Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Witness


Kapuso actress Gwen Zamora shines in the international suspense movie "The Witness."

THE WITNESS

Main Cast: Gwen Zamora, Pierre Gruno
Supporting Cast: Marcellino Lefrandt, Kimberly Ryder, Feby Febiola, Agung Saga
Director: Muhammad Yusuf
Genre: Suspense, Thriller
Released By: GMA Films and Skylar Pictures
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
CEB Rating: A
Opening Date: March 21, 2012

Gist: A Filipina expat who works as general manager of a hotel in Jakarta finds her whole family massacred by a mysterious man. Her parents, her only sister Safara, her maid, security, are all dead. She was also shot but somehow managed to survive. Haunted by the incident and a strange dream that keeps coming over and over, she then decides to uncover all the mystery by herself to find out the reason of what she has been going through.

The Positive: "The Witness" gets off to a scary start and ends in an edge-of-your-seat thriller.

The film's most riveting screen presence is Gwen Zamora who brings amazing depth to her portrayal of the titular role despite the lack of dialogues in most of her scenes.

The Negative: The film gets predictable in the second half but it doesn't spoil the gripping suspense towards the end.

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STARMOMETER SCORE: 8.5/10

"The Witness" - Official Trailer:

1 comment:

  1. where's your movie review for the hunger games? its a great movie... you should watch it...

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