A colonial village surrounded by a forest inhabited by mysterious creatures is put in danger.

Rating: 8/10 (13 February 2014)

This is a very intriguing film that really gets your mind working. Any film that gets your mind working is a good film, hands down. If you are a fan of M. Night Shyamalan's work then you will greatly appreciate this film. The cinematography is really well thought out and it gives the film the daunting aura it portrays. The film sets around a colonial village surrounded by a massive forest. This forest is supposedly inhabited by creatures who have a truce with the villagers not to interfere with the borders that separate them. When a fearless villager named Lucius decides to cross the boundaries in search of 'other towns', the village's safety is put at stake. The most gripping part of this film is the haunting, secretive, mysterious allure that surrounds it. The film's eerie cinematography and a chilling score pieced together by James Newton Howard ( Nominated for an Academy Award) is the core of the movie. The acting in this film considering the brilliant cast of Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt was not the best. So in terms of acting performances, this is not one of the film's strong points. The film's foggy storyline which gets darker and darker as the movie progresses is the key factor of the film to follow.