The Box

What Jack Says...

This is the story of a husband and wife that receive a box with a button on top at their doorstep. A man with half a face comes to them with a proposition to press the button. If they do they will recieve 1 million dollars, but someone they do not know will die and there will be consequences.

Is Donnie Darko a good movie? That is debatable. Is The Box a good movie? Probably not. They were both written by Richard Kelly but this time he took his hand at Directing. That might have been his downfall.

Much like Donnie Darko the first hour was solid. It was interesting, they introduced some complex characters, and it was just overall intriguing. Then, like Donnie Darko about an hour in it just got weird. Like super out of this world weird. It basically leaves the audience thinking that they are watching a totally different movie then the one they walked into. If I was sitting in the theatre I might have checked my ticket stub to remind me of what I paid for. I'm sensing a pattern with this writer.

There were some good twists and turn and I genuinely like Cameron Diaz and James Marsden. They played very believable characters in a very unbelievable script. Unfortunately, in the end it just got  too weird and I completely shut down.

I give this a 6. Sad, it could have been so good.