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MPAA RATING: R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity
Starring
Kiefer Sutherland,
Paula Patton,
Cameron Boyce,
Erica Gluck,
Amy Smart,
Mary Beth Peil,
John Shrapnel,
and
Jason Flemyng
From the director of "The Hills
Have Eyes" comes "MIRRORS," the terrifying story of troubled ex-cop who
must save his family from an unspeakable evil that is using mirrors as
a gateway into their home.
Ben Carson (KIEFER SUTHERLAND) has
seen better days. It's been nearly a year since the volatile detective
was suspended from the NYPD for fatally shooting another undercover
officer, an accident that not only cost him his job, but fueled the
alcoholism and anger that has alienated his wife and kids and left him
crashing on his sister's couch in Queens.
Desperate to pull his
life together and reconnect with his family, Carson takes a job as a
night watchman at the burned-out ruins of the Mayflower department
store. What once was a symbol of prosperity and grandeur now sits
decaying in the darkness like a rotting ghost ship, destroyed by a
massive fire that devoured numerous innocent lives.
As Carson
patrols the eerie, charred remains of the store, he begins to notice
something sinister about the ornate mirrors that adorn the Mayflower
walls. Reflected in the gigantic shimmering glass are horrific images
that stun Carson.
Beyond projecting gruesome images of the past,
the mirrors appear to be manipulating reality as well. When Carson sees
his own reflection being tortured, he suffers the physical effects of
his fractured visions. Suddenly the troubled ex-cop finds himself
battling his personal demons and the ones that have hijacked his
reflection, tormenting him with convulsions, spontaneous bleeding and
near suffocation.
His sympathetic but skeptical sister Angela
(AMY SMART) dismisses these bizarre "nightmares" as a consequence of
his stress and guilt over the accidental shooting, but Carson's
estranged wife Amy (PAULA PATTON), a no-nonsense NYPD medical examiner,
is less forgiving. Her husband's increasingly erratic behavior
frightens her, pushing his family farther away - and, she fears, it's
putting their children in danger.
But a much deadlier threat
looms, trapped within the mirrors and reflective surfaces that pervade
their everyday life. As Carson investigates the mysterious
disappearance of a Mayflower security guard and its possible connection
to his ghastly visions, he realizes that a malevolent, otherworldly
force is using reflections as a gateway to terrorize him and his
family.
If he has any hope of saving his wife and children
from a horrifying death, Carson must somehow uncover the truth behind
the mirrors - and convince Amy to help him battle the greatest evil he
has ever faced.
| GENRE(S): |
Horror
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Sung-ho Kim (Korean motion picture "Into the Mirror")
Grégory Levasseur
Alexandre Aja
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Alexandre Aja
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: August 15, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
110 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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