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The Eye (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 99

Fresh: 64

Rotten:35

Average Rating: 6.1/10

Consensus: Conventional ghost tale with a few genuine scares.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Jun 6, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $339,607

Synopsis: THE EYE, directed by twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, is a Chinese/Thai horror film that focuses on Mun (Sin-je Lee), a cornea-transplant recipient who has been blind most of her life. As Mun... THE EYE, directed by twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, is a Chinese/Thai horror film that focuses on Mun (Sin-je Lee), a cornea-transplant recipient who has been blind most of her life. As Mun adjusts to her newfound sight, she begins to see haunting visions of dead people. As these terrifying visions become more frequent, Mun turns to a young psychiatrist, Dr. Wah (Lawrence Chou), for help. Eventually the two track the identity of the deceased eye donor to Thailand, and there the mystery is finally brought to light. With THE EYE, the Pang brothers enter the increasingly populated subgenre of contemporary Asian horror. Drawing on the visual language of recent Japanese films such as RING and PULSE, as well as Hollywood films THE SIXTH SENSE and STIR OF ECHOES, this chilling tale implies more than it reveals, building a deep sense of dread, even from the opening credits. Although the "I-see-dead-people" plotline has been investigated numerous times, THE EYE manages to put a different lens on the idea through subtleties in the story and the charismatic performance of the radiant Sin-je Lee. Featuring scenes that will make all viewers wary of elevators, hospital recovery wards, and calligraphy, this film offers truly startling moments that will linger in the mind's eye for a long time. [More]

Starring: Sin-je Lee, Laurence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Candy Lo

Starring: Sin-je Lee, Laurence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Candy Lo, Edmund Chen, Pierre Png

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Screenwriter: Jo Jo Hui Yuet Chun, Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Producer: Lawrence Cheng
Composer: Orange Music
Studio: Palm Pictures

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10/18/08
MaryAnn Johanson
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Is it a horror, a thriller, a tragedy, a disaster pic, or a romance? It's never really sure, but either way it limps along through various dips into different genres and often times is scrambled and confused...

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07/05/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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05/06/08
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Fans of the genre may still find the film as creepy and scary as it is intended to be, although it relies for so much of its scare-power on sudden bursts of flame accompanied by fearsome noise, or the appearance of ghostly death figures

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03/06/08
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'The Eye' could be worth seeing as a matinee or rental.

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02/09/08
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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Gary Brown
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12/27/07
Joe Lozito
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Made me jump a bunch of times, and seriously creeped me out at least three times.

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07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
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12/06/05
Film Threat

This is a movie with serious intent, a mature, wordy thriller with naturalistic (if somewhat naive) performances and aspirations to poetry.

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01/08/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The Eye is a haphazardly constructed horror movie based on a premise that the Thailand-based brothers couldn't figure out an ending for.

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04/05/04
Matt Kelemen
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