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The Kovak Box (2006) 5.9
A sci-fi writer (Hutton) is invited to an island for a conference, only to discover that he's become lured into a trap. Director:Daniel Monzón |
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David Norton
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Silvia Mendez
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Frank Kovak
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Jane Graham
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Jaume
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Kathy
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A sci-fi writer (Hutton) is invited to an island for a conference, only to discover that he's become lured into a trap.
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You're trapped... and you don't even know it.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some violent and disturbing content, language and brief nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
12 January 2007 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
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(Original Title: Szomorú Vasárnap)
Music by Rezsö Seress
Lyrics by László Jávor
English Lyrics by Sam Lewis (as Sam M. Lewis)
Performed by Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Al Casey, J.C. Heard, Emmet Berry,
John Williams, Hymie Schertzer, Babe Russin and Jimmy Hamilton
Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment España
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In the end credits the word "Psychologist" appears as "Phsycologist". See more »Soundtracks
"Gloomy Sunday"(Original Title: Szomorú Vasárnap)
Music by Rezsö Seress
Lyrics by László Jávor
English Lyrics by Sam Lewis (as Sam M. Lewis)
Performed by Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Al Casey, J.C. Heard, Emmet Berry,
John Williams, Hymie Schertzer, Babe Russin and Jimmy Hamilton
Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment España
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"La caja Kovak" follows American science-fiction best-selling author David Norton (Timothy Hutton), who goes on a part business, part pleasure trip to the Spanish island of Mallorca with his girlfriend. He proposes to her and she accepts. On that very night, she jumps off their hotel balcony and kills herself after a short stay at the local hospital. In the bed next to her is Sylvia (Lucía Jiménez), a young woman who found herself jumping off the balcony without having any recollection of how and why she did it. Both women did it right after their phone rang and the song "Gloomy Sunday" began to play on the other end of the line. Together, David and Sylvia decide to try and solve the mystery.
The introduction is well done and it lures you into watching more, wanting to know how a song can make apparently normal people want to kill themselves. However, it evolves into a bizarre and not always efficient mix of thriller and science-fiction that completely fails to keep up the suspenseful and supernatural tone of the start, and is in fact rather dull and inconclusive at times. The characters are also quite poorly written -except for David Kelly's character maybe, the most interesting of the whole bunch- and they become quite predictable, as is the ending. Also, many clues thrown in along the way are never properly answered to.
All in all, it's an okay movie, one to watch and easily forget.