood remake of an Asian horror film. The source material is Korean directors Danny and Oxide Pang's chilling 2002 feature of the same name, and the remake (by French directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud, who made 2006's Them) sticks to the basic facts of the original. Here, Alba is a blind concert musician who undergoes a corneal transplant; the catch is that while the operation restores her sight, it also allows her to glimpse the spirits of the dead that pass among the living, as well as the underworld figures that bring them to the beyond. The frustration and terror of Alba's predicament makes for a compelling story, but while the film is executed with the utmost of professionalism, the scares (the picture's raison d'etre) are delivered in the same ham-fisted manner as any big-budget horror film of the last few years. The result is another disappointing American remake that underscores how the international film community has become more successful at delivering yet another of our most quintessential film genres. -- Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews

One of Year's Worst Movies
This incredibly dull sleeper had almost no plot and wooden performances. Jessica Alba's performance was boring, expressionless and a bit precious. The movie only has one good scene - towards the end - when it explains the reason for the events. Avoid this badly paced, poorly written snoozer.

ALBA A HOLLOW LEAD FOR J-HORROR REMAKE
The Eye is the latest American remake of an Asian horror film, this time of the Hong Kong produced film of the same name. The general theme of nearly all of these Americanized remakes is stick with the original! I know...some of you don't like to read subtitles but in the case of this film, the original is vastly better. Jessica Alba continues to get starring roles without demonstrating any particular skill at acting and she's no better here.

She plays a blind concert violinist named Sydney Wells who undergoes cornea transplant surgery to restore her sight. The operation proves to be successful but soon after, Syndey begins experiencing horrific visions. At first she thinks these are just nightmares and tries to pass them off but she soon becomes convinced that she's seeing things that the cornea donor saw. Her Doctor (Nivola) thinks it's merely stress from dealing with the new sensations of her restored sight.

Sydney continues to "see dead people" although why her eyes also allow her to HEAR dead people remains a mystery of the film. The visions are mostly those fleeting glimpses designed to make you jump in your seat although they never amount to any prolonged tension. Sydney is determined to find out who the donor is and what message they are trying to send with the visions. While she will learn that donor had a sort of precognitive power to see people's deaths and attempt to prevent them. This, however, doesn't explain why Sydney would see the ghost of a little boy in her building who is looking for his report card nor the ghost of the little girl in the hospital who died of cancer. It's just one of the many senseless continuity gaffes in "The Eye". Sydney is also able to see mysterious shadow creatures, which seemingly escort dead spirits off to wherever. These creatures appear to be evil so are they devils? They don't like that Sydney can see them but that plot twist goes virtually untapped.

Alba is easy on the eyes (no pun intended) but she lacks any presence or charisma in this role. The only real strength of her performance was her emotions and struggles as a formerly blind person who is able to see for the first time in decades. As tedious as Alba was, her co-star Alessandro Nivola is even more boring. He defiantly tells Sydney that he could ruin his career if he reveals who the donor is...and then he goes and steals the file anyway.

The Eye freely borrows clichés from just about every other J-Horror film that's been made in the last decade but none of them are exciting enough to save this film. Sydney may have had her eyes opened in the film but she'll make ours close tightly.


Extras

The Eye comes on two discs although the second disc features just a digital copy of the film that you can load on your PC or iPod. The first disc includes four featuettes:
"Shadow World: The Paranormal Past"
"Becoming Sydney"
"Birth of the Shadowman"
"Dissecting a Disaster"

There are also a few minutes of deleted scenes and a theatrical trailer.

It's mediocre movie!!!
I have to no commend this movie. but this movie was mediocre movie. Good thing I rented this movie and watched it. I didn't enjoy it at all.