Into The Mirror Details

Muddled

I'm a big fan of Asian horror but this is a poor effort when compared to the likes of The Eye, Dark Water and Tale of Two Sisters.

Visually its a little flat and uninspired, and while the story is mildly intriguing at first, I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd seen all of this before - and done better.

What little suspense there is soon ebbs away to be replaced by a humdrum cop melodrama with the tortured security chief fighting to redress the balance in his life.

The film rapdily becomes confused and confusing: is it a horror, a psychological chiller, a ghost story, a character drama, a cop thriller? I got the feeling the director wanted to throw everything but the kitchen sink at this, hoping that at least something would stick. It's nowhere near as streamlined, atmospheric or effective as, say Dark Water, and less engaging than the mediocre Phone.

See it if you love the genre, as I do, just don't expect it to blow you away.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Barely scary

Not really up to the better standards of the better asian horror movies. Very few bits that make you jump. In fact very few bits that you don't see coming. Well made, well acted but in the end you don't really care. Good idea but should have been much better.