A young woman is pulled out of Russia as a child and adopted by Americans. As an adult, she returns to her biological family's home, only to discover her brother and a whole slew of supernatural occurrences that are anything but welcoming. What are these doppelgangers? How will she make it out alive? (Or will she?)
This film had some serious problems, at least as far as I was concerned. It starts out in Russia and most of the movie takes place in Russia, which I thought would really add to the film. Russia is a mysterious and enchanting place for many people, including myself. But there really didn't seem to be any point in having it set in Russia as opposed to any other foreign location (besides getting some nice accents). So this hope of intrigue was crushed.
And after I was let down hard, there wasn't much to save me here. The woman and her brother are trying to find something about their family, but I was never sure what exactly they were looking for (maybe I was tired, but this seemed very unclear). And they encountered exact zombie copies of themselves, which included the humans getting hurt when the zombies did. What mythology are we working in? Is this a Russian myth? Because if it's something new (written by the authors) I think it needed to be explained much better. There was a feel of being in a time loop (because death wasn't really death) but that was never explained one way or the other.
The video quality was just alright and I can't recall anything unusual about the music or score. I could get picky about the filming, but I really have no reason to do so. The acting was quite alright, even if I wasn't sure what they were supposed to be doing half the time.
I guess that's the thing -- if you want a confusing story about lost families and body doubles in Russia (or at least backwoods Russia) then you have found a winner for yourself. But I didn't find it anything special and have no intention of picking up a copy in the future. If you want people stranded in the woods somewhere foreign, go with the Belgian film "Calvaire" -- that's a much better choice.
This film had some serious problems, at least as far as I was concerned. It starts out in Russia and most of the movie takes place in Russia, which I thought would really add to the film. Russia is a mysterious and enchanting place for many people, including myself. But there really didn't seem to be any point in having it set in Russia as opposed to any other foreign location (besides getting some nice accents). So this hope of intrigue was crushed.
And after I was let down hard, there wasn't much to save me here. The woman and her brother are trying to find something about their family, but I was never sure what exactly they were looking for (maybe I was tired, but this seemed very unclear). And they encountered exact zombie copies of themselves, which included the humans getting hurt when the zombies did. What mythology are we working in? Is this a Russian myth? Because if it's something new (written by the authors) I think it needed to be explained much better. There was a feel of being in a time loop (because death wasn't really death) but that was never explained one way or the other.
The video quality was just alright and I can't recall anything unusual about the music or score. I could get picky about the filming, but I really have no reason to do so. The acting was quite alright, even if I wasn't sure what they were supposed to be doing half the time.
I guess that's the thing -- if you want a confusing story about lost families and body doubles in Russia (or at least backwoods Russia) then you have found a winner for yourself. But I didn't find it anything special and have no intention of picking up a copy in the future. If you want people stranded in the woods somewhere foreign, go with the Belgian film "Calvaire" -- that's a much better choice.