Keifer Sutherland stars in the summer, horror flick, Mirrors. This is another adaptation of a foreign movie that is supposed to be scary.
In the past year, a few film studios from over seas have stated that Americans don't know what's really scary. Germany gave us Funny Games this spring, and Japan gave us Shutter. Neither one scary. Although Funny Games was very disturbing. Mirrors comes from Korea...and it's not scary either.
Our story? Manhattans swankiest department store, Mayflowers, has a fire 5 years ago that destroys all but the grand granite shell of the building. 78 people die in the fire. Keifer Sutherlands character gets a job as the night watchman in the ruins, and finds out there are evil spirits that live in the magnificent mirrors of the old store. These spirits kill people for some reason, and pick and choose their victims.....well I really don't know how they pick their victims.
These spirits are now after him, and his family. And to a degree they are successful in their quest to bring death to those around him. Mix in a huge twist, and what have you got? A movie that is mildly jumpy at times, but not real scary in the long run. To it's credit, there could have been a whole lot more gore in Mirrors, there is some. I think this was an attempt to give the movie merit and not turn it into a Prom Night, or some kind of slasher flick. The emphasis is on the story, which goes awry a few times here.
The premise is interesting enough, but the execution is marginal. There is a lot of predictability, and "why are you going down there?'" moments. And the really big question I have to add, "If this place is so scary to you as the night watchman Keifer, why don't you just quit this job anyway and be done with it?" Well, there wouldn't be a movie then.
Mirrors. Not awful, not my favorite either. Story has holes like Swiss cheese. Not as smart as the movie maker thinks it is. If you're going in thinking you're going to be jolted out of your seat, think hard before tossing down 10 large on a ticket!
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