The main thread is easy enough to follow. When the plot is as thin as this, it is not going to be all that hard, nor is it going to be all that interesting. The very idea of exposition must have been a foreign concept to them. Well, that or they figured they didn't need to spend any time on that aspect, leaving it up to the audience to put together the pieces. They never explain the significance of anything. I mean, what was with the centipedes and hard candies (that looked like marbles), surely they couldn't travel across the cell phone connections? Also, I hope Boost Mobile didn't have to pay much for their plug. Surely once word gets out that their phones kill it won't do anything to help their business.

Okay, now if the story and its maddening lack of any detail or depth wasn't bad enough, we have to deal with acting that defies anyone's ability to defend it. I have to wonder if it was due to just bad acting, or if the entire cast realized how bad the script was moments after signing on. There is no effort given by anyone to make their characters believable, from Shannyn Sossaman, to Ed Burns, to smaller roles from Margaret Cho and Johnny Lewis. Well, there is one exception, Ray Wise. He turns up in a bit part as a reality show host, and while he does not have much to do, he is as charismatic as you can get.

There is absolutely no reason to see this movie on the big screen, although, believe it or not, there were a couple of sequences I liked. The first would be the tail end of the opening scene. I'd tell you, but that would spoil the surprise (besides the fact that it is inconsistent with the rest of the film). The others come a bit later, one taking place in an airshaft that provides a genuine chill (as a standalone sequence), the other comes during the Ray Wise segment and is just a creepy effect on some religious art. Not enough to recommend, but perhaps when it hits DVD in a month.

Bottom line. No reason to bother here, unless you like to see everything. All I can hope for is that The Eye is better than this (the trailers alone are better). The script, acting, direction, and scares are all second rate, if not worse. Not a good way to start the new year.

Not Recommended.