Monday, June 17, 2024
The Watchers
Do you believe in fairies? Are you afraid of being lost in the woods? Well, here’s a fairytale unlike any you have heard before.
Mina (Dakota Fanning) is an American immigrant working in a pet store in Ireland. She is sent to deliver a parrot to the zoo, but car trouble leaves her stranded deep in the forest. Sensing danger lurking about as nightfall arrives, she follows an old lady, Madeline, into a lone structure in the middle of nowhere. There, she also meets Ciara & Daniel. The door is locked for their own protection & they are on display for the Watchers during the night. During the day they are free to leave their “coop” because the Watchers retreat to their burrows. These 3 captives have been trapped here for months. Madeline explains the rules to the newcomer. Who are these mysterious Watchers? Will these four final escape their zoo-like prison? Will any survive this nightmare? M. Night Shyamalan is the producer & his daughter, Ishana, is the director/writer. This is another odd & warped psychological horror tale from Shyamalan family.
Alien gives it 3 “Point of No Return” stars out of 4.
