A twisted psychological story with thrills , chills , violence and a tense final . This nice and intriguing motion picture was competently directed by David Koepp . Dealing with a successful fiction writer called Mort (Johnny Depp) in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be writer who accuses him of plagiarism . Six months back writer Mort found his wife (Maria Bello) in bed with another man (Timothy Hutton) . But Mort returns night after to his isolated , ill-secured house with a psycho around . The white glare of the blank laptop keeps driving him back into the arms of his couch , where he sleeps away most days in a gnarly bathrobe until naptime is interrupted by John Sutter (John Turturro) pounding on the door of Mort's upstate cabin like the day of judgement . Shooter accuses the disheveled author of plagiarism and gives him three days to prove otherwise , although the bodies begin piling up immediately . Some windows should never be opened !.
More a thriller than an all-out terror, this picture packs suspense , violence , tense and amazing conclusion . To be sure , the movie adapted from a novella by Stephen King is never less than pulpy , preposterous fun , thanks almost entirely to its ingenious star Johnny Depp always gives generously , no matter the cause. Provides an imaginative, highly original and well-knit screenplay by David Koepp , director as well . This is a moody , creepy, obsessive thriller depicting an environment of paranoia , including violent and thrilling events in which lots of mounting tension both within and without . Resulting to a be an astonishing nightmare suffered by an unsettling writer harassed by a weird person , as director David Koepp unveils the inevitable big twist as too conventional excuse for plot-holes , some implausibilities and Mort's stunning errors of judgement . And the deranged last reel flounders under a crippling debt to ¨The Shining¨. Along with the always great Johnny Depp appearing here and there a number of prestigious actors , such as : John Turturro , Maria Bello , Timothy Hutton , Charles S. Dutton , Len Cariou, John Dunn-Hill and Vlasta Vrana ; all of them giving decent interpretations . Stephen King has a library load of books to his credit and a fan base of fanatic's eager to purchase any piece that pours from his platinum pen . Quite obviously many of his books have inspired movie adaptations, however surprisingly the transformation from page to cinema has not always been a successful one. Scanning a list of films based on King's work which features about 120 writing credits , there is a mixture of masterpieces and others mediocre , flops or stinkers . On the one hand we have horror classics like Carrie, The Shinning , Misery and The Mist . And on the other hand , B-movies , blowouts or failures films , such as Thinner , Maximum Overdrive , The Tommyknockers, Dreamcatcher , Running Man and The Langoliers. And Hollywood keeps buying up the rights to more of Stephen King's stories other directors could take .
It displays a colorful and brilliant cinematography finely made by cameraman Fred Murphy. As well as sinister and mysterious music score fitting to the nail-biting tension by composer Philip Glass , he's habitual maker of frightening atmospheres . The motion picture was well directed by David Koepp , a famous , succesful screenwriter (Zathura, War of the worlds , Spiderman, Mission impossible) and occasionally director (stir of echoes , Secret window , The trigger effect) . The flick will appeal to thriller fans because gets adequate intrigue , intense drama sequences and unexpected plot twists . Rating : 7.5/10 . The pic will appeal to Johnny Depp fans.
More a thriller than an all-out terror, this picture packs suspense , violence , tense and amazing conclusion . To be sure , the movie adapted from a novella by Stephen King is never less than pulpy , preposterous fun , thanks almost entirely to its ingenious star Johnny Depp always gives generously , no matter the cause. Provides an imaginative, highly original and well-knit screenplay by David Koepp , director as well . This is a moody , creepy, obsessive thriller depicting an environment of paranoia , including violent and thrilling events in which lots of mounting tension both within and without . Resulting to a be an astonishing nightmare suffered by an unsettling writer harassed by a weird person , as director David Koepp unveils the inevitable big twist as too conventional excuse for plot-holes , some implausibilities and Mort's stunning errors of judgement . And the deranged last reel flounders under a crippling debt to ¨The Shining¨. Along with the always great Johnny Depp appearing here and there a number of prestigious actors , such as : John Turturro , Maria Bello , Timothy Hutton , Charles S. Dutton , Len Cariou, John Dunn-Hill and Vlasta Vrana ; all of them giving decent interpretations . Stephen King has a library load of books to his credit and a fan base of fanatic's eager to purchase any piece that pours from his platinum pen . Quite obviously many of his books have inspired movie adaptations, however surprisingly the transformation from page to cinema has not always been a successful one. Scanning a list of films based on King's work which features about 120 writing credits , there is a mixture of masterpieces and others mediocre , flops or stinkers . On the one hand we have horror classics like Carrie, The Shinning , Misery and The Mist . And on the other hand , B-movies , blowouts or failures films , such as Thinner , Maximum Overdrive , The Tommyknockers, Dreamcatcher , Running Man and The Langoliers. And Hollywood keeps buying up the rights to more of Stephen King's stories other directors could take .
It displays a colorful and brilliant cinematography finely made by cameraman Fred Murphy. As well as sinister and mysterious music score fitting to the nail-biting tension by composer Philip Glass , he's habitual maker of frightening atmospheres . The motion picture was well directed by David Koepp , a famous , succesful screenwriter (Zathura, War of the worlds , Spiderman, Mission impossible) and occasionally director (stir of echoes , Secret window , The trigger effect) . The flick will appeal to thriller fans because gets adequate intrigue , intense drama sequences and unexpected plot twists . Rating : 7.5/10 . The pic will appeal to Johnny Depp fans.