Jessica Alba stars in The Eye, a remake of a Hong Kong horror film (Lionsgate)
The Eye (opened on February 2 throughout San Diego) follows films such as The Ring , The Grudge and Dark Water in turning to Asian horror film successes as inspiration for a Hollywood remake. But unlike those Japanese or J-horror inspired films, The Eye draws on a Hong Kong film directed by the Thai-born Pang Brothers as source material. The story works on a very simple premise: what if you received someone else's eyes in a transplant operation and suddenly began seeing from the organ donor's perspective. Jessica Alba plays a blind violinist who hopes that a cornea transplant will change her life. It does but not in the way she or anyone could have expected.
Max
February 06, 2008 at 10:57 AM
There are two seasons of Dead Like Me on dvd. Did the second one not air? Great show.
So far, only Dark Water and The Ring remakes are good.
Beth Accomando
February 06, 2008 at 01:13 PM
I stand corrected -- yes there were two seasons but that's still too brief.
Here's a website for the show http://www.deadlikeme.tv/.
Thanks for the correction.
max
February 09, 2008 at 11:26 PM
By the way, Ellen Muth of Dead Like Me is coming to San Diego for this year's Condor.
http://www.condorcon.org/html/mainmenu.html
Beth Accomando from San Diego
February 11, 2008 at 04:45 PM
Thanks Max for the info.
