The Eye
"It Will Scare the Wits Out of You! - A Classic!" - Terrence Rafferty, GQ
All is not as it appears in this chilling psychological thriller. After 18 years of blindness, 20 year-old Min's eyesight is restored following a corneal transplant. Immediately, mysterious black-clad figures in Mun's field of vision seem to foreshadow sudden deaths, and disfigured denizens haunt her. Mun slowly learns that she has inherited her donor's particular fate - the ability to see into the future and the terror that comes with it.
An international box office smash stylishly realized by the Pang Brothers (the hot directorial team from Asia), the film has alerady spawned a sequel and caused Tom Cruise's production company to snap up the remake rights.
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Creepy little tale - DeaditeSlayer
The Eye is a movie that most people know as the inferior remake with Jessica Alba which is pretty sad, because this Pang brothers entry is definitely one for the more intelligent audience or at least one who enjoys a better fleshed out story. The Eye follows a blind woman who after having them operated on, gains the ability to see the dead. Of course, she isn't too welcome with this new cornea transplant and ventures off to figure out whose cornea she actually received while she sees disturbing content in the mix. Depending on what kind of viewer you are, this movie may either scare the living daylights out of you, or bore you to tears. Fortunately to me, I'm one who appreciates a very good plot when I see one, and this movie definitely doesn't fall short of one. The story is engaging and the ending is very well played out as well. I recommend any avid horror fan of Asian flicks to check this one out.Eye enjoyed it. - KeithTalent
The premise of a girl that gets a corneal implant and ends up seeing dead people, is somewhat silly when you look at it, but this is actually done ok, though not really scary at all. The lead actress does a good job of conveying the confusion, then the terror she is feeling as she goes through all of this. It comes to somewhat interesting conclusion and overall was a decent ride.Gin gwai - AppsScraps
Directed by the Pang brothers, The Eye is a psychological thriller that takes the case of donated corneas to new depths. The story centres on blind Wong Kar Mun (Angelica Lee) who starts seeing all sorts of creepy things after receiving a donated pair of corneas from a young Thai woman considered evil by her villagers. Disturbed by what she is seeing – you think! – she enlists the help (and love) of Dr. Wah (Lawrence Chou) and together they begin to unravel the mystery. There are some great slow and eerie scenes here - particularly when Wong Kar Mun finds herself in an elevator with a ghost - and some genuine shock-the-hell-out-of-you moments. The acting is solid and the soundtrack, mirroring Mun’s profession as a violinist, is pitch perfect. The Pangs lay on the doom far too thickly at the end yes, but their film-making is solid and proof the best horror directors know how to get you scared: by delivering frights without the gore.
My rating 6 out of 10
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Creepy little tale - DeaditeSlayer
The Eye is a movie that most people know as the inferior remake with Jessica Alba which is pretty sad, because this Pang brothers entry is definitely one for the more intelligent audience or at least one who enjoys a better fleshed out story. The Eye follows ...Eye enjoyed it. - KeithTalent
The premise of a girl that gets a corneal implant and ends up seeing dead people, is somewhat silly when you look at it, but this is actually done ok, though not really scary at all. The lead actress does a good job of conveying the confusion, then the terror ...Gin gwai - AppsScraps
Directed by the Pang brothers, The Eye is a psychological thriller that takes the case of donated corneas to new depths. The story centres on blind Wong Kar Mun (Angelica Lee) who starts seeing all sorts of creepy things after receiving a donated pair of corneas ...