Jacob, a young man armed with a deadly sword, saves Sarah, a teenage girl, from Mathias, a malevolent evil that has begun plaguing a small farmland town while in search of an ancient necklace that had belonged to Sarah's uncle. Jacob sets out to get Sarah home safely, running through streets, fields, churches and underground tunnels, while being pursued by hordes of demonic creatures. Along the way, both come to terms with the demons within themselves - Sarah begins to understand her hatred towards her mother and sister may be unjustified and Jacob discovers the secrets of his past, realizing the only way to truly defeat the demons is to return to the very place his family was murdered.
This convoluted mess sets new lows in underimagined, overplotted narrative.
– Andrew Schenker,
Village Voice,
5 Jul 2011
rotten:
"How are we going to get out of here?" Sarah squawks at one point, a question that Mr. Dourif ought to have asked his agent long before the cameras began to roll.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
8 Jul 2011
rotten:
What are meant to be dazzling, otherworldly images are in fact spit-take ridiculous.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jul 2011
rotten:
A lumpy melange of supernatural ingredients and distinct genre elements that never cohere.