Review of The Signal (2007) by Robert C — 01 Sep 2008
The film that couldn't decide what it wanted to be when it grew up.
The story is divided into three "chapters".
The first is extremely simple, yet very creepy and tension filled look at the "begining of the end". I was really impressed by this chapter and it gave me high hopes for the rest of the film.
Chapter two was the continuation of the story, but with a "dark humor" twist (a la "Sean Of The Dead"), which on it's own wouldn't have been so bad...but as a follow-up to the powerful first chapter, was a bit disapointing.
The third chapeter was meant to "wrap things up" but is kind of all over the board and ultimately a weak ending to what is a very powerful begining.
If they would have just carried the look and feel of the first chapter, through the entire film...this could have been a really amazing piece of work.
This review of The Signal (2007) was written by Robert C on 01 Sep 2008.
The Signal has generally received mixed reviews.
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