I love M Knight because he never fails to bring it!

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2006)

This is a film that you have to separate yourself from the naysayers and the hype to watch. It will knock your socks off! I watched this film out of the goodness of my heart and my love for the director. I ignored reviews and synopsis, my ticket was bought based on M Knight's past accomplishments with films like Signs and The sixth sense. Needless to say, I love the way his films make me think and not to mention that ever present scare factor.
But enough about my praises for MKS. The Village, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, Adrien Brody among others is two stories in one. The story of life one some know it and life as they have made it known to others. That's the basis of the movie, everything else is an explanation of why certain things happened the way they did etc. etc. When you see the film or if you have already seen it, my afore statements will make a lot of sense to you. Anyhow, the story takes place in the dark ages and we come to know the characters are terrified by creatures that live in a nearby forest that come in to town to terrorise and kill once their territory has been breached. Within all this chaos, two major love stories manage to exist; one between Phoenix's character and a blind childhood friend whose sister he had to rebuff, and the other (however unrequited) between Sigourney Weaver's character and the blind girl's father. Something horrific happens that forces Phoenix's lady love to venture into uncharted and unwelcome territory and the result of her journey reveals the shocking plot twist that will knock your socks off!