Mirrors (DVD)

Kiefer Sutherland plays Ben Carson, an ex- NYPD cop retired after accidentally killing another cop whilst working undercover. As a result, he's suffering from stress and taking some mind-bending antidepressant drugs. He is living with his sister Angela (Amy Smart) as he is estranged from his wife Amy (Paula Patton) who can't cope with his mood swings and heavy drinking. Desperate to rehabilitate himself and move back in with his wife and two children , Ben takes a job as a night watchman at a classy department store that was ravaged by fire five years ago. But it isn't long before he starts seeing horrific images in the mirrors, and begins to wonder what ...  Read the complete review

A review of the 2008 remake of Mirrors, this is based on the unrated version that can be downloaded from the US iTunes store. Policeman Ben Carson is suspended from the force and finds himself in the midst of a painful separation from his wife Amy and their children. In need of a job, he finds works a night watchman in a creepy old building in the middle of the city. The site of a former department store, the premises are now in a dreadful state of disrepair having suffered a major fire years earlier. Ben is recruited to take on the night shift, simply keeping an eye on the place, ensuring that vandals don't get in. On his nightly rounds, Ben finds himself ...  Read the complete review

***Why I watched Mirrors*** Honestly, I had just taken a new free trial with LoveFilm and as a horror fan I loaded the first 10 horror films I had not seen to my list and this was the first to arrive. Other than the brief description online I did not know anything else about this film. ***Cast*** Kiefer Sutherland as Ben Carson (24, The Lost Boys) Amy Smart as Angela Carson (The Butterfly Effect, Scrubs) Paula Patton as Amy Carson (DeJa Vu) Cameron Boyce as Michael Carson (Eagle Eye) Jason Flemyng as Det. Larry Byrne (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Mean Machine) ***Plot*** The ...  Read the complete review

Another night in with nothing on the T.V and another film from Lovefilm found my partner and I watching Mirrors. Mirrors stars Kiefer Sutherland as Ben Carson, a troubled cop on suspension because he accidentally shot and killed another cop due to his drinking problems. He is estranged from his wife (Paula Patton) and children because of his alcohol induced mood swings so he is living with his sister Angela (Amy Smart) and taking some seriously strong drugs to help him stay off the booze. In an effort to support his family he takes a job as a night watchman at an old department store called the Mayflower which was burnt down some years before. The opening ...  Read the complete review

Synopsis ******** The film begins with a security guard running through an empty underground. He comes across a mirror and starts apologising to his reflection, but then suddenly it seems like he's not talking to himself, he's talking to the mirror. He tries to clean the mirror but accidentally breaks it, then everything changes, his reflection is no longer following him, but picking up the shard of glass. As the reflection pulls the shard across its throat, a gaping wound begins to appear on the security guard's throat. Jump along an unspecified amount of time, and we meet Ben Carson, an ex police officer, who's just about to start his ...  Read the complete review