enough suspenseful and disturbing

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2003)

This was not a bad movie. It had enough suspense and disturbing scenes. The horror was just fine for me-not too extreme like "The Evil Dead", "Zombie", and Biohazard-kill and eat them all kind of movies but rather mysterious and even cerebral. I have to say I liked it. It has its weak points, but it doesnft fail to hold your attention till the end.
The film is about killer videotape: the one who watches it immediately receives a telephone call with a voice just saying "Seven Days". Seven days after this phone call, you die. Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) after seeing the tape has to save her life within those seven days. Intriguing enough isn't it. And not just the plot but also the camerawork, photography and the whole decor were fantastic. I will just say that I was looking forward to see the content of this videotape and to my opinion it was awesome-one of the creepiest things Ifve ever seen. However, there were some flaws Ifd like to share with those who saw the movie already:
***SPOILERS AHEAD***
First of all, Who builds a house over a well? We don't where I come from that's for sure. But this is a small one. A major flaw is the reasoning behind who lives after seeing the tape and who dies. In the movie Rachel made a copy of the tape and destroyed the original. Believing that making a copy keeps you alive she made her son make a copy of his own. The last line from that movie was when he asked her what was going to happen to those they were going to show the tape to. If we conclude that in order to stay alive you have to make a copy of the tape plus show it to somebody else, everything could end very fast. They just have to show the tape to somebody (say with AIDS, cancer, 90 years old or just anybody) and then destroy it.

But maybe itfs just me who canft understand. Overall it is entertaining. Give it a try.