The story is about Heather, whose friend Robbie secretly has telekinesis. Back in middle school Robbie used it to choke a bully to death. Now at high school, after moving away, Robbie goes back to Heather's neighborhood. From the distance one Father Henry, a priest who investigated about the bully's death five years ago, monitors Robbie and Heather. They get close again. Greg, Heather's boyfriend, tried to bully Robbie and he tasted the wrong end of Robbie's ability. Heather asks Robbie about it but he denies anything.
Greg then gets killed by a tractor. Heather's father, Detective Elliot, starts an investigation, warning Heather of a possible danger. He then questions Robbie about Greg. After a time behind the shadows, Father Henry approaches the detective, warning about Robbie's supernatural ability. Pretty soon a colleague tells Elliot that Henry is not an official priest anymore. Elliot confronts Henry but Henry reveals that Robbie is trying to fulfill a prophecy by killing Heather. Father Henry then gets killed right after.
Heather and Robbie meet on the grave of Heather's mother. Elliot finds Henry's body and goes to the grave and finds the couple. First Elliot points a gun at Robbie but when Elliot lowers his gun Robbie immediately draws out a gun and pointed it to Elliot. After this is the final conflict but I'm determined not to spoil it to you because, despite some minor continuance issues, it's a good surprise.
For me it's quite deceiving that the poster that is known widely only depicts Slater's character heavily, while in fact his is just a supporting role with relatively little in-frame duration. I think it's being done to lift the hype of the movie by bandwagoning on Christian Slater's once-was big name.
Christian Slater's career has faded into the backgrounds of the mainstream movies nowadays. He's been acting roles in 3rd class Eastern Europe based movies such as Assassin Run (2013).
Vinnie Jones is also suffering quite the same, and I'm quite surprised to see a frequent action movie cast like him to play in this movie. One thing good is that the movie's directors or producers doesn't compulse him into acting out any American accent, thus he gets to keep his rough European accent which is his trademark in action movies.
The basic story is quite good and sounded promising. Unfortunately the development on the screenplay is not so good that there are plot holes, obvious ones, here and there. But again the ending is quite a good surprise, although even that can't salvage the whole movie from defects in the story.
The thrill mood is not really developed well. This is due to not enough duration given to build up the suspense. The music also is not helpful in building up the mood of the suspense scenes.
The acting is quite imbalanced between the casts. The seniors Slater and Jones, and the main protagonist Emily Tennant acted well, but the rest of the cast lacks out any suitable expressions on the moods or sometimes even overacted.
Overall for me this movie deserves a 6 out of 10 score, while a recommendation is still doubtful from my side. It would be a recommendable watch if only the story had been developed better.
Greg then gets killed by a tractor. Heather's father, Detective Elliot, starts an investigation, warning Heather of a possible danger. He then questions Robbie about Greg. After a time behind the shadows, Father Henry approaches the detective, warning about Robbie's supernatural ability. Pretty soon a colleague tells Elliot that Henry is not an official priest anymore. Elliot confronts Henry but Henry reveals that Robbie is trying to fulfill a prophecy by killing Heather. Father Henry then gets killed right after.
Heather and Robbie meet on the grave of Heather's mother. Elliot finds Henry's body and goes to the grave and finds the couple. First Elliot points a gun at Robbie but when Elliot lowers his gun Robbie immediately draws out a gun and pointed it to Elliot. After this is the final conflict but I'm determined not to spoil it to you because, despite some minor continuance issues, it's a good surprise.
For me it's quite deceiving that the poster that is known widely only depicts Slater's character heavily, while in fact his is just a supporting role with relatively little in-frame duration. I think it's being done to lift the hype of the movie by bandwagoning on Christian Slater's once-was big name.
Christian Slater's career has faded into the backgrounds of the mainstream movies nowadays. He's been acting roles in 3rd class Eastern Europe based movies such as Assassin Run (2013).
Vinnie Jones is also suffering quite the same, and I'm quite surprised to see a frequent action movie cast like him to play in this movie. One thing good is that the movie's directors or producers doesn't compulse him into acting out any American accent, thus he gets to keep his rough European accent which is his trademark in action movies.
The basic story is quite good and sounded promising. Unfortunately the development on the screenplay is not so good that there are plot holes, obvious ones, here and there. But again the ending is quite a good surprise, although even that can't salvage the whole movie from defects in the story.
The thrill mood is not really developed well. This is due to not enough duration given to build up the suspense. The music also is not helpful in building up the mood of the suspense scenes.
The acting is quite imbalanced between the casts. The seniors Slater and Jones, and the main protagonist Emily Tennant acted well, but the rest of the cast lacks out any suitable expressions on the moods or sometimes even overacted.
Overall for me this movie deserves a 6 out of 10 score, while a recommendation is still doubtful from my side. It would be a recommendable watch if only the story had been developed better.