Starting off promisingly
with X-Files creepy
events (deaths and
visions) this young
persons horror movie has
a suitably tense edge.
Based on a myth last
discussed in great
detail in the 60s, this
is a modernised version
of the legend of the
Mothman, a mysterious
figure who comes to
people to foretell
disastrous events. There
is an air of Saturday
night channel 5 about
this film, but don't let
that discourage you as
its in the upper
echelons of b-movie
fair.
Richard Gere is
surprisingly
entertaining as someone
who essentially doesn't
say much and just gets
creeped-out. A lot. His
character isn't that
challenging for any
actor, so there won't be
any Oscar gongs headed
his way for this. Laura
Linney is excellent as
the town sheriff, like
someone straight out of
Twin Peeks. The other
characters are pretty
much just there to move
the plot along, rather
than to catch your
interest.
The first half hour or
so is entertainingly
tense, but then the film
lulls for the plot in
the middle. The ending
is satisfyingly and
beautifully tidy, with a
wonderful action
sequence that clears up
the vast majority of the
weirdness from earlier
on. The tight ending,
while pleasurable and
final is also one of the
reasons that the movie
isn't better than it is.
There is no sensation
upon leaving of question
or edge. No concerns
about turning the next
corner for fear of what
might be there. This is
perhaps why this movie
feels like Channel 5,
and perhaps why its a 12
not a 15. Essentially
its a creepy movie and
not an out and out
horror.
uthor:
SILV3R
from London,
England
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