Kind of unnecessary...
I used to like thrillers over horror movies because I figured that the psychology involved meant a lot more thought needed to be put into the characters and plotline to make it work. Lately that kind of reasoning has been kind of failing me.
Not that this is a bad movie by any means. It's just kind of unnecessary. The idea is good and I'm attracted to it because of a similar situation in a Carl Hiaasen novel. A crime-scene photographer who is severely affected by the nature of his photographs decides to escape for a while, going to stay with his aunt. Unfortunately, a psychopath is loose and chasing down the photographer and his new girlfriend, who is deaf and sees visions of future crimes, a la something like In Dreams and whatnot.
I figured this movie would be interesting to see because of the idea of an "after image" affecting the photographer character and how he deals with his, erm, photographic memory, but it didn't really concentrate on that. I...
John might want to stay w/writing & singing his music
Mellencamp - so talented & so sexy w/song. Catch his "moves" on older videos. I digress - this movie is confusing & he's not an actor. Not even better then his corny film about a famous performer coming home only to return to his old/wild ways. M. Hemingway is incredibly miscast as his wife - too elegant for him - too elegant for the movie. Must not have had much to say about "After Image" - may have fallen asleep...
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This movie is a little weird and it is a darker type of movie so it hard to see at some points. But I love John Mellencamp though!
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