While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream. The escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer, the girl has become mute, and Michael is called upon by Scotland Yard to unlock the secrets she holds in order to catch a man who believes he has discovered the key to immortality.
If you can overlook its TV-episode look, occasional lapses in logic and detours into lurid overkill, this old-school psychological thriller, which marries a tracking-the- serial-killer narrative with occult themes, is a creepy diversion.
– Megan Lehmann,
New York Post,
22 Apr 2004
rotten:
An occasionally engaging but more often gruesome British thriller.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
23 Apr 2004
rotten:
On their way to confront ancient evil, Strother and Losey keep tripping over timeworn cliches.
– Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
23 Apr 2004
fresh:
... one of the best thrillers I've seen probably since The Ring.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
26 Apr 2004
fresh:
The atmospheric psychological thriller weaves a compelling web thanks to dense, stylized direction by Nick Willing and a smartly assembled cast.