Mirrors (2008)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Writers (WGA):

Alexandre Aja (screenplay) &
Grégory Levasseur (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

There Is Evil........On The Other Side

Plot:

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home. |

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Pistol | Police Officer | Mental Hospital | Nypd

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Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Ben Carson
Paula Patton	...	Amy Carson
Cameron Boyce	...	Michael Carson
Erica Gluck	...	Daisy Carson
Amy Smart	...	Angela Carson
Mary Beth Peil	...	Anna Esseker
John Shrapnel	...	Lorenzo Sapelli
Jason Flemyng	...	Larry Byrne
Tim Ahern	...	Dr. Morris
Julian Glover	...	Robert Esseker
Josh Cole	...	Gary Lewis
Ezra Buzzington	...	Terrence Berry
Aida Doina	...	Rosa (as Doina Aida Stan)
Ioana Abur	...	Front Desk Sister
Darren Kent	...	Jimmy Esseker

Also Known As:

Into the Mirror (USA) (working title)
Oglinzi malefice (Romania)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA | Romania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18 | Malaysia:18PL | Netherlands:16 | Japan:R-15 | USA:R (certificate #43839) | South Africa:16LV | Portugal:M/16 | Ireland:18 | UK:15 (cut) | UK:18 (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Academy of Sciences, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Castel Film Romania

Goofs:

Plot holes: Near the beginning, Ben puts his left hand on the mirror and suddenly there's this large bloody gash across his palm. Then, he gets up and the blood and slash is gone. He catches on imaginary fire, it goes out, his hand is still okay...but when he gets home, suddenly the hand is all bloody and cut to ribbons again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Gary Lewis: [after opening window and seeing that it doesn't lead anywhere] Oh fuck!

Movie Connections:

Remake of Geoul sokeuro (2003)

Top-class terror

A characteristic of truly great horror fiction is it's ability to believably transform some aspect of our world from a reassuring pillar of certainty into a doorway to hell. In the case of "Mirrors", this process is applied to the fact that reflections in glass can simply never have a life of their own. The plot centers on an ex-cop named Ben Carson (Keifer Sutherland) who takes a job as a night watchman at a burned-out department store. This apparently easy gig turns into a nightmare after he attracts the attention of an evil presence that dwells in the mirrors that somehow survived the fire. To make matters worse, his family are also targeted by this entity -which can exert it's influence through any reflecting surface- and Carson is running out of time to save them.

At this point in his career, it is obvious that Alexandre Aja is destined to be one of the great horror directors. This film confirms his skill at building unbearable levels of fear and tension (which was so apparent in his remake of "The Hills Have Eyes") and then relentlessly shocking the audience. The pace is relentless and the atmosphere of terror only escalates as the film reaches it's climax. This is one of the few horror films ever made that is truly and deeply frightening. An undisputed classic.