Film Review #136: Mirrors 2
With prices for cinema tickets now reaching ridiculous heights it’s not often I will treat myself to a new release unless it’s something I simply cannot wait for. Instead, I’m happy to content myself with a cheap DVD or a film on TV which may have slipped through my critical net and, believe me, there have been far too many. Whether the films featured here are recent or old I’ll still be providing my honest opinion on them and, with the benefit of hindsight in many cases, may offer a slightly different take to contemporary reviewers.
Mirrors 2 (2010)
I’ve never fancied being a security guard or night watchman. I’m not the bravest of people so would be pretty useless in confrontations so best to leave others to it. Victor Garcia’s Mirrors 2 is a good reason why one shouldn’t be a night watchman. Just like the first film this builds a horror film around those lovely mirrors that are friends or foes to us dependent on the individual.
The film begins with Max (Nick Stahl) in a car accident that he survives but sadly his fiancé Kayla (Jennifer Shakeshaft) does not. Max spends the next year trying to recover from the guilt he feels about the accident and his father Jack (William Katt) gives him a job as a security guard at the Mayflower Department Store. The recent security guard has quit having voluntarily cut up his own face! One night Max sees the image of a dead woman in one of the mirrors and suddenly finds himself in the midst of a mystery when members of staff begin to die in particularly gruesome ways but just what is going on?
The opening to the film shows the current security guard at the Mayflower Department Store going about his business before looking at himself in a mirror. Suddenly his reflection begins to move of its own free will and to the horror of the security guard it starts to eat glass! The effects begin to impact on the security guard who suddenly finds himself in a bit of agony. We move on to the appointment of Max as the new security guard, a favour from his father Jack. On his first day Max meets a trio of people – the store manager, Keller Landreaux (Lawrence Turner), the buyer Jenna McCarty (Christy Romano) and the vice president Ryan Parker (Jon Michael Davis). Nothing unusual there you might say but when Max begins to see visions of a dead girl in the mirror, his father’s colleagues begin to die.
Jenna is the first to be killed, stalked by her own reflection while she takes a shower and she ends up beheaded in her own home! Max realises the dead girl is deliberately targeting people at the Mayflower and it is down to him to find out why and stop her. Max’s search leads him to the disappearance of a girl that once worked at the Mayflower, Eleanor Reigns (Stephanie Honore), and he makes contact with her sister Elizabeth (Emmanuelle Vaugier) who, initially incredulous, is soon by Max’s side. The question is how many more people will die before Max and Elizabeth can discover the truth?
Mirrors 2 has a pretty good twist in the end but it’s fairly standard horror territory for the rest of the film. The deaths are very gruesome and will satisfy those audiences that do revel in a bit of gore. The ending is worth waiting for, the acting isn’t too bad there are enough moments to make you cringe – eating glass, delicate parts of the body sliced etc. This isn’t a film that will leave you astonished but it’s certainly not one that will make you want to lose the will to live.
Mirrors 2 doesn’t have anything to offer that the original film didn’t but there is a story here with a decent twist so it’s worth considering if you’re stuck for a horror film to watch one night. As long as you don’t get your hopes up too much it shouldn’t be a major disappointment.
Verdict: 6/10
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Another great film reviews David. I have not watched the movie and I think it is quite interesting to watch horror movies again. When I was watching horror movies, I learn many things especially how spirits ask help to human world. Thanks for sharing the review.
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I’ve watched mirrors and I totally agree! I could never be a night watchmen after watching that film, plus Kiefer Sutherland is great in it.
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Wow sounds interesting! I reminds me of the first movie we had me and my partner the breed but this one sounds different.
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This is great another horror movie to watch with my pals and family. Thank your sharing this great film.
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