Review of Wish Upon

WISH UPON (2017) ** Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Shannon Purser, Sydney Park, Elisabeth Rohm, Josephine Lanford, Sherilynn Fenn, Jerry O'Connell. Better than expected yet predictable supernatural thriller with King as a put-upon teen whose father discovers a Chinese thingamajig which causes wishes to come true but for a deadly price. Kind of "Final Destination" meets "Wishmaster" via "The Monkey's Paw", but not as gory or inventive. (Dir: John R. Leonetti)