An average movie

I wasn't expecting much from this flick but I always enjoy a horror flick from time to time so why not this one? Following the foot steps of Naomi Watts and Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jessica Alba hoped to find some success with this remake of an Asian horror flick but, unfortunately for her, the end-result was rather disappointing. To start with, I haven't seen the original version but there is a good chance it was better than this remake. Personally, I was more interested by the whole psycholigical aspect than the horror setting which reminded me of an half-baked version of 'Final Destination' (of which I wasn't a big fan in the first place). Concerning Jessica Alba, as usual, she looked pretty good but I still have a hard time to take her seriously as an actress. At least, you could see that she was really trying hard even though it wasn't really convincing. The directors are a French duo whose directing debut was 'Ils', a movie I should check out when I get the opportunity. Unfortunately, they consolidate the group of European directors who tried to breakthrough in America with a remake, usually in the horror genre, but expect for a few like Alexandre Aja, most of them are forgotten pretty quickly and David Moreau and Xavier Palud are not an expection and are now back in France soon releasing something else (separately this time). So, I didn't care much for this flick, it was rather well made but there was no depth whatsoever and I was rather bored during the whole thing. To conclude, it is yet another uninspired remake of Asian horror and it is not really worth a look, even if you like the genre.

5/10