Show Dead Silence is dead boring Jared Maxwell Movie Writer In all honest honesty it is difficult to imagine that anyone who paid to see Dead Silence actually liked it The sequence of the plot is slower than cold tar James Wan Van and Leigh Wannell teamed up to make yet another scary movie The creators of the Saw trilogies got together once again to put fear into the hearts and minds movie moviegoers moviegoers moviegoers goers too bad theres there's nothing really scary in the film The idea of killer dolls might make a good premise for a scary movie but Dead Silence falls about thirty yards short of anything that would launch the audience out of their seat in fright In fact the only creepy thing about the dumb dolls is the fact that their eyes tend to shift and move Besides the eyes the movie never really shows that dolls are doing anything to kill people Dead Silence attempts to create a plot wi with h. h newlyweds Jamie and Lisa Ashen The two are happily living in the city in the their r- r seemingly new apartment Jamie has just gotten done fixing the sink when there is a knock at the door To Jamie and Lisas Lisa's surprise there is nobody at the door but a strange box has been left at the doorstep After they bring it inside of course the two have to open the box to find out what it contains Opening the box the newlyweds' newlyweds reactions are a letdown as there is just an old ventriloquist dummy inside Not really surprised anymore by the new addi addition tion to the newlyweds newlyweds' family Jamie and Lisa decide that it time to get something to eat Jamie takes on the task of getting take-out take Chinese while Lisa stays stay at home J During Jamies Jamie's q quest est for food something terrible l Happens pp a-pp ns to Lisa Lisa Th This s event sparks the idea that Jamie needs to return to his old hometown of Ravens Fair to search for some answers to what caused his wife's tragedy And to make matters worse and very cliche while Jamie is back in his old hometown a very apprehensive dete detective tive is hot on his heels The brief synopsis of Dead Silence deceives deceives' moviegoers into believing that this movie could be halfway decent but dont don't be fooled The movie has so many opportunities to be a good horror film but all the scenes that are set up to scare someone are arc ill Instead of scaring audiences right out of their chairs the dumb movie just scares moviegoers into thinking about how much they paid at the box office and that they will never get those minutes of their lives back Granted there were some flashes of good in the casting of Dead Silence Wan Van and Wannell Vannell brought back Donnie Walberg to play another detective like his character in Saw II and Saw III But not even the talented actor could rescue a lousy film from itself Dead Silence is rated R. R |