Based on a Clive Barker story, this film tells the story of a photographer (Bradley Cooper) who becomes obsessed with trying to track down a serial killer (Vinnie Jones) who butchers people on the subway. This is a gruesome horror film with a decent story. Vinnie Jones is so threatening its scary and watching Bradley Cooper's character fall deeper into an almost insane crusade is what keeps this film interesting. The ending is silly but I didn't mind it for some reason, baby because I'm familiar with the source material. Grade: B.
Spoilers: The ending as stated is silly but it didn't have to be. The design team responsible for the monsters at the end of the line failed big time. The director Ryuhei Kitamura should have just not showed us what they looked like (in the same way Spielberg avoided showing us Bruce in Jaws) because in the end they didn't seem scary enough to threaten all of humanity. Still I love the idea and I wish it had been developed a lot better.
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