An awful attempt at a 'man escaping from room' film.

Rating: 3/10 (5 September 2007)

1408 is a film about a guy who is portrayed to be not scared of anything, within 30 minutes, he turns into a 17 year old, blonde, cheerleader from scream 3. I can honestly say i don't have many positive words to describe this film, it resembles the number 23 and one or two scenes reminded me of this. Certain scenes such as one near the beginning where the main character is signing autographs in books seems to have no point within the film, I thought the girl who seemed to be his biggest fan was going to come in to it later on, however the chat she had with him seemed completely pointless. One of the most painful parts of the film was when the main character was trying to escape from the room by screaming, the camera panned around and the face expression of the actor was much to be desired  it looked awful! I would have been quite happy for the film to of ended when the main character woke up on the beach for the 2nd time, as if the previous 45mins were all a dream. Don't get me wrong would not of saved the film, but would of prevented me from the pain of watching a father and daughter crying in each others arms in the most untouching manner. Sorry paramount but I have literally no idea why you agreed to distribute this movie, and as for Samuel L.Jackson, I think this can go down as one of the films I will try to forget you ever took part in. A final note would be save your money & buy the first 'saw' movie if you want to watch characters escape from a room with mystery.