Dark Water Review (DVD)

This movie isn't too scary, but its not bad. The trailers would have you thinking that this is a cover your eyes type movie, but it's more of a mystery movie. The cast is decent besides Jennifer Connelly. Most of the other actors are recognizable from other films. Pete Postlethwaite aka Kobayashi is in it. John C Reilly the fitness expert from Boogie Nights is in it. Dougray Scott from MI-2 is in it. Camryn Manheim makes an appearance and my favorite, Tim "be cool honey bunny" Roth shows up as well. The little girl Ariel Gade steals the show IMHO. Another actress like Dakota Fanning that is ahead of her time. The beginning of the movie is slow and the suspense isn't that high, but I liked that the movie didn't get really crazy like The Ring and The Grudge. The Japanese-converted supernatural thriller movies have started to run their course since they aren't too original anymore. Maybe there is a good idea or two left for this genre, but we'll have to see if the trend continues. This movie would have been disappointing in the theater, but as a rental it's not bad.

Dark Water = average rental