"The Gathering" (2007) TV mini-series

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Bill Eagles

Writer (WGA):

John Shiban (written by)

Release Date:

13 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

As Dr. Michael Foster searches for his wife, who disappeared without a trace, he unearths a cabal of witches in present-day New York.

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 17

1:45 AM

MAX

Cast

Peter Gallagher	...	Dr. Michael Foster
Peter Fonda	...	Thomas Carrier
Jamie-Lynn Sigler	...	Maggy Rule
Jenna Boyd	...	Elizabeth 'Zee' Foster
Hannah Lochner	...	Sarah
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Warren Belle	...	Rally Security Guard
Jackie Brown	...	Coffee shop waitress
Greg Bryk	...	Tommy Carrier
James Carroll	...	Dr. Jerry Tanner
Caroline Cave	...	Rachel
David Christo	...	Alex
Nicole Crozier	...	Staff Nurse (2007)
Hugh Dillon	...	Detective Gamble
Ephraim Ellis	...	Miles Woollacott
Maggie Huculak	...	Abigail
Kristin Lehman	...	Ann Foster
Angelica Lisk	...	Bus Passenger #4
Nancy McAlear	...	Nurse 4
Ellora Patnaik	...	Nurse
Cara Ricketts	...	Bonnie
Maria Ricossa	...	Cynthia Woollacott
Mike Shara	...	Andrew Carrier
Kelly Hope Taylor	...	Emily
Susanna Thompson	...	Elaine Tanner

Also Known As:

"Coven" (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Sony Pictures Television

Mundane, boring, drawn out, etc..

Summary pretty much sums this movie up. Now keep in mind I have at the time of this writing only seen the first part. The reason the is that what I have seen so far does not justify my time to watch the remaining 2 hours.

In this first film at about 115 minutes in, I was watching a part of the movie that should have started 40 minutes earlier at the latest. So I ask myself, why did I have to sit through really what was an hour of nothing just to get to this point. Of all the stories, this certainly was not mini-series material.

As for the acting, don't expect an improvement here. Some seem to have simply sleepwalked through the film. Often it is people just merely reading lines with very weak attempts at emotion or feeling to the words. In other words, I got the sense that the actors realized how this movie was going to be, and saw no point in spending much time actually acting.

The end result is a movie you can't care about, characters that are half awake, and a plot that has been stretched to unbelievable length. This is after all a 90 minute movie drawn out to 240 minutes. Well, do the math and you can easily figure how boring this movie will be to watch.