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Don't waste your time looking at 'Mirrors'

Aug 18, 2008
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It doesn't take much reflection to realize this "thriller" is more mundane than menacing. By ROGER MOORE, Orlando Sentinel MIRRORS ★ 1/2 out of fours stars Rating: R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity. Kiefer Sutherland -- what happened to you, man? You used to be cool. We expected you to take over as your generation's movie tough guy. But "Mirrors"? There's got to be more of an excuse for this than "This is all I could line up for my hiatus from '24'" or "There was a writers' strike coming. I was in a hurry." "Mirrors" is about demons that try to suck souls from this world into their world, behind the silvered glass. It's a grisly, high-gloss horror picture with barely a scare in it. Sutherland is better than this. Or should be. He plays Ben, a recovering alcoholic, a police detective on... [read full story]                    

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