DVD Review: Eye, The (B)

Eye, The (2002)
Directed by the Pang Brothers
Starring Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon and Yut Lai So
MPAA: R
Grade: B

In the hype following the Ring we have seen a renewed interest in foreign horror films (the Ring is based on the Japanese "Ringu" films), and maybe for good reason. The Eye is another fine horror film from the East that deserves a wider audience in the states. Often compared to the Sixth Sense, I found The Eye to have its own unique style and pace.

In The Eye, a young blind girl named Mun is given a cornea transplant in order to bring back her sight. She is a violinist and has been taught to make her way through the world by using her hearing. As her vision comes back (its a slow learning process for the mind) she starts to wish she never went through it all. First, her orchestra drops her (because she is no longer blind) and then she begins to see horrible visions. Reality and fantasy merge and she can not tell what is real and what is not. Ghosts certainly have a way of making these type of things hard to discern.

Some excellent moments of horror in The Eye make it quite entertaining and certainly worth checking out. The Pang Brothers show great promise as filmmakers, keep an eye on them.

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