Synopsis: Katherine Winter doesn't believe in miracles--she believes in facts. A former minister, Katherine turned her back on the cloth after losing her young daughter and husband while doing missionary work in the Sudan, and now seeks answers through scientific investigation rather than prayer. As a university professor, she has become the foremost debunker of supposed miracles, called to sites all over the world to investigate weeping statues, wall stains resembling saints and palms that bleed. And so far, there is no divine mystery she hasn't solved. But when small-town schoolteacher Doug Blackwell seeks her help with a series of bizarre occurrences the townspeople believe to be sent by God, Katherine and her partner Ben come to learn that sometimes miracles can be treacherous, and the line between faith and superstition is dangerously thin. Hidden among the woods and swamplands of Louisiana, Haven is a town where the rules of reason seem to have been rewritten. A child has died and the river has turned to blood, which is only the beginning of what appears to be a revisiting of the Biblical ten plagues upon the town. For the first time in her professional career, Katherine can't explain these phenomena with science. The townspeople believe an enigmatic child named Loren McConnell has brought God's wrath to their doorstep, but what they see as a harbinger of evil, Katherine sees as a lost child needing her help. The more she is drawn into the dark heart of the mystery, the more Katherine discovers her own role in a conspiracy that threatens to shroud the world in darkness.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Anna-Sophia Robb, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, Stephen Rea
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
U.S. Rating: R
A good horror/thriller movie. I really enjoyed the plot, since the end reveals things that I wasn't expecting at all, especially related with the whole situation about the girl and the deaths. Hilary Swank plays a great role in this movie, giving life to this doctor who tries to find the responses and reasons for all the scary and bizarre situations faced by this little town in Louisiana. The little girl also plays such a good role, along with the rest of the cast in this movie. I definitely recommend this good horror/thriller to all those lovers of horror movies, or those lovers of Hilary Swank's work.
What did I like from this movie?
1. I really enjoyed that Hilary Swank, in her role, tries to keep her position and vision, finding the reasons to all these situations through scientific facts, and not by miracles and other mysterious situations.
2. It actually had some good effects. For example, the insects attacks, the fire explosions, etc.
What did I dislike from this movie?
1. The end was a little bit theatrical, lots of fire explosions, they should have kept it the same way it was through all the movie, but the end was ok though.
I would rate this movie with a 3/5
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
U.S. Rating: R
A good horror/thriller movie. I really enjoyed the plot, since the end reveals things that I wasn't expecting at all, especially related with the whole situation about the girl and the deaths. Hilary Swank plays a great role in this movie, giving life to this doctor who tries to find the responses and reasons for all the scary and bizarre situations faced by this little town in Louisiana. The little girl also plays such a good role, along with the rest of the cast in this movie. I definitely recommend this good horror/thriller to all those lovers of horror movies, or those lovers of Hilary Swank's work.
What did I like from this movie?
1. I really enjoyed that Hilary Swank, in her role, tries to keep her position and vision, finding the reasons to all these situations through scientific facts, and not by miracles and other mysterious situations.
2. It actually had some good effects. For example, the insects attacks, the fire explosions, etc.
What did I dislike from this movie?
1. The end was a little bit theatrical, lots of fire explosions, they should have kept it the same way it was through all the movie, but the end was ok though.
I would rate this movie with a 3/5
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