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Overview

User Rating:
4.8/10   16,177 votes
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Director:
Renny Harlin
Writer (WGA):
J.S. Cardone (written by)
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Release Date:
8 syyskuu 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Only the power of hell can help them. more
Plot:
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Steven Strait ... Caleb Danvers

Laura Ramsey ... Sarah Wenham

Sebastian Stan ... Chase Collins

Taylor Kitsch ... Pogue Parry

Chace Crawford ... Tyler Simms

Toby Hemingway ... Reid Garwin

Jessica Lucas ... Kate Tunney

Kyle Schmid ... Aaron Abbot

Wendy Crewson ... Evelyn Danvers

Stephen McHattie ... James Danvers
Kenneth Welsh ... Provost Higgins
Christian Baril ... Dead Teenage Boy
Basia Jasinski ... Nicky's Bar Waitress (as Barbara Basia-Jasinski)
Rob Burns ... Mr. Pennyworth

Robert Crooks ... Ryan Bael
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, sexual content, partial nudity and language.
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
UK:12A | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Argentina:13 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41452) | Malaysia:U | Norway:15 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:12 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Ontario) | South Africa:13V
Filming Locations:
Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Québec, Canada more
Company:
Screen Gems more

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Trivia:
Caleb's parents are Evelyn and William Danvers III, Pogue's parents are Beatrice and Wayne Parry, Reid's parents are Meredith and Joseph Garwin, and Tyler's parents are Rosalind and Glenn Sims. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The string on Steven Strait's harness is visible during the battle in the barn when Caleb and Chase are throwing farm equipment at each other. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Reid Garwin: What's up fellas?
Tyler Sims: Where were you? I stopped by to give you a lift.
Reid Garwin: Had things to do. How's the party?
Pogue Parry: Don't know. Just got here.
Reid Garwin: Well hell boys,
[eyes go black]
Reid Garwin: let's drop in.
[jumps off cliff]
Tyler Sims: Shit, yeah!
[jumps off cliff as well]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Breaking the Silence: Exposing the Covenant (2007) (V) more
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91 out of 131 people found the following comment useful.
not as bad as expected, 17 syyskuu 2006
4/10
Author: Jonathan King (blackfractal) from NYC

Basic summary: Ipswitch used to be a community of witches and escaped the Salem witch hunts by forming a covenant of secrecy. The first born males descended from these families have supernatural powers, and must come to terms with the seductive, addictive nature of using those powers.

Well, I usually give movies the benefit of the doubt and start from a 5, going from there:

Production: -1 for very obvious audio out of sync, +1 for nicely done special effects, the darkling actually gave me chills, +0.5 for nice colorization (I like the dull blue), -0.5 for the stupid sound track, +0.5 for the opening sequence -- I'm a sucker for stylish compositing and flashy title design.

Story / Script: +1 for decent main idea, -0.5 for DBZ/Matrix/Street Fighter ripoff/pastiche, -1 for not explaining some plot threads very well (spiders, darkling), -1 for boring, predictable ending, -1 for gratuitous exposition, both as words on the screen and as bland monologuing

Acting / Characterization: -0.5 for bad bad acting, although it gets a little better as the film progresses, -1 for lack of character development, especially among all the females

Other: +1 for gratuitous male and female nudity, which is fun to watch, and +0.5 for no sex scenes, which for this genre are usually done very badly and end up being boring rather than hot, +1 for hitting its target audience, teenage sci-fi/horror/thriller fans, even though this movie is not exclusively any of those genres.

Conclusion: This is not a "film," this is a MOVIE. There's really nothing to analyze, it's just good, (relatively) clean fun. Lots of really attractive actors and actresses. Lots of boys fighting in the style of DBZ and Street Fighter. If you like cute actors and actresses, supernatural special effects, and/or mindlessly fun plots, this movie is for you. If you prefer Oscar-worthy, exquisitely-produced film masterpieces with tons of multi-layered, allegorical plot threads and groundbreaking visualization techniques, you probably won't like this film.

Using my twisted logic, this movie gets a 4/10.

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