Jessica Alba Movie:

		List Price: $34.98		Label: Lions Gate Salesrank: 67464 Released: June 3, 2008
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Sydney Wells is blind and has been so since a childhood tragedy. After undergoing surgery to restore her sight she learns to see again. But soon after, unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Not knowing if they are an aftermath of surgery, her mind adjusting to sight, her imagination, or something horrifyingly real, Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see.

Description of The Eye (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy):
Jessica Alba can see dead people in The Eye, the umpteenth Hollywood remake of an Asian horror film. The source material is Korean directors Danny and Oxide Pang's chilling 2002 feature of the same name, and the remake (by French directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud, who made 2006's Them) sticks to the basic facts of the original. Here, Alba is a blind concert musician who undergoes a corneal transplant; the catch is that while the operation restores her sight, it also allows her to glimpse the spirits of the dead that pass among the living, as well as the underworld figures that bring them to the beyond. The frustration and terror of Alba's predicament makes for a compelling story, but while the film is executed with the utmost of professionalism, the scares (the picture's raison d'etre) are delivered in the same ham-fisted manner as any big-budget horror film of the last few years. The result is another disappointing American remake that underscores how the international film community has become more successful at delivering yet another of our most quintessential film genres. -- Paul Gaita

The Eye (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) Reviews:
Here We Go Again...
2009-12-09 - As asian horror / thriller remakes go, THE EYE isn't the worst (so far, that would be PULSE). However, it's certainly not as intense or creepy as say, THE RING or THE GRUDGE either. While limited by cultural differences and their PG-13 rating, these chillers still came across as fresh and frightening. THE EYE just sort of plods along, moving politely toward it's "twist" ending without being overly suspenseful. Perhaps the sub-genre has run its course, at least when it comes to hollywood's endless, pale reboots. Jessica Alba isn't bad, she simply has nothing genuinely scary to work with. By the time her quest for truth was over, I was modestly entertained, while finding myself comparing THE EYE to other, better movies...

Pretty Boring!!!
2009-02-23 - Although it has the sexy beautiful Jessica Alba, it's boring, and dull. Alba plays Sydney Wells, a classical violinist who has been blind as a bat since she was 5. She has a cornea transplant, and now she can see again. She begins to see visions of fire and people dying. I didn't really like the ending. I probably wouldn't recommend THE EYE!!!

Not a Terrible Remake, But Maybe It's Time to Stop ...
2008-11-07 - Jessica Alba is Sydney Wells, a concert violinist who has recently received an eye transplant. The operation is a success, but soon she starts seeing scary things that other people cannot see. Could it be that her new eyes are deceiving her, or is she just imagining things?

The film's premise itself is fairly interesting, but "The Eye" fails to really interest us because of its derivative story and the lack of scare. It was a bit shocking for me to see the director team David Moreau and Xavier Palud, responsible for their brilliant film "Them," using so many familiar tricks of horrors like sudden big sound or shadowy figure moving around.

The 2002 Hong Kong film (directed by the Pang brothers), upon which this new version is based, made a good use of the premise against the background of the Asian locations and culture. It may not be the greatest horror film (or maybe I should not call it a horror as the story was more about the characters - the recipient and the donor - than about the terrors they experience), but the direction was imaginative and Angelica Lee's acting as the tormented heroine was splendid. Unfortunately Jessica Alba's performances as the terrified heroine is not as good as Lee's and supports including Alessandro Nivola and Parker Posey are not very memorable.

As you know, films with stories related to "the second sight" are nothing new (remember "The Eyes of Laura Mars"? or how about "Blink"?) To create a truly engaging film, however, you need something more, something that makes the whole film more suspenseful or some clever twist as in "The Dead Zone" or, naturally, "The Sixth Sense." Though some may find the film is reasonably entertaining (and I have never said the film is terrible), "The Eye" needs original ways and ideas to develop the story.

Ground out another cheap Chinese remake
2008-09-20 - This must be the latest movie making trend. Back in the sixty's they made a lot of cheap Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns that made money. Little did the public know that the stories were borrowed from Japan?

Now someone is trying pitifully to recreate the success of the Eastwood films with such films a "Dark Water" a remake of
"Honogurai mizu no soko kara". Evidently they did not learn their lesson as now we have "The Eye" a cheep remake of the Hong Kong film "Jian Gui". When will they ever learn?

Yes it is the standard formula artist gets a new set of eyes that contain the memory of the donor. Now she sees dead people and must decipher the reason.

This has been done a lot better many times before. And I am sure this is not the last time. The film passes time but has no great insight. To make it scary they turn the volume up 10 times the voice level and for Blu-ray lovers they have lots of flashy things. Somehow I do not remember her getting her eardrums fixed also; so how come she can hear dead people as well?

Jessica Alba is cute and plays her part well. But not well enough to stop the fast forward button from being pressed.

Eyes of Laura Mars Starring: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones

One of Year's Worst Movies
2008-08-23 - This incredibly dull sleeper had almost no plot and wooden performances. Jessica Alba's performance was boring, expressionless and a bit precious. The movie only has one good scene - towards the end - when it explains the reason for the events. Avoid this badly paced, poorly written snoozer.