Mirrors Details

Mirrors

This is a totally gripping movie from beginning to end, with an unexpected twist in the end. After Kiefer's character is involved in a shooting incident while working as a cop, he find his life completely turned on its' head. He is sleeping on his baby sister's couch, and is estranged from his wife and kids.

In an attempt to get his life back on track,he takes on a job as a night security guard at a derelict burnt down buidling that was once a grandiose department store, before it was burnt down. On his rounds he starts seeing (and feeling) things in the mirrors.When his sister turns up dead in the bath in a horrific way, he is put on the path to discover the hidden secrets behind these mirrors. He discovers that the burnt down department store used to be a psychiatric hospital in the 50's with a man who engineered a method of therapy that involved treating patients with mirrors. Everyone in the hospital was killed in the most horrific massacre and so the hospital was sht down. The only clue Kiefer's character has got is the name 'Esseker' and the ticking clock of time quickly catching up on him.He must do all he can to get to the bottom of this puzzle or lose his family! Brilliant. A must see!

[Highly rated reviewer]

The Exorcist as an action Thriller?

This starts off a little lame (eg The cop (fron 24hrs) on suspension taking too many drugs, estranged from wife etc etc) but a story has to start somewhere and the meat inside is what counts, and it does.

The basic concept is that mirrors can be haunted or can capture sprits. This is the mix of The Exorcist and a detective movie.

Why is it that all these 'hauntings' connect back to deeds done in a disreputable madhouse? Well that is what you are supposed to think - its not that simple.

The pieonerring psychatirist was not crazy and the treatment on his pateient worked, what if the pateint was not insane in the first place? There is the morale question is it better to keep a deamon trapped in a possed body or liberated into mirrors to endanger anyone?

There is an uncomfortable twist in the end, and there is plenty in this movie to make you jump ( ...without your mobile phone going off in the scary bits nearly killing ya!).

The movie upscales to 1080p perfectly and has a very effective 5.1 sound stage.

This is an excellent Friday night at home movie, great to watch on your own, with buddies or with your partner.

Best viewed with the lights down low :)