Faces in the Crowd (2011)

Faces in the Crowd: Directed by Julien Magnat. With Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Atrakchi, Michael Shanks. A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with “face-blindness” after surviving a serial killer’s attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.

“The opening montage is artful and interesting, and as youu0026#39;re watching the movie, you probably are interested in the premise, that life would be very complicated if you couldnu0026#39;t recognize faces any longer. So you sit back and prepare for something that might be along the lines of u0026quot;Insomniau0026quot;, an thriller with a real foundation in psychological manipulation, with twists and surprises to keep you guessing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd after that opening montage, itu0026#39;s pretty much all just clichés and tired plot devices and stale acting. Weu0026#39;ve seen the leads do much better than this. The u0026#39;filleru0026#39; scenes are so trite they feel like they were written and shot in one take. And the u0026#39;actionu0026#39; scenes are shot in a way that does engage us at all. And as for the plot itself… have we ever seen a woman fleeing a villain and trip before? Have we seen the protagonist stuck in a situation where the hero has to rush to save her but he canu0026#39;t get to her quickly? And finally, the main crux of the film, the face blindness, is interesting for about three minutes, and then it gets incredibly stale, and yet we have to sit through another hour+ of it. Give this story to Chris Nolan and youu0026#39;d have something fantastic – but this incarnation of it is really not worth wasting the time on.”