What the...?!?!

Rating: 3/10 (30 July 2004)

Remember this movie has summer hype written all over it. I didn't originally want to see the film, but friends are persuasive things.
I like the production value of Night's films, but after all the running around and panic is done, you sit around to simply see the credits because there lies only horrible revelations that you wish you never knew. It's like he tried to get his money's worth out of the actors he hired, so he had them thrown into additional scenes to lengthen and complicate the story, namely Adrian Brody's character around the end.
I loved the score and all of the cast was right on the money with their characters, including the creepy father/village-leader with his psuedo-Amish tinged character. But when the material to make a movie falls short, you don't stretch the story by its legs to make a good film. You have to have that to start with, which, unfortunately, was not the case on this one. Ask for your money back from the customer care center in your local theater after half the film is over!