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My God, how bad can some films be?
Jeffrey is a troubled individual that has a unique problem. He can see the dead in the darkest spots of the world and watches them as they are troubled and desperate for help. Sometimes, though, the dead are quite destructive and evil which makes Jeffrey afraid to ever be out of the light even going as far as to sleep with them on. However, one night he meets Dana, a young woman that shares his same troubling visions. They hit it off and he realizes he may have finally found a friend that understands him. Too bad this friend has a jealous admirer that beats Jeffrey to a bloody pulp and leaves him in a coma for two years. After he awakens, he realizes he must search for Dana or risk being alone forever.
Sounds like a weird love story doesn’t it? Well, that it is but it also is something else…awful. Sight starts off incredibly stupid and then gets no help from a low budget, bad production, and just horrible acting. First of all is the low budget which can’t necessarily be helped, but it is extremely obvious while watching the film. The filmmakers just didn’t have enough cash to really do much of anything. That includes the production of Sight which just…well it…I mean…there’s no other way to say it except that it’s retarded.
Let’s move onto the bad acting and you’ll see that everyone in the film was either grabbed off of a random street corner or is someone’s friend and they were asked, “Hey, you want to be in my movie?” Check out the fight scene where Jeffrey gets beat up and you’ll hear him literally saying, “Ow! Ouch!” as he’s getting almost beaten to death. That and the fact that you never actually see a punch landed; only them being thrown and then blood splattering. This lack of ability is evident throughout the duration of the film and in just about everyone that comes on screen.
Oh, and here’s a quick thing to think about. When Jeffrey and Dana first meet, he tackles her to the ground and then they go have a cup of coffee. I don’t know about you, but if someone tackles me, they’re getting a mouthful of my shoe. The last thing I’d think about is going to have a drink with them.
The film is shown in 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen format and it looks like it was shot with a handheld camera from 1986. The picture is grainy, too dark, and has that greenish hue over it trying to make things look a little more bleak and sinister. That effect wasn’t felt at all; just that of disgust by having to watch this.
The film is heard in Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Sound and it is just incredibly awful. Everything that is said echoes and then half the time you can’t even hear that because the characters are talking so freakin’ low. It was a strain to even hear some of the dialogue on a high volume, but that was a pain in the butt because then all of a sudden you’d be deafened by a jump scare.
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It’s awful, just plain awful. The extreme lack of special features was a blessing to me because I didn’t have to sit through any more of this ordeal of a DVD. It goes from being The Sixth Sense to a love film all in the first six minutes. Then it turns into Fight Club, and then goes back to a lovesick boy searching for his friend. How is that supposed to make any sense? It doesn’t, and is also the main reason you should never watch Sight ever. Leave this film out of “sight” and out of mind.
Man that was a bad one wasn’t it? Sorry.
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Lionsgate presents Sight. Directed by: Adam Ahlbrandt. Starring: Clayton Haske, Allison Persaud, Tony Luke Jr.. Written by: Adam Ahlbrandt. Running time: 81 minutes. Rating: R. Released on DVD: May 20, 2008. Available at Amazon.com
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