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Genre :

Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Date :

December 12, 2008

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Scott Derrickson

Starring :

Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Aaron Douglas, J.C. MacKenzie

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..this year's senseless remake..”

by Graham Killeen [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

“..It isn't so much an update, a rethinking or a revisioning; it's a rehash with a CGI budget..”

by David Mercier [FilmJudge]

“..feels musty and derivative..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

Review rate : C-

“..expensive but plodding..”

by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]

“..entertaining..”

by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Review rate : B-

“..decent enough..”

by William Arnold [Seattle Post Intelligencer]

Review rate : B-

“..better than expected..”

by Marc Mohan [Portland Oregonian]

Reviewed by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]

Reviewed by Helen O'Hara [Empire Magazine]

Reviewed by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]

Reviewed by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]

Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]

Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]

Reviewed by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]

Reviewed by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian]

Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]

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