The Eye Review

Written by: MistressOf Horror   

The Eye is a remake of an Asian horror directed by the Pang brothers, Ihave never seen the original and after watching this movie , I would never wish to.

Storyline : Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is a musician who is happily living her life aside from one small detail, she was blinded at the age of 5 when she and her sister where playing. However it seems things are set to change as she is to receive an eye transplant with which she will be able to see the world for the first time in over 20 years, and while the operation itself goes well there are quickly some abnormal side effects. ( as in seeing ghostly visons )

It seems that now she now has perfect sight, but Sydney is seeing more than she should in the form of ghosts, and violent displays from someone’s past. She contacts her doctor Paul (Alessandro Nivola) but he is unsure about Sydney’s story purely don to the fact he believes she has become scared of her new ability to see the world. However regardless of his belief he begins to help her unravel the mystery as they discover and travel to the source of these hellish visions. there were some jump scares but I suspect the PG-13 rating held this movie back way too much.

The screenplay for The Eye is a total drag, it seems incapable of having fun or surprising the audience at all. The scares were weak  and fans of Alba who lust after her will be sad to know she stays clothed for the whole movie..