'Mirrors' poorly reflects Sutherland's potential

Kiefer Sutherland is terrorized by forces using reflections as a gateway into his home in “Mirrors.” Kiefer, dog, 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 writer's 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. Kiefer Sutherland is better than this. Or should be. He plays Ben, a recovering alcoholic, a police detective on long-term leave because of a death he blames himself for. His marriage (Paula Patton plays his coroner-wife) is on the rocks. He's living... [read full story]