مطاردة الملكة ماري

*HAUNTING OF THE QUEEN MARY* Ok first, just to be clear, when I saw this movie, I thought "okay, this would be spooky" cause the cover clearly shows spookiness, but watching the movie. Geez it was so.... confusing, I understood what happened at the same time I did not, like why did it end like that, why did it end the way it did, that was the confusing part. And if I'm to rate this movie, it would be on a scale of 2/10.

This feels like a sequel to the flawed Death Ship or the awful Ghost Ship. This is terrible. There is little or nothing recommend here. The acting, direction, script, plot, editing, cinematography, pacing and colour palette are all unbearable. And can someone please turn on a light. I know it is supposed to be a horror/thriller but this was simply dreary to look at. Alice Eve has fallen a long way if this is what she thinks is acceptable. What was with the weird kid? Why the two stories running simultaneously? Why the long drawn out dining room scene? The haunted phone? The weird captain? Modern movies ...... you can keep them.

If somebody asked me what this movie was about, I could not tell them. I did not understand anything. I did not understand the story, I did not understand the going back-and-forth, I did not understand why the new captain collapsed when they broke down the wall, I did not understand why the little boy was out on the ledge, I did not understand why the woman stuck a pen through her hand and they just never followed up about it, I didn't understand the purpose of Fred Astaire and the girl tap dancing, I did not understand why the guy had half of his face missing, I did not understand why they were staying overnight, I did not understand the old man in the bathtub that he shot, I didn't understand all the flashing of the lights on the camera... one big mess of scenes with no plot or objective. Oh, and the tarot cards? I could go on and on, but I still would not understand it.

This is a movie begging to be recut. I actually think that if someone took the time to do that, they could get a decent movie out of it. For the most part, what ruins this movie is it's like someone filmed a bunch of scenes then slapped them together in a hurry with what they thought was an edgy jump from past to present and back again, when all they actually did was to completely lose the audience as there is no cohesion between the 2 timelines and the I was left asking "how did that happen?" or why'd he/she do that?" throughout the movie until the end, when there is the slightest of answers for the viewer, but I suspect most, unless actually in a theatre, had quit the movie half way through as I was tempted. This movie screams to be recut into a straight timeline with maybe a little flashing back or forward as that technique is overuse in general and in this film to the extreme. Acting was good, but dialogue between the couple in the present was very lacking. Cinematography was good except it looks like the camera was searching for something to shoot at times. If I had the time and equipment I think this could be recut into a decent movie.