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Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2007)

an interesting movie, while perhaps not very original, but its hard to find a truly original film these days. most action is in a single hotel room (understandibly - 1408) which adds a slightly claustrophobic feel. while there are many jumping scary moments, most of the thrill and tension comes from inexplicable and mysterious situations, but mostly you can say that the battle is actually fought 'within' - its like the room first throws at Mike some basic scares, as to 'test' him and then goes to make him fight with his own nightmares, fight for his own right to live, move on, find his true self
if we take this as a driving motive of what happens in the room a lot of things remain unexplainable which is a plot weak point, but as a whole - a good movie, but some maybe disappointed that its not all scare and gore horror movie, while others would deny it as not very smart
so what? its just to entertain, i guess, and it works...
7/10
peace