If you like suspense movies and decent acting...watch this!! So many reviewers have stated that the conclusion of the movie is what loses it's potential. I don't agree with this. The acting was superb from all and the storyline was gripping, it really doesn't bother me that he manages to find out what's caused the evil behind the mirrors and actually resolved it (kinda) it was obvious that this was where the storyline was headed anyway. I do like movies that get to the route of issues, it gives the movie closure. Each to their own I guess, but I thought the whole movie was spot on and intriguing! Yes, Kiefer Sutherland did portray much of his Jack Bauer character, but I didn't mind that either, as I loved 24 too. Oh, and the bath scene with Amy Smart, wow, well done!! My advice, is to watch it!

We kick off in New York and right away, we're hit with the 'apparent' suicide of a very frightened security guard. It's not quite clear, as yet, why he's so afraid - but we see something weird in the mirrors near him.Mirrors has a lot of potential, but like many a courier near Black Friday, fails to deliver in a lot of places.Our protagonist is an ex-cop (Kiefer Sutherland) who takes up a position as night watchman for an old asylum. In some rather on-the- nose dialogue with his new boss we learn that he has that classic backstory of a drinking problem, and a tragedy that affected his career.He's somewhat estranged from his wife (could be divorced, I forget) and his two young children, and seems to be in something of a downward spiral.Soon things begin to get weird at his new job, and there's something wrong with the mirrors. Fleeting glimpses of unusual things in the glass catch his attention, but the creeping terror hits a crescendo when our hero's sister is rather unceremoniously dispatched in her bathtub by a malicious entity.From here on in, it becomes the classic man-on-a-mission-to-escape-impending doom tale. The stakes are high as his children and (ex)wife are also under threat by whatever it is that's stalking the world behind the mirrors. The search for the truth takes him to, among other places, a weird farmhouse and a nunnery - but, will he become a victim of a horror that he can't comprehend or will a deus ex machina jump in to save the day?Mirrors is very average - it had the premise to have been a lot creepier - however, sadly, the producers rely on a lot of jump scares and a team of run-of-the-mill special effects artists to generate any kind of shock value. Low budget filmmaking has its limits, for sure, but creating tension and dread isn't something that's limited by this, and it's really a case of laziness on the director's part.Don't get me started on the ending either, an attempt at intelligence that felt a little contrived.Still, Mirrors would hold up to a late night viewing and I think my 5/10 is more than a fair rating - the plot is just about cohesive enough to follow, for a low budget flick, and you'll probably jump a couple of times. But, ultimately - we're all left with a premise that could have been something truly scary.

I've watched enough films now to know how a film will pan out. The beginning is somewhat boring. However, halfway through the film I was surprisingly gripped it's like what happened in the start is irrelevant and almost acceptable because I was so gripped... Then I started to think the film was actually good and I'd been too harsh.But then towards the end of the film it does go somewhat downhill. I can't work out if it was a good film or not. I think it introduces irrelevant plots at the start and focuses on them too much. But that's not the real issue...I think the film drags a little bit? It's missing something which is preventing me from rating it higher than a 6! I just don't know what. The ending is actually quite good... But it's more what happened before the actual ending that is a let down.Overall, I wouldn't recommend this film. I'd say it's okay but not something I'd recommend. It's better than other films I've seen because you are gripped in the middle of the film... But it's not an amazing film.I think the acting could have been better... Because the plot isn't too bad apart from how the ending came about, I just don't feel like the characters were really 'into' their roles.I've watched this film and I'd rate it a 6. If nothing else is on then watch this film. I wouldn't recommend renting this film or choosing it over another one... It's not that good.

I'm slightly disappointed by this one. It started out as a sort of slasher, then quickly turned into investigation, then into supernatural. Slasher movies aren't necessarily my favorites, and I don't like how it quickly turned into an investigation movie and a boring one at that. Investigation in horror can be done right if it's coherent and interesting, which this one was not. The Ring is a great example of an investigation horror film. When it turned into supernatural, that was more of what I was expecting from this film, but it still wasn't terribly entertaining or even scary in the slightest. I think this went more for the "cool effects" route. Speaking of which, the mirror effects did look great, and it was probably the best part of the movie... but if the special effects are the high point of a film, I don't think you're gonna get any quality entertainment.C