I saw "The 9th Life of Louis Drax", starring Jamie Dornan-Anthropoid, Fifty Shades of Grey; Aaron Paul-Central Intelligence, Need For Speed; Sarah Gadon-Dracula Untold, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Aiden Longworth-The Unseen, Hector and the Search For Happiness.
This is a little strange thriller/mystery, directed by Alexandre Aja. You might have caught one of his other films; Piranha 3D, Mirrors, The Hills Have Eyes_2006 or High Tension. I called the movie strange because there is all kinds of things going on that involve symbolism and I used to hate symbolism, way back when I was in school-I had problems figuring out exactly what something was supposed to mean, instead of what it just appeared to be. Aiden plays the title character, Louis Drax, a young boy that has been plagued with accidents ever since he was born. They are shown in flashback. Aaron and Sarah are his parents. On Aiden's 9th birthday, the family goes on a picnic near the ocean. Aiden falls off of a cliff into the water and is taken to the hospital, where he is pronounced dead. He is dead for 2 hours when he suddenly comes back to life. Everyone is shocked, including the doctor, Jamie. Sarah tells the police that Aaron pushed Aiden over the cliff and so he is the subject of a manhunt. That is when things start getting a little strange. While Aiden is in a deep coma, notes start to appear that are hand written, as if they were written by Aiden. Jamie starts falling for Sarah as if he were making the sequel to Fifty Shades. Other facts come to light that suggest that maybe there is another explanation for things that are going on. By the end of the movie, there are some mysteries that are resolved but then there are also some that are not-or maybe I am just too dumb to understand the symbolism, I don't know. I mean, I think I understood who the seaweed creature was supposed to be but I didn't follow the bit about Aiden talking through other people thing-was it mind powers like telekinesis or something? And if so, where did they come from? He never exhibited powers during the first nine years of his life. It's rated "R" for disturbing images, language and sexual content- including brief nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 48 minutes. If you like symbolism you might enjoy this one more than I did. I would not buy it on DVD. I don't think I would rent it, either. If you really want to see it, I would wait until it comes to cable.
This is a little strange thriller/mystery, directed by Alexandre Aja. You might have caught one of his other films; Piranha 3D, Mirrors, The Hills Have Eyes_2006 or High Tension. I called the movie strange because there is all kinds of things going on that involve symbolism and I used to hate symbolism, way back when I was in school-I had problems figuring out exactly what something was supposed to mean, instead of what it just appeared to be. Aiden plays the title character, Louis Drax, a young boy that has been plagued with accidents ever since he was born. They are shown in flashback. Aaron and Sarah are his parents. On Aiden's 9th birthday, the family goes on a picnic near the ocean. Aiden falls off of a cliff into the water and is taken to the hospital, where he is pronounced dead. He is dead for 2 hours when he suddenly comes back to life. Everyone is shocked, including the doctor, Jamie. Sarah tells the police that Aaron pushed Aiden over the cliff and so he is the subject of a manhunt. That is when things start getting a little strange. While Aiden is in a deep coma, notes start to appear that are hand written, as if they were written by Aiden. Jamie starts falling for Sarah as if he were making the sequel to Fifty Shades. Other facts come to light that suggest that maybe there is another explanation for things that are going on. By the end of the movie, there are some mysteries that are resolved but then there are also some that are not-or maybe I am just too dumb to understand the symbolism, I don't know. I mean, I think I understood who the seaweed creature was supposed to be but I didn't follow the bit about Aiden talking through other people thing-was it mind powers like telekinesis or something? And if so, where did they come from? He never exhibited powers during the first nine years of his life. It's rated "R" for disturbing images, language and sexual content- including brief nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 48 minutes. If you like symbolism you might enjoy this one more than I did. I would not buy it on DVD. I don't think I would rent it, either. If you really want to see it, I would wait until it comes to cable.