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Don't Bother **(Two Stars)

This film is a remake of the 1973 film bearing the same title.   The movie, billed as "horror", did not scare or startle me - not even once.  As a fan of physiological thrillers, I'll have you know I was less than thrilled.  That is of course unless you count the flashbacks to the traumatic events that all heroes in horror films face - those were actually kinda cool.   During the opening credits we find Detective Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage), who plays a highway patroller, aiding a woman curbside who's daughter dropped her toy doll from the backseat window.  In only a moments time an 18 wheeler comes along and in it's attempts to dodge Malus hits the car killing both the woman and her daughter.   

This film definitely has an underlying theme of "girl power" which we discover when we are taken to the land of Summersile, a private and very much socially backwards island where the men are uneducated and the only reason they even exist is to handle the manual labor and for the mere purpose of procreation.
If you are not a Nicolas Cage fan, this movie will be painful to watch for he is not the greatest actor.  However, if you let yourself get into the movie the rest of the actors are pretty good, and there are a few heavy weights like Ellen Burstyn who plays the queen bee Sister Summersisle, the very lovely and yet deathly skinny Kate Beahan (sister Willow), Leelee Sobieski (Sister Honey) and Frances Conroy (Dr Moss who is most famous in the gay community for playing the mom on TV's Six Feet Under.)  I also will say that the plot is very intricate and complex and you will be shocked in the end when the real story is revealed. 
The most interesting thing to me was when Nicolas Cage came barging onto the island asking questions and throwing his weight around as a police officer in a land that knows no law.  It was quite humorous actually.  Maybe his acting wasn't so bad after-all come to think of it - I think we've all met a few cops like that in our day.
I was truly let down by this movie and would not suggest it to anyone, unless you are a huge fan of any of the actors.
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Suspense/Thriller. In Neil LaBute's remake of the 1973 horror classic, Nicolas Cage stars as a sheriff investigating a young girl's disappearance from an isolated, mysterious island off the coast of Maine. As he digs deeper and uncovers evidence of disturbing pagan rituals, he realizes there's something very strange about the local community. 1 hour, 42 min. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for disturbing images and violence, language and thematic issues).
 


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