“The Return” («Месть»)
25-year-old Joanna Mills is having strange visions, the result of which
she cuts herself with a knife and in which she sees places where she has never been
before. In search of truth, the woman goes to La Salle town, where many years ago a woman
was killed.
Being honest, I only waited for this movie so long because of one thing
– the main character is played by my favorite actress – Sarah Michelle Gellar, who
spent 7 years fighting with the forces of darkness in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
TV-Series. She’s not leaving the horror genre yet, where she is almost a queen, but this
project is a definitely a wrong step for her.
Everything in ‘The Return’ is shamelessly primitive: the plot,
decoration, and characters. The movie calls itself a mystical thriller, but there is
hardly any mysticism going on, and no reason to be scared to death: I mean there are a
couple of frightening scenes (which by the way are totally different from tortures in
“Saw” and “Hostel” movies, which are good), but they can hardly impress the
experienced experts of a genre. The acting is quite entertaining, but this is definitely
Sarah Michelle’s contribution – even in a totally badly-written character of Joanna
she finds a field to display her talent, and in the end her acting is the only plus of
this overextended and boring movie, that had no point in being made.
By Michael Agafonov,
Lyceum No. 1523, Moscow
Corrections: The article “Debating Racism” published in English No.
4, 2007, p. 44 was written by Michael Agafonov. A thousand apologies from the Editorial
board of YES-pages.
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