Monday, January 02, 2012
Edohotep
Director/writer: David A. Cross.
Cast: Tracy Teague, Mathew J. Wright and Vince Eustace.
Director/writer David A. Cross has a very interesting product with a movie that delves into the ancient supernatural beliefs of the Ancient Romans. They believed that the soul escapes from an individual at the point of death. For those who know they are ready to pass, the eldest surviving male needs to be present. At the moment of death, the breath is caught with the mouth. Very little is said about the significance of this act; perhaps it is to indicate the transmission of wisdom to the next generation.
In the movie Respire, Cross offers an interpretation that is very close. The memories, knowledge and essence of the person who passed on will do more. The consumed “soul” can be bottled up (which may be a bad thing) and it will prolong the life of the individual who breathes the trapped essence in. When Susan Jordan (Tracy Teague) comes across this elixir of life by accident, her life is going to be turned upside down.
Although she is cured of her ailment, other people have taken notice. But the people she has come into contact with since, have their own agendas. But the consumption of “souls” is not without its complications. Some of the first people killed and their souls bottled up were lunatics and prisoners—not the type of personalities one should eat.
With a bit of a mystery thriller injected throughout this film, audiences have enough guessing game moments to make them wonder who truly is Jordan’s ally. Is it Raif Collins (Matthew J. Wright), the person who hired Jordan to locate the book that reveals the secrets of the bottle, or is it Alex Poe (Vince Eustace), a person whom she met during the auction of the book? Both were interested in a box that Jordan somehow obtained. The montage at this movie’s beginning of the box's origins is worth watching as a product of its own.
Wright plays up his role with a silent serenity and Eustace looks like he can be perfectly sly if he really wanted to. They are polar opposites with Jordan stuck in the middle. Her schizophrenia slowly becomes evident when her cure takes hold. But in a tale that centers on a mysterious box and finding a book to reveal its secrets, the magic is all in the imagination. Very little effects work is required for this film, and that makes for part of this movie’s charm. Instead of relying on heavy effects or a far off location, the horror happens right at home.
Overall: 6.5 out of 10.
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