Squandered potential

Rating: 7/10 (19 November 2004)

A good movie, but it COULD have been great. Things started out interesting, soon became thoroughly captivating, but eventually took a tragic nosedive. Not in terms of the plot (which remained quite good), but the acting, for some unexplained reason, becomes almost unbearably bad for the last 20 minutes of the film. This was especially disappointing since it was from the climax of the movie onward, which causes the movie to go out with a whimper rather than a bang. Granted, the acting was not spectacular in general, but it was at least ignorable for most of the movie. Such a shame to see bad acting detract from what was otherwise a very respectable film. Overall, it's still a must see for suspense/horror movie buffs.