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Eye See You

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This movie is not what you expect from the cover, and from starring Sylvester Stallone - it's about ten times better.

Like Copland, Stallone is not the expected hero - he's not running around invincible. He's taken on an emotional journey, and pulls it off brilliantly, as does the rest of the cast, and it'll keep you hanging on from the beginning to the end.

If you like mystery stuff like Johnny Depp's 'Secret Window', then you'll love 'Eye See You', because quite honestly, it's better.

This film is truly a hidden gem.

FBI agent Jake Malloy just can't nail a serial killer who's been targeting cops. The killer has already killed nine cops. Not only does the killer despise policemen, but he also has a grudge against Malloy for pursuing him during a string of prostitute murders four years ago. The killer finally decides to hit Malloy where it hurts, killing one of Malloy's friends on the force, and brutally killing Malloy's fiancé Mary. The grief sends Malloy off the deep end and causes him to become alcoholic, forcing Malloy's colleague, Detective Hendricks, to sign Malloy up at a remote detox clinic in a snow-covered part of Wyoming. The clinic specializes in rehabilitating alcoholic cops. But the killer murders another patient and assumes the patient's identity at the clinic. While Malloy participates in group therapy sessions, the killer starts killing the patients. Among the endangered patients are Jaworski, Slater, Noah, Conner, and a dozen others, one of whom must be the killer. One by one, the patients start falling prey to the killer and, starting with the facility's director, Doc, the killer starts targeting the staff as well. Stallone is good in the lead role experiencing a wide range of emotions. Director Jim Gillespie gives you a murder mystery rather than an action movie. I got interested in the charactors and really wanted to figure out who the bad guy was. I was thoroughly entertained.

I decided to rent it from blockbuster after seeing mixed reviews on amazon about it. This movie is certainly a diamond in a rough Stallone gem. This movie was very well done with alot of well known actors cast. It is considered action, but is more like a suspense thriller. The murders were horrifying and shocking. The movie kept you questioning who could the murderer could be, similar to the movie Clue, but not a comdey of course. I was on the edge of my seat the whole movie. It was a shame it wasn't released in the States. I think it might have done well. I highly recommend this movie, especially to Sylvester Stallone fans.

My suggestion is not to let the kids watch this before they go to sleep, even more so not during the day either. Violence is one thing but this goes beyond violence and shows a psychopath on a killing cops and women rampage. Not just your run of the mill rampage but a horrific almost realistic look at how he commits his crimes, i.e. drilling a hole through the eye hole and into the eye of the looker, e gad, get me out of here. Totally unrealistic half way house in Siberian Alaska, where cops go to work out their problems, but slowly die off from suicide or is it the psychopath that has found them--- give me a break. Don't take the kids to this one, they may grow up wanting to be this psychopath, don't take yourself there either or you'll have nightmares.

Standard acting school setup: a bunch of characters in a confined space with clashing personalities. Cherchez la femme except "la femme" is a serial killer. Hero driven by the loss of his one true love to avenge and save another woman.

Try watching with the sound off to fully appreciate what a low-budget, dismally written, ... just bad movie this is.

I picked up this movie after seeing it on the shelf at my local library,now I wished I had left it back.I never heard of this movie and the story sounded intresting so I gave it a chance but it was an epic fail.The actors were dull and the movie had no suspense.It could have been better if done right.Definitly one of Stallone's worst.Skip this one.Believe me you don't want to sit through this garbage.

After coming off of numerous films that were unsuccessful, Stallone tries to go back to what he is good at in "Eye See You". After making "Avenging Angelo", "Driven" and "Get Carter", critics and movie studio executives were very skeptical of Stallone, so they decided (like "Avenging Angelo") that "Eye See You" would go directly to video. This was a big mistake, as I consider "Eye See You" one of Stallone's best films.

"Eye See You" is about F.B.I. Agent Jake Malloy. (Stallone) He is assigned to the case of a cop-killer. While Malloy is investigating a new murder, he gets a call from the killer himself. The killer is at Malloy's house, and we can see him ringing the door-bell. When Malloy gets home, he finds his wife hanging dead in the living room. After seeing this, he gets a call saying they have the killer cornered in a warehouse. However, the killer has committed suicide.
A couple months later, we see Malloy in a bar drinking himself to death. One of Malloy's fellow co-worker/friend convinces him to go to a De-Tox center in Wyoming. It is a program for only law enforcement agents. After being there a couple of days, one by one the agents are turning up dead.

"Eye See You" aka "De-Tox" is very entertaining. Since it was not released in theaters, not a lot of people know about it, but I can assure you, it is very interesting. The plot and the acting in this film was great. I believe Stallone is best in this kind of role, it is not just an all-out action film, and it gives Stallone the opportunity to act as well as do action.
If you are a fan of suspense/thriller films, you should really enjoy this film.

Despite the fact that Sylvester Stallone is a household name in American cinema, there is one galling fact about his career that cannot be overlooked: Besides the "Rocky" and "Rambo" series of films, nothing else he has done has really proved to be all that captivating besides just selling a few tickets at the box office. From gratuitous action flicks (Cobra) to comedy (Oscar) and even to drama (Cop Land), Stallone never was able to re-capture that Rocky/Rambo franchise glory.

