The Unborn (2009)

The Unborn: Directed by David S. Goyer. With Odette Annable, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good. A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

“Having seen the trailers for u0026#39;Unbornu0026#39; and admiring David S. Goyeru0026#39;s writing talents on films such as u0026#39;The Dark Knightu0026#39; I was kind of looking forward to it. I knew it wouldnu0026#39;t be much more than a typical Hollywood attempt at horror but I thought Iu0026#39;d get at least 90 minutes of entertainment out of it. I was wrong.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story is terribly contrived and goes through the typical horror story motions from start to finish: childhood trauma – check! Nightmares – check! It also takes so much content from other films its unbelievable. More unbelievable is the fact that it botches these u0026#39;homagesu0026#39; every time. The film plods on and on attempting to at least get a jump out of you (which it fails at) until finally you get to the finale. Needless to say, the finale is also terrible. More so because at least the one thing the film does manage to do is contain the odd decent special effect. However, the finale for some reason doesnu0026#39;t contain any of these effects and resorts to actors merely wearing contact lenses.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m perhaps being a bit harsh giving the film a 3/10 but given the actors involved and David S. Goyeru0026#39;s obvious writing talent, this film really should have delivered far more.”