Movie review quickies

Dark Water, 2005
An American remake of the original Japanese version. A recently divorced mother and her daughter move into a less-than-desirable building in Manhatten where they are disturbed by the ghost of the former tenant. I actually preferred the American version because the story line flowed better for me and the ending had closure.

Infection, 2004
A Japanese horror film with English sub-titles for our viewing pleasure. An infection that takes over a hospital staff involved in the cover-up of a patient's death. I expect this will be made into an American film, although IMDb does not show one filming. I think I'll classify this as a B movie since many of the "horror" scenes actually make me laugh. A great write-up of the film is available at Bloody-Disgusting.com.

Flightplan, 2005
A woman takes a nap on a plane and wakes up to find her daughter missing. Is her daughter really on the plane? Slightly original, but not pulled off well enough to be considered fantastic. The antagonist is a surprise if you're not paying attention. Otherwise, not so much. The reason why this story line pulls together is too far-fetched. The whole time we watched the movie Hay and I kept yelling "SAAAAARSGAAAAARD" in tribute to the SNL pirate sketch about Peter Sarsgaard. :D I was left confused why they even bothered to cast the fabulously talented Erika Christensen's character since it adds nothing to any portion of the story line. Perhaps her character was meant to throw us off the scent of the real "bad guys".