I had high hopes for this flick after reading all the good reviews here. But after seeing it, I wish I had saved my rental money for a movie that actually had a coherent plot and some real actors. I am totally stunned that this movie has such good reviews!
Seriously, the plot was so weak as to be nearly nonexistant -- John Klein, who lost his wife 2 years earlier to a brain tumor after a car accident, finds himself in a strange town and hears several similar accounts about a mothlike creature with glowing red eyes that seems to appear right before bad things happen. Coincidentally, his late wife also saw this creature before her fatal accident -- surely there must be a tie here? (There is not, except that the Mothman appeared before something bad happened.) All this sounded like the beginnings of a great plot, but unfortunately, that's as far as it ever went. The viewer is left with all sorts of unanswered questions at the end of the movie, the main one being "What the hell was THAT all about?"
For example <possible spoiler ahead>, what's with the scene when Klein first goes to a home for help and is told by the residents that he was there three nights in a row? That was one huge string that was left to hang in space!
As for the acting, well, Richard Gere has never shown much talent. In every one of his movies I've seen, he is all eye candy, no substance, and this flick is no exception.
All in all, don't waste your money on this one. There are lots of good horror movies out there. This is not one of them.
Seriously, the plot was so weak as to be nearly nonexistant -- John Klein, who lost his wife 2 years earlier to a brain tumor after a car accident, finds himself in a strange town and hears several similar accounts about a mothlike creature with glowing red eyes that seems to appear right before bad things happen. Coincidentally, his late wife also saw this creature before her fatal accident -- surely there must be a tie here? (There is not, except that the Mothman appeared before something bad happened.) All this sounded like the beginnings of a great plot, but unfortunately, that's as far as it ever went. The viewer is left with all sorts of unanswered questions at the end of the movie, the main one being "What the hell was THAT all about?"
For example <possible spoiler ahead>, what's with the scene when Klein first goes to a home for help and is told by the residents that he was there three nights in a row? That was one huge string that was left to hang in space!
As for the acting, well, Richard Gere has never shown much talent. In every one of his movies I've seen, he is all eye candy, no substance, and this flick is no exception.
All in all, don't waste your money on this one. There are lots of good horror movies out there. This is not one of them.