The dramatic horror film "Messengers" should be considered a bold bid by Thai directors for the consecutive conquest of both Hollywood and the Western audience.
Subject of discussion and misunderstanding
Of course, after watching the picture, only the lazy did not criticize his cliched plot, an unimpressive acting. But, if they talk about horror, this is good in itself, which means that it did not go unnoticed. The picture of the brothers-directors Danny and Oxide Pan “Messengers” (front-end actors: C. Stuart, D. McDermott, P.E. Miller and D. Corbett) did not disappear from the “subject of discussion” column a week after the premiere. The heated debate between fans and skeptics continues to this day.
Background
Assessing the horror "Messengers", the actors and roles of which caused no less diverse assessment than the plot, it should be remembered that prior to this project, Pan directors worked in this genre in their homeland, in Hong Kong. There in the genre of jay horror, they released three parts of the movie "Eye". The first episode of the epic managed to surprise the sophisticated viewer, the next two were much weaker. And all because the favorite theme of mystical horror films from the series “I see the dead” does not get fresher each time. Therefore, from the "Messengers" it would be extremely naive to expect transcendental innovation, shocking millions. And criticizing the creation of the brothers-directors, one must be aware that tricks like a remote abandoned house, a creak of floorboards, a closed mysterious door, birds - a psycho pump, an abominable type of the dead - have already been used and will be used in films designed to frighten the viewer. The Pan brothers simply gathered in their project a lot of alien and already recognizable tricks and chips that horror "Messengers" really annoys individual moviegoers. The actors of the project with their efforts were not able to soften the assessment of the film by avid fans of the genre.
Plot
"Messengers" is a film whose actors, to the best of their abilities, tried to convey to the viewer the next idea of the directors. The main characters are the Solomon family, due to financial problems, they leave Chicago for a secluded farm in North Dakota. But soon after moving in a house in the middle of idyllic fields of corn, strange things begin to happen. 16-year-old eldest daughter Jess and her little brother named Ben see sinister otherworldly entities that behave extremely aggressively towards a teenage girl. Parents, not believing the children, doubt their mental health. Strange hired workers only add fuel to the fire, and the marriage of spouses on the verge of collapse. This is a non-spoiler short description of the storyline of the horror film Messengers (2007). The actors involved in the filming process embodied the script of Mark Wheaton and Todd Farmer on the screen.
Acting ensemble. Parents
American actress Penelope Ann Miller, star of the blockbusters of the 90s and supporting actor in the supporting roles in the two thousandth, perfectly coped with the role of a burdened long-term depression of the mother of the family. Her film career developed rapidly. Miller was invited to commercially successful projects like Kindergarten Police, Alien Money, Carlito's Way. For her role in the last film, she received the Golden Globe. Also, the role of the actress should be considered the image of Edna Pervienes in "Chaplin." But in 1997, Miller plays a major role in the disastrously disastrous film "Relic", after which he moves to television and low-budget films.
Actor Mark Anthony McDermott is known to a wide audience by the pseudonym Dylan McDermott. The actor brought popularity to the roles in the series "Practice" and "American Horror Story." Most of the projects with his participation have a TV format: "Hostages", "Stalker" and others. In the movie of the Pan brothers, he played the role of the father of the family, a loser, sincerely loving his family. This character is sympathetic.
Jess and Ben Solomon
Kristen James Stewart, American film actress, the first César award-winning French film award. The idol of millions after the triumph of the Twilight series of films in which she played the role of the unforgettable Bella Swan. It was no new thing for her to star in the Messengers horror movie. Acting colleagues in the film, characterizing the game Kristen, noted that the girl does not immediately throw out all the emotions, demonstrating an interesting and smart game. Stewart perfectly works out the roles of teenagers who do not know what they want from life. All of her characters - Sarah from The Room of Fear, Bella in Twilight, Jess in The Messengers are young ladies with character who prefer to get to the bottom of the story.
Toddler Ben, who by all laws of the genre was the most mysterious member of the family, did not say a word (although by age a long time ago) Ivan Turner played. The boy first begins to see the dead guests in every corner of the farm and, accordingly, point to them with his finger. His piercing gaze played an important role in forcing the atmosphere. The little boy perfectly realized the idea of the creators under the code name "attempt to warn" in the horror "Messengers". The actors who took part in the filming predict a brilliant film career for the baby.