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Unspeakable (2002) 2.9
A woman battles an unspeakable terror. Director:Thomas J. WrightWriter:Pavan Grover |
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Jesse Mowatt
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| Michelle Wolff | ... |
Littlefield
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Mark Voltura | ... |
Littlefield's Partner
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| Marco Rodríguez | ... |
Cesar
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| Dina Meyer | ... |
Diana Purlow
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| Lance Henriksen | ... | ||
| Miguel Pérez | ... |
Guard #1
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| Dennis Hopper | ... | ||
| J.D. Garfield | ... |
Federale Colonel
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Angelo Jaramillo | ... |
Flunky
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George Michael Tapia | ... |
Corrections Officer
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Audra Wise | ... |
T.V. News Woman #1
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Kim Trujillo | ... |
T.V. News Woman #2
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| Michael Crabtree | ... |
Lieutenant
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| Anthony Dilio | ... |
Guard #2
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The scientist Diana Purlow is performing experiments with the mind of criminals sentenced to death in the prison of the sadistic warden Earl Blakely. She tests an apparatus she developed and capable of read minds in a man that claims to be innocent of a murder, but she is not able to convince her former lover and Governor to call off the execution. When the serial killer Jesse Mowatt is arrested and sentenced to death, she convinces the warden to submit Jesse to her experiment. While working with the murderer, Diana faces pure evil in its essence. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Nothing can silence pure evil. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence and gore, disturbing images, language and some sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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USARelease Date:
December 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cerco aterrador See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Just a quick comment...
This is one of those films that I caught about 15 min. late on late-night cable. That missed 15 made all the difference. The clunky exposition - 'Tonight', '3 Days Earlier', etc., etc. - played no part in my first impression, and the film played as a straight jailhouse drama, with LESS ludicrous pseudo-science, fewer superhuman feats perpetrated by the arch-villain.
I was so intrigued that I programmed my Tivo to catch the West Coast feed of the film, and that was the good-bad mistake. This film would have been far more effective if they had eliminated the backstories at the beginning of the film and the wannabe 'Another Heaven' (2000) aspects of the Jesse Mowatt character. The director and the editor overplayed their hands there.
The pluses for this film are that the leads - Dina Meyer, Lance Henrickson, Jeff Fahey and even the writer/actor Pavan Grover turn in acceptable performances. I was especially impressed by Meyer here, in her capacity to convey sympathy, compassion, authority, fear, etc. Dennis Hopper's contribution however, is execrable: his lines are terrible, and he chooses to read them like a 'tough love' southern caricature.
The 'metaphysically-enhanced serial killer' is an overcrowded field. It has been done to death. If anyone is out there writing such stuff, it is best that they limit their palette - too many psychic powers and sci-fi gadgets can put a serious hurt on one's story. Otherwise, this one is well-enough executed, and ironically a full cut above the junk that's habitually ground-out by the SciFi Channel.
If it's a late night or early morning, definitely worth biding one's insomnia by...
5/10