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Monday, October 15, 2007

The Wicker Man (2006)

Directed by Neil LaBute
Starring Nicholas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker, Kate Beahan, Leelee Sobieski, Michael Wiseman
Written by Neil LaBute
Produced by Nicholas Cage (!), Boaz Davidson, Randall Emmett, Avi Lerner, John Thompson
Music by Angelo Badalamenti

The pitch: a stupid cop is lured to a remote island inhabited by nutty locals to find a missing child

Trust me, I've done the hard work for you so you don't have to subject yourself to the unimaginable horrors of this movie.

http://movienuggets.blogspot.com/2007/10/movienuggets-reviews-w.html


This is such a terrible movie that you have to wonder at the mentality of those involved, not just the main culprit (writer/director LaBute) but your actors, producers, crew, the whole lot. Jesus Christ if this isn't a big, stinky turd on the cinematic map. I mean, first you have to question why you'd remake The Wicker Man in the first place. A classic, influential horror film, but also one from a particular era and possibly not meant for a "reimagining". It shows. LaBute has altered the story to jettison the religious context of the original in favour of a typical "burned-out cop haunted by nightmares given the opportunity to redeem himself" crud.