Great film, bad acting!

Rating: Null/10 (4 October 2004)

I saw this movie last night and i have to say that it is a very imaginative storyline. The suspense is great, the twist is excellent and the gore is pumped up to a puke-inducingly satisfying level. I only have one complaint and it has to be in the direction of Cary Elwes. Now, his finest moment will always be as Robin Hood in the Spoof movie "Men in Tights" and to be fair, he should stick to comedy acting. He seemed OK (just) up until the final fifteen minutes. Without giving too much of the end of the film away, Elwes needs to portray someone who is in intense personal agony and despair and unfortunately does not carry it off to any extent. Earlier on in the film, he found it necessary to shout a lot to show he was angry but at the end when the agony and desperation of the moment is meant to show through, he struggles and kinda takes the edge off an otherwise-great movie.
I would have preferred to see a better actor in the role myself. But the casting people make their decisions and who am I to argue...i'm just a movie fan...it's not like we pay these guy's wages or anything is it...!