The Eye...

[Reed Rothchild]

....Or why a thirty two year old man has just had the urge to turn on all the lights in his house.

Just finished watching this Chinese supernatural flick, and by God do I feel somewhat scared and unhinged.  It's about a young woman who has been blind since the age of two who gets cornea implants and starts to see things that you and I ( hopefully ) will never see.

I really recommend searching this film out, before Tom Cruise's upcoming remake waters it down for western tastes.

Oh, and don't watch it alone like I just did...

[Deej]

Sounds spooky, the plot sounds familiar, is it a remake? or based on another film?
Tom Cruise, like Mark Wahlberg, should not be allowed to make "original" movies, let alone remakes of far superior films. Yep, still p**sed about The Italian Job!

[Dunners]

agreed, I need to this this great film I've heard NOTHING but good stuff about it.

[Anon E. Mouse]

"I really recommend searching this film out, before Tom Cruise's upcoming remake waters it down for western tastes."

While I think everyone should seek out the original, don't discount the remake until you've seen it.

The writer they've hired is an up-and-comer named Ryne Pearson.  He wrote a script titled "Knowing", about a time capsule unearthed after 25 years with a child's drawings inside which predicted tragic events of the future.  The last drawing has yet to come true, and the man who finds it sets out to stop it from happening.  Richard Kelly, the director of Donnie Darko, has been chosen to direct it(though I hear he's rewriting all the charm out of it).    

Ryne is more than capable of "localizing" this story in a way that will give even fans of the original a reason to see it.  It won't be watered down.  Think of it as another chapter.

And while I may be close to those involved, my bias shouldn't be seen as protecting the money men(Tom Cruise) behind it.  I have no stake in the success of the remake.