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In this remake
of the South Korean thriller "Into
The Mirror", a night watchman encounters spirits
trapped inside mirrors. Now, in order to save
his family from the evil spirits, he has to
figure out what they want before it's too late.
Enough with the crappy twists all ready! Enough!
You know what would be an unexpected twist these
days? If there wasn't one! Ugh. Anyway, Alexandre
Aja takes on a challenge and fails with Mirrors.
The Hills Have Eyes was meant to be a gory movie,
as was Haute Tension, but you don't try to turn
an Asian ghost flick into a torture-porn flick.
You just don't. It all felt so forced and out of
place. Before heading into this review I think
that you should all be well aware of the fact that
I really liked the South Korean original, "Into
The Mirror". Some may have found it to be slow
but I found it to be clever, creepy and atmospheric.
Three things that this remake is not.
Mirrors is the definition of generic, sure the
original wasn't very original to begin with but
Mirrors actually makes it even more generic.
Now, don't get me wrong, there are improvements
to be found in here as well such as a better pace,
ehmmm... okay maybe that's the only improvement.
This one just went too over-the-top for me. The
renovated mall is no longer renovated, nor a mall,
it's just a big old burnt building. The suspense
has been replaced with excessive gore. The clichéd
ending has been replaced with an even more
ridiculously clichéd ending filled with hilariously
bad CG-effects. I can see what they were trying
to do with the whole "there are mirrors everywhere"
approach but it didn't do much for me, it just
became ridiculous in my eyes. Too exaggerated.
Kiefer Sutherlands plays Ben Carson, one of the
most annoying characters ever in a horror flick.
Yes, even more annoying than the teens in the
movie Bratz (watching that film was pure terror
by the way, I dare you to watch that, it's
torture worse than Hostel). Why? Well he's
abusive, he's got a bad temper, he screams for
most of the time and he's just obnoxious. I couldn't
care less about his character. The dialogues
are pretty ludicrous as well and there are moments
that you can't help but to choke on your popcorn
just a little bit because they're so silly.
I can't say that I'm that disappointed though,
judging by the trailers I knew that this would
be a very loose remake of the original. Heck,
up until this day, Aja probably still hasn't seen
the movie that he just remade. Here's to hoping
that Piranha turns out better than this rubbish.
Yes, it's rubbish, I'm sorry but it is. Another
failed Asian remake. Let's send the next Asian
remake straight to DVD shall we?
A slashed throat, a jaw ripped open, some guts
and some more. Too much for this film.
Couldn't care less.
While not as awful as Shutter and One Missed Call,
Mirrors definitely falls into the pile of failed
Asian remakes that I will try my best to forget
all about. Don't waste your time with this, go
ahead and check out the original instead, a much
more clever film.
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