Possession (2008)

A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas. Thrills arrive after the brother-in-law wakes up, thinking he's his brother.

Directors:

Joel Bergvall, Simon Sandquist

Writers:

Michael Petroni (screenplay), Won-mi Byun (screenplay Jungdok) (as Byun Won-Mi)

Stars:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace, Michael Landes

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Jess
Lee Pace	...	Roman
Michael Landes	...	Ryan
Tuva Novotny	...	Casey
Chelah Horsdal	...	Miranda
Dhirendra	...	Dr. Rajan
Paul Jarrett	...	Psychiatrist
William B. Davis	...	Dr. Creane
Veena Sood	...	Dr. Katz
Peter Bryant	...	Detective Mills
Jörgen Sandell	...	Detective #2
Donna Yamamoto	...	Nurse
Suzanne Bastien	...	Registrar
Mark Louie	...	Paramedic #1
Michael Jonsson	...	Paramedic #2 (as Michael Johnson)

Storyline

Jess, a woman whose life turns surreal after an automobile accident leaves both her husband Ryan and her brother-in-law Roman in a coma. Things take an even darker turn when Roman wakes believing that he is Ryan. As Jess tries to deal with these increasingly disturbing events, she also struggles with the possibility that either the spirit of her husband has returned to her or that something very sinister is at work.

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Plot Keywords:

coma | brother in law | accident | attorney | parole | 

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Taglines:

Love possesses us

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, some sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 July 2009 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Addicted

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yari Film Group (YFG), Addicted Productions, Vertigo Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally to be known as Addicted (like its Korean original) and while news of the name change emerged in early August 2007, it was mid December before it was confirmed by the producers with Sarah Michelle Gellar not being sure of its name in the intervening period.

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Quotes

Jessica: [Jessica wants Ryan's brother Roman out of her house] When are we getting our house back?
Ryan: Everybody is always giving Roman a raw deal. He's my brother, I'm not going to do that.
Jessica: I know you don't see it, but he scares me.

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Connections

Remake of Addicted (2002)

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Soundtracks

Work It Out
Written by Andreas Alfredsson (as Andreas Alfredsson Grube) and Christian Sandquist (as Cristian Sandquist)
Performed by Mats Granberg

User Reviews

I'm gonna rent the Japanese version...

This movie was very uneven I think I would have to see the Japanese version or read the book in order to appreciate it better or at least understand what happened at the end of it. Too much of vital details was left on the cutting room floor apparently or maybe the director expects too much of his audience. Wanting an intelligent audience is one thing but leaving so much details out to the point whereby the audience is practically left to make up their own movie is just ridiculous. It has shades of Bollywood's 'Anamika' in it. The idea behind the film was brilliant but it was executed poorly. I like Sarah Michelle Gellar but this was not one of her best work.