I bought this at the start of the week after remembering how good the trailer was when it came out, I'm really glad I did as the film was brilliant start to end.
The director Rodrigo Cortés (Also the director of "Buried" starring Ryan Reynolds which is another stunning film!) has nailed the atmosphere, the whole film feels tense throughout, I wouldn't say it was "on the edge of your seat" viewing but I don't think it's trying to be, the more you watch the film the deeper you feel yourself pulled into the story and really trying to guess the outcome before it arrives.
The cast are absolutely perfect, Cillian Murphy and Sigourney Weaver are the perfect match as the paranormal debunking/University professor and her assistant , topped off with a sinister role for Robert De Niro who gives this film a really dark and believable element.
Also this film is great for debunking little paranormal myths along the way, the classroom scene where Cillian Murphy hands out "accurate" horoscopes to the students is very clever!
The ending of the film is perfect, some people may not like it but at least it's not one of the over used "you come up with the ending" films, I'm getting fed up of seeing 95% of a movie then the end being left for me to decide, it's not "deep" or "thought evoking" it's just plain annoying and a cop out.
imdb scores this film 6.2 out of 10, personally I think it's 8/9 easily.
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