Overrated and Weird

Rating: 5/10 (15 October 2005)

Movie: The Village
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix
OK, so basically I wanted to watch "The Village" because it seemed (in the trailer) like a scary and unpredictable movie. I was proved completely wrong.
Lucius Hunt (Phoenix) is a quiet man living in a small village, surrounded by a beautiful and mysterious wood. The people of the village have been told by the village elders that strange creatures live withing the woods, and they have a pact - They won't come into our village if we don't go into their woods.
Lucius is determined to find out about these creatures, and crosses the forbidden boarder into the woods. There is an immediate sense that these creatures are coming... and coming fast. Ivy Walker (Howard) is a blind girl who also resides in the village. Just a curious as Lucius, she ends up trapped in the middle of a horror that only very few know about...
I have to admit that this movie had some very good and gripping scenes. But the final conclusion is an enormous cheat, and completely ruins the whole tension. Watch this if you are prepared to be disappointed.