the Mind’s Chew Toy

Synopsis:

Sydney Wells (Alba) is an accomplished, independent, Los Angeles-based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since a childhood tragedy. As our story opens, Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant, a surgery she has waited her whole life to have, and her sight is restored. After the surgery, neural ophthalmologist Dr. Paul Faulkner (Nivola) helps Sydney with the difficult adjustment, and with the support of her older sister Helen (Posey), Sydney learns to see again.

But Sydney’s happiness is short-lived as unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Are they a passing aftermath of her surgery, Sydney’s mind adjusting to sight, a product of her imagination, or something horrifyingly real? As Sydney’s family and friends begin to doubt her sanity, Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see.

Our Thoughts

Apparently, after Sarah Michelle Gellar’s success in the horror film industry (The Grudge (2004), The Return), every young female star wants in on the gore.

Now, Jessica Alba has flung her hat into the horror film genre, in a movie that sounds remarkably familiar - Blink with more ghosts, maybe?

Still maybe worth a rental on DVD, but this one probably won’t become one of Jessica’s better roles.