Review time again - Halle does horror.

Gothika was one of those strange films. Not as good as it looked in previews. Not as bad as it looked like it was going to end up. Halle Berry did a fine job once she got to the real acting scenes. The early stuff with her as a psychologist was a little hard to swallow as she was not very convincing. It was after the horror aspect of the film kicked in and she was allowed to pull from her amazing skills at emotion that she got good.

The story spoon-fed the audience a bit too much early on and then made some pretty fantastic leaps toward the end. Had they reworked the script, it could have been a pretty great film. It also had some pretty huge logic holes that are usually only forgivable in scifi. Because of the poor script and only half-hearted acting by most of the cast, it turned out to be a rather dull movie. The fault has to lie with the director, Mathieu Kassovitz. He couldn't seem to decide if he wanted to be edgy and out-there or just settle for typical hollywood, cat-jumping-on-the-sill type scares. He ended up doing much more of the latter.

RATING 5 out of 10


- posted by Chris @ 10:03 AM