Sutherland stars as Ben Carson, a former NYPD dectective that is still suffering over the fact that he fataly shot someone in the line of duty. This turmoil has caused him to become estranged from his wife and family. When the movie begins he is sleeping on his little sisters couch. On leave from the police force, Ben takes a job as a night watchmen at a burned and abandon historic department store in the city. A major fire had gutted the building five years earlier. The building houses a large number of mirrors, that despite the poor condition of the building, look remarkebly unscathed and in prestine condition. On his nighly patrols of the building Ben begins to hear noises and see things in the mirrors that cannot possibly be real. Soon he begins to realize that a true threat exists in the relm of the stores mirrors and this threat intends to no only affect him but his family as well.
Kiefer Sutherland was great in the film, as expected. He is just an amazing actor and I really felt for the character he portyayed and the issues he was going through. The guilt over what he had done while a New York city cop and how that guilt had spiraled out of control and caused problems with his marrriage.
I thought Amy Smart did good as well playing Ben's sister Angela. The brother sister moments between the two really came off as believable and not forced. That truly shows what good actors the two are.
The only actor in the film I was not that impressed with was Ben's estranged wife Amy played by Paula Patton. It's not that she is a bad actress, I just thought her performance was rather "blah" and I did not feel that she brought anything interesting to the proceedings.
Mirrors scared the crap out of me. I was not expecting it to be as scary as it was. I watched the unrated verision of the film so I am not sure how much this verision differed from the theatrical cut. There were some horrific images that stayed with me long after the film was over. I have to give Alexandre Aja props for not going overboard on gore like he did in his previous directorial efforts :High Tension" and the remake of "The Hills have Eyes". Instead of gore he provide a lot of suspence particualry when Ben is patroling the abandonded building at night. It's not to say that the movie does not have gore moments but they do not overtake the film.
I really am the type of movie goer that does not like to give too much away when I talk about a particualr film, so I will end by saying that Mirrors is definatly worth checking out. I guarantee that you will never want to turn your back on a mirror in your house again after you watch
Mirrors rating
5 out of 5
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Worth seeing i agree, kiefer is awesome
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