ridiculous rating

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Kiefer Sutherland stars in "Eye of a Killer" or "After Alice" as it is also know.Sutherland plays Mickey Hayden, a drunken cop who finds he can do psychometry after hitting his head. Ten years prior to the film, a killer known as Jabberwocky was on the loose. Now he's back with his random killings and leaving a playing card at the scene of each murder. Hayden's boss, Hatter (Gary Hudson) assigns him to the case. The problem for Mickey, besides his drinking, is that he can see the murder taking place but not the killer. He meets a scientist interested in psychic ability (Polly Walker) who tries to help him.Strange and confusing film with a good performance by Sutherland. Also appearing are Henry Czerny, and Eve Crawford plays the publisher of a newspaper.The story isn't particularly clear as the script is muddled. It's a shame because it could have been compelling, particularly with all the Alice in Wonderland references which were very clever. Had it not been for Sutherland, I'm not sure this film could even have been made.

Michael Hayden (Kiefer Sutherland) is a drunk police detective haunted by nightmares of visions through the eye of the killer. He's put on the Jabberwocky case. It's been ten years since the last time the "Alice in Wonderland" obsessed serial killer showed up. Michael starts having waking visions. Harvey (Henry Czerny) claims that they're psychic visions. He's a literary college professor. Dr. Vera Swann (Polly Walker) insists that Harvey is not Jabberwocky.The drunken haunted police detective may be a cliché. It is still a perfectly good character. In another movie, this could be a compelling character. This movie is a mess. The connections seem random. The plot seems disjointed. The case is not laid out very well. Sutherland keeps the movie from going off the rails but he isn't able to save this. The psychic visions are a bit lame. It's a poorly made psychic police procedural.

I don't watch PSI factor or any other tv science fiction series because they are either too badly written or over the top and really gross you out. But I do enjoy "psychic" movies. Kiefer Sutherland's performance was top-notch. He actually raised the calibre of the material with his excellent delivery of occasionally awkward or mundane lines. His professionalism is admirable. He refused to give a bad performance. The other psychic, Harvey, was a hoot and equally well played.I agree with Len Butz that this is a subtle movie and I thank him for his insight re Alice In Wonderland. I liked this movie very much. I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys watching fine performances, where an actor is given rough materials and actually improves the work by virtue of his own presence in the movie. He is doing an equally incredible job in his tv series 24, and certainly deserved his Golden Globe. If you don't go in expecting an Elm Street slasher, you will enjoy this movie.

This film is cringingly bad. You can tell that all the actors are embarrassed to be associated with such a truly terrible movie. There are obvious budget constraints but with a little thought and attention to detail the movie could have been so much better. For example: check out the scene where Mickey first goes to the mortuary and is talking to his friend the pathologist whilst the murdered taxi driver is lying on the slab. You can actually see the corpse breathing! What, couldn't they afford to hire a half-decent extra that could hold his breath for a 2 minute scene?!