The Eye (2008/I)

Directors:

David Moreau
Xavier Palud

Writers (WGA):

Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay)
Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui (2002 screenplay "Jian gui") ...

Release Date:

1 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?

Plot:

The remake of the Hong Kong film "Jian Gui", a woman who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world.

Plot Keywords:

Birthday Cake | Eye Injury | Concert Hall | Remake Of Chinese Film | Shower Scene

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Cast

Jessica Alba	...	Sydney Wells
Alessandro Nivola	...	Dr. Paul Faulkner
Parker Posey	...	Helen Wells
Rade Serbedzija	...	Simon McCullough
Fernanda Romero	...	Ana Christina Martinez
Rachel Ticotin	...	Rosa Martinez
Obba Babatundé	...	Dr. Haskins
Danny Mora	...	Miguel
Chloe Moretz	...	Alicia Millstone
Brett Haworth	...	Shadowman
Kevin K.	...	Tomi Cheung
Tamlyn Tomita	...	Mrs. Cheung
Esodi Geiger	...	Nurse
Karen Austin	...	Mrs. Hillman
Ryan J. Pezdirc	...	Nurse Room Attendant

Also Known As:

Ojo del mal, El (Argentina) (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
A Szem (Hungary) [hu]
Göz (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Mati, To (Greece) [el]
Ojo - Visones, El (Spain) [es]
Silm (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence/terror and disturbing content.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Malaysia:U | UK:15 | Norway:15 | South Korea:15 | Ireland:15A | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Italy:T | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Taiwan:R-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44048) | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Lionsgate

Trivia:

Jessica Alba was known as Obi Wan on set.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the beginning when Sydney pours herself a glass of iced tea, the level in the glass decreases between shots, before she even starts to drink from it.

Quotes:

Sydney Wells: I see...
Dr. Paul Faulkner: ...what? Dead people?

Movie Connections:

References Speed (1994/I)

Scary and jumpy. One of the better Asian remakes

I didn't know really what to expect from "The Eye" but I had been looking forward to seeing it ever since I had seen the trailers about a month ago so I was expecting to enjoy it. Jessica Alba plays Sydney Wells, a successful violinist who has been blind since the age of 5 after her and her sister were playing around with fire crackers. She undergoes a cornea transplant and it is a success- the only problem is however is that she can see the dead and her reflexion in the mirror isn't hers and her doctors won't tell her who her donor was but she finds out and travels to Mexico to find out about her donor who is the woman who she sees in the mirror everyday, and find out why she's able to see the dead.

"The Eye" is yet another Asian remake, but, along with "The Ring", its one of the better ones. Jessica Alba ( Fantastic Four ) is brilliant in it and so are the rest of the cast. I haven't yet seen the original, "Gin Gwai" but after seeing this I really want to. One thing that I wasn't expecting when I went to see "The Eye" was to have the crap scared out of me. Horror is one of my favourite genres and only supernatural ones give the chills but this one combined chills and jumpy scenes together well so me, my friend, and the rest of the audience by the sounds of some of them, got a good scare out of it. I hope the original is just as scary. "The Eye" has a very good story and the ending is fantastic in my opinion. I highly recommend "The Eye" to Horror fans and please people, don't let the recent load of crap Asian remakes give you a negative view on this, because I found "The Eye" to be rather refreshing considering a lot of the crap Horror films been made lately so I really recommend it. Can't wait to see "Gin Gwai".