Directed by:
David S. GoyerScreenplay:
David S. GoyerCinematography:
James HawkinsonComposer:
Ramin DjawadiCast:
Odette Annable, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Idris Elba, Carla Gugino, Jane Alexander, Atticus Shaffer, Brian Boland, James Remar, C.S. Lee (more)VOD (2)
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College student Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) begins having dreams about a spooky little boy with bright blue eyes. She thinks nothing of it as first, but when the image becomes a recurring motif and the boy she babysits for hits her in the face and tells her "Jumby wants to be born now," she begins to get frightened. After learning that she had a twin brother who died in utero, she finds a photo of her late mother with the same ghostly child looming in the background. A newspaper clipping then leads Casey to visit an elderly Holocaust survivor (Jane Alexander) in a nursing home. The woman clues her in to a dark family secret extending back to WWII, which prompts her to employ the services of Rabbi Sendak (Gary Oldman), whose skepticism about evil spirits is vanquished when he sees what he is up against. (official distributor synopsis)
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The Unborn is a horror film that fermented too quickly. You can tell that Goyer has studied horror films and that he really knows a lot of them, because you'll get the feeling that he used a lot of scenes that you've seen elsewhere. That’s not a bad thing, but it needed at least a little inventiveness. But that is completely missing in this film. This is simply an exorcism film with a lot of interesting actors in a plethora of boring roles.
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Bay’s fast-food horror factory delivers another mass produced flick that differs from the previous ones only in that it’s not a direct remake, but a rip-off of many other, unspecified films. Well made, poorly acted, awfully written and sterile overall. The only good thing I could say is that Unborn is not that boring. Considering the impressive trailer, a disappointment, but considering the first negative responses, a quite easygoing movie. 5/10
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