Mirrors
Headline: ** Windex Might Help **
Title: MIRRORS
Quality: * * Acceptability: -2
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: LLL
Violence: VVV
Sex: None
Nudity: NN
RATING: R
RELEASE: August 15, 2008
TIME: 110 minutes
STARRING: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Cameron Boyce, Erica Gluck, Amy Smart, and Mary Beth Peil
DIRECTOR: Alexandre Aja
PRODUCERS: Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur, Alexandra Milchan, Marc Sternberg, and Moritz von der Groeben
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Marc S. Fischer and Andrew Hong
WRITERS: Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur
BASED ON THE MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN BY: Sung-ho Kim
DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox
CONTENT: (PaPa, BB, C, LLL, VVV, NN, M) Strong Pagan, supernatural worldview with a strong moral overtone and a Christian element of sacrifice involving a Roman Catholic character; at least 22 obscenities (including some "f" words), five strong profanities and five light profanities; extremely graphic violence throughout, man slices throat with piece of mirror, man graphically on fire, woman kills herself by pulling her own jaw off, graphic autopsy, woman and boy held underwater in attempt to kill them; no sexual content; rear female nudity; no alcohol; no smoking or drugs; and, medical records deception, supernatural evil.
GENRE: Horror
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Older teenagers and adults
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Rupert Murdoch, Chairman/CEO of News Corp.
Peter Chernin, President/COO of The Fox Group
Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos, Chairmen/CEO
Fox Filmed Entertainment
20th Century Fox Film Corp.
10201 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Phone: (310) 369-1000
Website: www.fox.com
SUMMARY: MIRRORS is the story of Ben, an ex-cop who must battle spirits residing in mirrors in order to protect his family. Despite some moral and redemptive elements, the movie is not well made and contains plenty of extremely graphic, bloody violence and strong foul language.
IN BRIEF:
MIRRORS is the story of Ben, an ex-cop who must battle spirits residing in mirrors in order to protect his family. Ben gets a job as security guard at an abandoned burnt-out department building. Evil spirits begin to bother him in the mirrors of the abandoned store. Soon, any reflective surface brings the spirits to him. The spirits want Ben to find a woman named Esseker. To motivate him, the spirits kill his sister and terrorize his family. Ultimately, Ben discovers the mysterious Esseker. Only through her sacrifice is Ben's family safe. However, an unusual twist leaves Ben's fate in question.
The violence is perhaps the most problematic content in MIRRORS, because it is overt, very bloody and filled with gore. A brief scene featuring rear female nudity is gratuitous as well as cliché. Sadly, there is mention of evil spirits and demons but no mention of God or the power of Jesus to overcome evil. There is a bright spot, however, because the character Esseker, a nun, willingly sacrifices herself to help save Ben's children. Given its violent content and strong foul language, MIRRORS merits at least extreme caution.
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