Dark Water – Dunkle Wasser (2005)

Dark Water – Dunkle Wasser: Directed by Walter Salles. With Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott. A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building, where they are targeted by the ghost of a former resident.

“Greetings again from the darkness. Nothing leaves a film-goer feeling less satisfied than a non-thrilling thriller. Based on a novel by Koji Suzuki (u0026quot;The Ringu0026quot;), director Walter Salles (u0026quot;High Artu0026quot;) hands us a flat, uninspired, at times boring rendition of the traditional Hollywood genre.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDespite a nice cast and excellent performances by Jennifer Connelly (looking unhealthily thin), John C. Riley, Tim Roth and especially Pete Postlehwaite, this movie provides only a couple of decent moments. The u0026quot;goodu0026quot; moments are furnished by Perla Haney-Jardine (u0026quot;Kill Billu0026quot; fans will recognize her as B.B. Kiddo) but there are not enough to save the film. The dark water is of course a major player and the convoluted attempts to mislead the viewer are weak and ineffective.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is just not a very good film and certainly not much of a thriller.”