The Messengers (2007)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Jess (played by the annoying Twilight actress), recently got drunk and nearly killed her little brother Ben in a car crash. Both kids turned out okay physically, but Jess has extreme guilt and Ben can't speak a single word anymore. The family moves out to rural North Dakota (Saskatchewan) to make money growing sunflowers. Only Jess and Ben can detect that the decrepit house has a dark past, and might be haunted by the spirits of a family brutally slaughtered there years ago.The Messengers has eerie soundtrack that really fits the scenery; speaking of scenery it's great horror material, especially the rotten old basement and manure pit where the dead family was buried after the murder. The acting was okay (aside from Kristen Stewart, she was just another emo teenage girl).The cons far outweigh the pros. For one thing there are a ton of plot holes. Who was the creepy real-estate guy who kept showing up like a ghost, what was his purpose? Why was there a manure pit in the basement!? Ewww! How come when Jess was suspected of self-harm she was just casually released from the hospital as if she had a paper cut? How does a car accident cause a kid to be unable to speak?I don't know if anyone else noticed, but The Messengers seems to mimic the 1980 horror/slasher film The Shining. The Messengers spawned a 2009 remake called Scarecrow, which was pretty pathetic.I'm not saying this is a bad film, but there are several things to improve on. Change Jess' actress, give Mr. Real-Estate Agent guy a purpose and maybe think more where the scenery is placed... I lived in a farmhouse and never did we keep a manure heap in our basement...It was SO COOL to see Canadian actor William B. Davis play the minor role of the creepy real-estate agent, he played the role of the Cigarette Smoking Man on The X - Files, the CSM was my idol as a kid.

I tried hard not to let my aversion to Kristen Stewart influence my opinion of The Messengers, honestly I did, but her whole demeanour is simply too irritating to ignore (my dislike is also not helped by the fact that the actress starred in those horrible Twilight flicks where the undead sparkle and fall in lurve!).Still, even if I didn't have issues with the star, I doubt I would have enjoyed this film very much: the script is a mess of clichés, plot holes and sheer stupidity (invite a straggle-haired, shotgun-toting drifter into your home at your own peril) and the treatment by directors Danny and Oxide Pang proves far from original, the pair merely replicating elements from a whole host of Asian supernatural horrors (including their own The Eye and The Eye 2).I'm sick and tired of creepy figures crawling awkwardly in the shadows; a horrible apparition gliding across a room no longer makes my skin crawl; mysterious stains appearing on walls are not scary; and a loud sound as something passes unexpectedly in front of the camera just annoys me. Oh, and I don't like Kristen Stewart. I think that just about covers it

This is the best ghost movie i think i have ever seen. The special effects were very good if not great. I get really tired of reading reviews of very good movies that are almost always bad. So i thought i would write a review of a very good movie for a chance. If you like ghost movies, this one is the best i have ever seen. I usually do not like ghost movies, i cannot ever be scared of one, but this one has a very different take and the ending explains the entire movie. The cast is excellent, the special effects are very good and the plot is good as well. A little slow at first, but as the movie goes along, the better it gets. This is a movie well worth seeing.

I don't know what people expect from thriller/horror movies if they are willing to call this one tragically bad or "lame". Not all thriller movies can be the best - and this one is not one of the "best" you'll ever see. But that's no reason to slam it quite so badly. There have to be a bunch of movies that are in the average range, obviously, not all movies can be the best. This one is definitely in the average range - BUT it's one of the better "average" thrillers you'll come across. The reason it's in the upper levels of "average" is because it's directed by the Pang Brothers. They are responsible for The Eye and Bangkok Dangerous and their brilliant stamp is all over this little thriller. Take notice of how beautifully framed each scene is, the effective use of silence throughout, the play on colours & textures, the minimalist dialogue etc. It's beautifully filmed and well acted by all but the mother character and it creates a lovely tense atmosphere with plenty of scares and spooks (but no blood and guts - so that will "disappoint" some). The biggest problem with the movie is the screenplay itself. It's not the most riveting story in the world & the plot has several flaws (like so many thrillers do). But it doesn't matter, in the hands of the Pangs this taut little thriller still a far better movie than most and easily worth the rental. Just don't go into it expecting the next best thing. It is what it is. An average but gripping movie.