fedor8 Review of The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man (2006)

If you want to watch Nicholas Cage hit women, this is for you.

[29 December 2006]

Yet ANOTHER horror-film remake. This one is really quite bad. It has taken over the nonsense from the 1973 original – minus the great music and the atmosphere. So what are we left with here? With dull, badly acted garbage, with silly dialogues and even some unintentionally unfunny moments! The premise could be labeled more-or-less original – if only this weren't just a remake – but it is also a silly premise. The story is full of gaping holes in logic, there are many inconsistencies, the characters are not believable, and the director has failed to create a mood – which is essential for this kind of story to work on the screen. Cage is dull and uninteresting, and his character's detective work shoddy and even laughable. The rest of the cast isn't much better, but then again, they didn't have much to work with here. Check out Ellen Burstyn: she is barely recognizable, what with a half-dozen face-lifts that have turned her into something quite weird. Strictly for die-hard Cage fans, and people who are shipwrecked on an island, with only one movie to watch.