Review of Oculus (2014) by Mateus C — 25 Aug 2014
What's real and what's not? Pretty bone chilling with an ending that only opens up the door for future dread. It's a smidgen hard to follow with all the jumping back and forth between timelines from when they were kids to present day, but the jist of it is the mirror plays tricks on them to protect itself from harm while simultaneously corrupting whoever is in its radius.
Karen Gillan does a wonderful job hellbent on revenge against the mirror's possession in the present based off what happened to their parents because of the mirror in the past. Brenton Thwaites was admiral, but his acting was not the highlight amongst Sackhoff, Cochrane and Gillan. I even thought the kids did a job well done.
It's an intense experience that is light on the gore but heavy on the impending doom that for once is inescapable. Surely there will be sequels. Bring on the illusion.
This review of Oculus (2014) was written by Mateus C on 25 Aug 2014.
Oculus has generally received mixed reviews.
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