With this effort, Stallone dives headfirst into the "thriller" genre and ends up with a pretty decent film that could have even been much better if not for some uneven filmmaking.

Basically, the plot of "Eye See You" centers on policeman Jake Malloy (Stallone), whose wife is murdered by a brutal serial killer that Malloy had been tracking down. After a bout of deep depression and drowning his pain in the bottle, Malloy heads off to a detox clinic, where he discovers that his painful past may not quite be done with him yet.

Though I by-and-large enjoyed the movie overall, my first thought upon its completion was "there's just something missing, but I can't quite put my finger on it). Was it a Saw-esque police drama about a ruthless serial killer? Kind of. An emotional tale of a man battling back from his inner demons? Sort of. A suspense-filled action romp filled with gunshots and chase scenes? Most certainly...until the characters break to talk about their feelings, detox style.

Usually, that type of genre diversity is great up on the big screen, but unfortunately in this case it just didn't come together. Interestingly enough, watching the trailer for the film will lead viewers to believe that the film is about something else entirely, leading me to believe that major script/character changes hampered this production from the get-go (perhaps accounting for a straight-to-video U.S. debut).

Thus, while this film won't inspire you like Rocky or satisfy your action cravings like Rambo, it is still one of Stallone's more solid efforts up on the big screen (especially in the "later years) and provides enough interesting moments to avoid boredom. Check it out...if you can find it!

Amazingly, this dull and incoherent flick cost $60 million! Maybe that's 'low budget' in Hollywood, but the same $$$ could have financed 100 or more better indie movies. I try to avoid watching drivel like this, but it caught me by surprise ... a friend told me he thought this was Stallone's best movie. I'm not a Stallone fan, but I really hope my friend was wrong; this is a really bad movie.

The plot is dirt-simple and as unencumbered by side-stories or character development as your favorite Mother Goose rhyme. So it should be a pretty easy story to tell. Well, apparently not ... at least not for Jim Gillespie, the director. His big success was "I Know What You Did Last Summer," but after seeing "Eye See You," I suspect Gillespie's modest success with 'Last Summer' was mostly due to the screenwriter, Kevin Williamson, who also wrote the "Scream" movies and the TV show, "Dawson's Creek." Unfortunately, there's no Kevin Williamson on this lame flick.

A few points:

Originally called "D-Tox," this movie was filmed in 1999, but was so poorly received by the execs at Universal (not exactly an art house studio) that they sat on the U.S. release until 2002, when, renamed as "Eye See You," it was given a 'limited' theatrical run, then went directly to video. (Hey, you can run but you can't hide: this really is a $60M Universal Studios movie...! And it totally sucks!)

There was an obvious decision to film this flick entirely in shades of battleship-grey and, for visual excitement, steel-blue. I'm serious -- look for a primary color in this movie (other than blood). This can be a good visual device, and other (generally better) movies have worked within a limited color palette. But, if the visuals are dull and the plot is dull, as is the case here, ya probably got yourself a dull movie.

And that's what we got: one dull movie, with no redeeming factors. It's not even "camp," except in execution.

yet, and still

Where in the world are these guys buying all of those cigarettes??

you see what I am saying here?

how are those lights staying on, way out in this bunker in the middle of NO WHERE?

how is that convenience store owner keeping open in the blizzard so the GREAT Dutton can buy a fishing rod and just HAPPEN to find the dead body, frozen, and get it out of the water without you know FALLING IN HIMSELF AS THE ICE CRUMBLES??

Why can I never suspend my disbelief as required, but must always ask if something is physiologically possible in the real world, like that staged suicide by hanging in the drain pipe UNDERNEATH the sink, about six INCHES from the floor?

Huh?

Yet and still:
Anything with Mr. Dutton in it CANNOT BE ALL BAD!!

Okay, so his movie career was pretty much B movies, UNFORTUNATELY, but remember his wonderful TV series, Rock, and his live theatre work at Yale.

Fantastic, and a glimmer of his possibilities cannot help but come through here. HE steals easily every single scene he is in (especially the ones with the stoney Stallone pouting around), AND he makes the ABSOLUTLEY UNBELIEVABLE compelling and interseting.

Sure, he pretty much plays in this the typical Hollywood stereotype of the servant faithful as a dog to Stallone, and pretty much the Scatman Cruthers similar part in the similarly snowy The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition) but he brightens the dismal screen each time he appears, and actually is permitted to SPEAK!

as for the rest, well hasn't the whole trapped in a small space with a killer thing been done to death in every single horror movie we have seen, inclduing the latest devil in a high rise elevator movie?

if you have to see one of them, this one might not be entirely painful, only entirely unbelievable.

but then, you know, it has the great and highly refined talent of the magnificent Charles Dutton.

otherwise:
WORST EVER!

but wait, isn't that the great Don Cheadle in there trying to make it real, somehow, some way?
he is the other compelling person in this movie, WAY UNDERUSED!
DON CHEADLE 11X14 COLOR PHOTO

PLEASE, get these actors a SCRIPT!