USA, 1899. Stars Edward Newgate (Jim Sturgess), a promising young doctor in search of experience who has recently graduated from Oxford. In hope of becoming a resident the young doctor Edward arrives at the Snoonehearts detention center for the mentally ill to complete his training as a psychiatrist. However, right from the start, it is quite clear that the superintendent Dr. Silas Lamb's (Ben Kingsley) unorthodox methods of treatment seem to have no positive effect on the patients, furthermore, there is a strange feeling that there is more to the asylum than meets the eye. In the asylum there are a number of inmates (Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Fulford, David Thewlis, Sophie Kennedy Clark) , usually from the highest social classes. The center's director, Doctor Lamb, shows him his revolutionary and unorthodox procedures. Dr. Newgate begins to make shocking and frightening discoveries that show him that nothing is what it seems behind the walls of Stonehearst. Then weird happenings lead a madness spiral and killing. No one is what they seem !.
Intriguing film contains drama, thrills, chills, suspense , twists and turns , and results to be quite entertaining. The atmosphere and perverse intrigue enhance as well as the relationship between starring Jim Sturgess and Ben Kingsley develops. A psychological thriller directed by specialist Brad Anderson, being a loose adaptation of one of Edgar Allan Poe's stories,as the movie is based on short story written in 1844 titled "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether", adapted by the screenwriter of ¨Wind Chill¨, ¨Fear Itself¨ or ¨Blackway¨ Joe Gangemi. The film, far from the black comedy of the original story, forms a plot of suspense and terror supported by an intriguing premise: "Do not believe anything you hear and only half of what you see."
The English actor Jim Sturgess gives a good performance as the young psychiatrist who soon falls in love with one of the patients at the center who warns him of the danger he faces in that place, she's nicely performed by Kate Beckinsale. While Ben Kingsley brings to life perfectly in his usual style a suspicious doctor.
The cast of this feature film is completed by prestigious supporting characters such as: David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Caine, Jason Flemyng, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Christopher Fulfold, Sinéad Cusack, among others.
It displays a tense and full of intrigue score John Debney. Likewise, an evocative and dark cinematography by Thomas Yatsko. The motion picture was well directed by Brad Anderson . He is a good filmmaker who has directed thought-provoking and thrilling films such as ¨Happy accidents¨ , ¨Transsiberian¨. ¨Session 9¨ , ¨The machinist¨ , and ¨The call¨ his last film starring Halle Berry. Rating: 6.5/10. Good and above average, it's one the highest earning suspense picture of the last years ; it is an above average film with tense, suspenseful, and violence .
Intriguing film contains drama, thrills, chills, suspense , twists and turns , and results to be quite entertaining. The atmosphere and perverse intrigue enhance as well as the relationship between starring Jim Sturgess and Ben Kingsley develops. A psychological thriller directed by specialist Brad Anderson, being a loose adaptation of one of Edgar Allan Poe's stories,as the movie is based on short story written in 1844 titled "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether", adapted by the screenwriter of ¨Wind Chill¨, ¨Fear Itself¨ or ¨Blackway¨ Joe Gangemi. The film, far from the black comedy of the original story, forms a plot of suspense and terror supported by an intriguing premise: "Do not believe anything you hear and only half of what you see."
The English actor Jim Sturgess gives a good performance as the young psychiatrist who soon falls in love with one of the patients at the center who warns him of the danger he faces in that place, she's nicely performed by Kate Beckinsale. While Ben Kingsley brings to life perfectly in his usual style a suspicious doctor.
The cast of this feature film is completed by prestigious supporting characters such as: David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Caine, Jason Flemyng, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Christopher Fulfold, Sinéad Cusack, among others.
It displays a tense and full of intrigue score John Debney. Likewise, an evocative and dark cinematography by Thomas Yatsko. The motion picture was well directed by Brad Anderson . He is a good filmmaker who has directed thought-provoking and thrilling films such as ¨Happy accidents¨ , ¨Transsiberian¨. ¨Session 9¨ , ¨The machinist¨ , and ¨The call¨ his last film starring Halle Berry. Rating: 6.5/10. Good and above average, it's one the highest earning suspense picture of the last years ; it is an above average film with tense, suspenseful, and violence .