Unspeakable (2003)

Too much of everything

good back-story, and good acting

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Diana (Dina Meyer) is testing a brain-scan device to reveal what's going on in the head of the psychopathic killer Jesse (Pavan Grover). She suspects him to be responsible for a murder that Cesar (Marco Rodriguez) was executed for. The prison director, played in a not much less psychopathic way by Dennis Hopper, doesn't really care as long as there's another execution soon.What begins as a dark psychological thriller turns into an aimless flight through horror (the return of the undead), mystery (has the killer supernatural powers?), sci-fi (the brain scanning), dreams, courtroom drama and more. Personally, I have the impression that the makers of the film couldn't agree on the direction they were heading towards, so they ended up with a little bit of everything, pieces of a puzzle which do not fit. It's a pity for the good actors and a couple of exciting moments.

I watched this one yesterday, i didn't want to at first because of the bad comments here, but i am glad i did anyway... The story is pretty interesting, and although there are things missing in the movie, it still kept me interested... I think with a little more effort from the makers of it, this could have been a very nice movie. No bad word on the acting though, and give Dennis Hopper a break, he's not overacting, he's just playing a crazy and twisted warden... I really liked this movie, so did my girlfriend, but we both have the feeling that the movie is not complete, and the story had lots more of potential, i hope someone ever picks up this story again and does a remake of this movie... it's worth the effort!

Hi All, just read the reviews, i saw the movie last night, it wasn't a regular movie, but it was different, suspense etc.yes i agree there wasn't much logic in many scenes, but its a movie, so don't expect logic. silence of the lambs was a big hit, but did it have logic? a guy skins women and makes a coat, yeah right !!! after watching the movie and read the reviews i realized that the actor, director and producer were all pavan. now it wasn't a great movie, but for a man who migrated to this county 30 yrs ago and wasn't the Mr cool among his class, to become a great doctor and then write, produce, act, direct a movie is way too great.once again its not that great a movie, its different, most may not like it, but few may. but then it is a fulfillment of a dream after so many years by one man talking all those roles. now that is great, i gave the 10 rating also to encourage him.name one great medical doctor who came from another country and then made it big in his career and then wrote, directed, produced and acted in a movie??? none and none to come so give this guy at least some credit.God Bless [email protected]

The worst movie I've seen in a very long time, granted I don't deliberately set out to find horrible movies to watch. Banal dialog, callow story telling sense, and (except for Lance Henriksen) tumid acting.. People who make these movies should be throughly castigated. (hey, the movie was terrible. Gotta have fun writing my review..). The first half of the movie is a mess, needlessly jumping around in time 3 days ago, an hour ago. The rest of the movie is filled with drastic over explanation of points the audience throughly comprehends and with 'intelligent dialog' that the majority of viewers actually found intelligent back when they themselves were asking the same questions when they were 9 years old. Pointless, confusing ending (she was the one who was supposed to be able to kill him because she had an abortion?? because..? Abortions are magical, mystical events that empower you to kill the metaphysical metapycho??) The tacky explanation of what happened to everyone after the end of the movie in the This-was-a-true-story manner of simply splashing some text is even more annoying here than in the 'true story' flicks. Production quality was good though ie. the autopsy scene, cinematography in general (cept for the shot-on-video look).