It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

After a cornea transplant heals her long standing blindness, a young woman sees visions of the dead that lead her into the tragic future. Or is it the past?Good ghost concept diluted by melodrama. Asian horror is so neat with its plot hinges as layers of deception are unfolded, and often it's grim and spooky. Here we have the usual scenario where a sensitive innocent is burdened with the task of uncovering an old injustice. Plenty of character - but too much dialogue, too much romance, as the story bobs about on a slack current.The pace tightens up at the end, only to deliver a false climax followed by an overblown emergency. Music is big, sometimes interesting before descending into plink-plonk piano. The photography messes with the concept of blindness, but fails to create a visual world and relies too much on ramshackle CGI.The performances are OK, and the heroine's mother and the boy with the tumour had good parts. No memorable lines, although it was interesting to see English briefly used in a HK/Thai crossover.Overall, I guess the problem is with the directors/producers, who seem to have bought a good story then splashed it with marketing gunk.

Since it's almost Halloween, I thought I would write a review on my favorite horror movie ever. I love scary movies, but it's so hard to find any good ones. This movie isn't bloody or gory. There isn't a masked murderer running around, killing everyone. But The Eye is the most frightening movie I have ever seen. It's a psychological type of horror movie. That's what I love about it. No matter how many times I've seen it, I still get freaked out. Please, if you haven't seen this yet, watch it. You can easily find the dubbed version. (VUDU has it). Do not opt for the newer American version with Jessica Alba. It doesn't even compare.

I have to admit I don't quite get the fixation with Asian horror movies. And "The Eye" embodies every single reason for me not being into such genre.The movie is slow, plodding and totally NOT scary.Not gore-scary, not psychological-scary, not weird-scary. Not even slightly-unsettling or disturbing.It's just another chapter of the "I see dead people who can't rest in peace" book, which by now has become tiresome and trite.The acting is okay, if you can go past the lack of expression of the actors (something I can't do). The plot is predictable and the ending, well, you can totally see it coming. Probably not exactly the way it happens, but still the outcome is awfully predictable.The Eye is polished and well executed. Too bad the plot and the whole feel of the movie are unimaginative and dull.

I picked up this release from Asia due to claims, that this can be considered as Psychological Horror. I already had Kansen which I liked (good story) and thus I decided to get my hands on this film.I do have a reasonable dose of fear from supernatural and this movie was just my cup of ectoplasm, because that's what I like in Horror - to fear. I really enjoyed the work of writer and actors, and cinematography in general, as well as music, which were some kind of unusual for a horror title, and that is good, in my opinion (enhances the weirdness of Asian horror). The story is with some kind of used aroma (seen before here and there), but the cinematography really enhanced this story and the creatures/characters gave a pretty BIG dose of horror to me - great!I do not categorize this movie to be a Psychological Horror in general, but there are some pieces in this title, that may lead to such classification, and these scenes were done just beautifully and very nicely scary.A surprisingly nice and BIG slice of horror and chills for all fans of Asian horror (J-Horror), which reminded me some Silent Hill and Fatal Frame concepts. Good movie, really good, I loved it from start to finish.