Review of Mirrors

In New York, the former NYPD detective Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland) is hired to work as night watch of the remains of the Mayflower Department Store that was partially destroyed by fire many years ago. Ben became alcoholic and was retired from the police force after killing a man in a shooting. His marriage was also destroyed and now he is living in the apartment of his younger sister Angie (Amy Smart). However he has not been drinking for three months and sees the employment as a chance to rebuild his life. When he goes to the rounds in his first night, he finds that the mirrors are impeccably clean and his colleague explains that the former night watch was obsessed by the mirrors. After a couple of nights, Ben sees weird images in the mirrors, but due to the lack of credibility of his past, his ex-wife Amy (Paula Patton) believes he has hallucinations as a side effect of his medication. When Angie is found brutally murdered in her bathtub, Ben discovers that there is an evil force in the mirror that is chasing him and jeopardizing his family.

The first half of "Mirrors" is intriguing and scary, with a promising ghost story with good special effects and good performances. The dark cinematography is top-notch. Unfortunately, the resolution and the conclusion of the plot are very weak and quite disappointing with an open end ready for a sequel. The death of Angie is really an impressive scene of this horror movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Espelhos da Morte" ("Mirrors of the Death")

Note: On 11 November 2016, I saw this film again.