“The Eye”, the Hollywood version of the 2002 homonymous Asian movie, casts Jessica Alba, known for her previous roles as the Nancy Callahan in “Sin City” or Sue from “The Fantastic Four”, as Sydney Wells, a blind violinist whose sight is restored after a transplant.

Sydney was blinded by a childhood firecracker accident, and after an unsuccessful surgery at age 12, she is ready to try again to regain her sight.

Helped by her big sister, Helen (Parker Posey), Sydney Wells receives a set of corneas from an unknown donor.

But the movie is not about how Sydney will adapt tot the world that she is seeing after 15 years of blindness, but instead is a horror-thriller flick.

There is a catch. The gift of seeing comes with a downside. Shortly after the surgery, Sydney starts to have some disturbing visions, of a people dying in flames, suicidal school children and newly deceased being escorted in a nightmare universe by grim reapers.

As you can imagine, she will seek explanation and comfort in Dr. Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola), the man who is responsible to help her adapt with to the normal world. As Dr. Paul explains, Sydney has to teach her brain how to interpret all the images associated with things she has only heard, smelled, or tasted before.

He doubts her sanity, while Sydney become sure that the donor is somehow responsible for her visions.

Sydney manages to convince Paul that she is suffering of a case of cellular memory, and forces him to reveal the identity of the donor.

Therefore, Sydney and her doctor, are driving to Mexico, to track down the relatives of the woman donor who apparently has opened the doors of an unknown and terrifying world.

Unfortunately, the movie fails to be anything else than a remake. While her beautiful eyes are great in the movie, Jessica Alba fails to convince us that she is really, really frightened by what or who her eyes are seeing.

She seems quickly more interested about the donor whereabouts, instead of trying to find different ways to deal with her nightmare visions. It’s like more an action movie, then a chilling horror.

The movie was poorly received by the critics. On the RottenTomates.com, “The Eye” rated 27 percent on the Tomatometer with 22 reviews. Also, the Metacritic.com compiled a 34 rating out of 100 based on eight reviews.

“Because The Eye, much like One Missed Call, Pulse and The Grudge before it, may once have been a great horror movie in its native language, in Hollywood's hands, it's little more than a joke -- whether the filmmakers mean for it to be or not. So if you want to watch Asian-inspired horror films, go rent or buy the originals; but keep your eyes closed to this turkey -- unless you enjoy being blinded by boredom”, concluded Todd Gilchrist in his review for IGN Movies.

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