"Messengers". Pan brothers horror actors

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The horror drama 'The Messengers' should be seen as a bold bid by Thai directors to consistently conquer both Hollywood and Western audiences.

The subject of discussion and rumors

Of course, after watching the picture, only the lazy did not criticize its clichéd plot, unimpressive acting. But, if they talk about horror, this is already good in itself, which means that it has not gone unnoticed. The picture of the brothers-directors Danny and Oksida Pan "Messengers" (actors of the first plan: K. Stewart, D. McDermott, P. E. Miller and D. Corbett) did not disappear from the "subject of discussion" column a week after the premiere. The heated debate between fans and skeptics continues to this day.

Backstory

Assessing the horror "Messengers", the actors and roles of which caused no less diverse assessment than the plot, it should be remembered that before this project, the directors of Pan worked in this genre in their homeland, in Hong Kong. There, in the genre of j-horror, they released three parts of the movie "The Eye". The first episode of the epic managed to surprise the sophisticated viewer, the next two were much weaker. And all because the favorite theme of mystical horror films from the series “I seedead" each time does not become fresher. Therefore, from the "Messengers" it would be extremely naive to expect transcendental innovation, shocking millions. And when criticizing the work of the brothers-directors, one must be aware that techniques such as a remote abandoned house, creaking floorboards, a closed mysterious door, birds - psychopomps, disgusting dead people - have already been used and will be used in films designed to scare the viewer. The Pan brothers simply collected in their project a lot of alien and already recognizable tricks and chips, which really irritates some moviegoers with the horror "Messengers". The actors of the project, with their efforts, were unable to soften the assessment of the film by avid fans of the genre.

Storyline

“Messengers” is a film whose actors, to the best of their abilities, tried to convey to the viewer the next idea of the directors. The main characters, the Solomon family, leave Chicago for a secluded farm in North Dakota due to financial problems. But soon after moving in, strange things begin to happen in the house in the middle of idyllic corn fields. 16-year-old eldest daughter Jess and her little brother named Ben see sinister otherworldly entities that behave extremely aggressively towards a teenage girl. Parents, not believing their children, doubt their mental he alth. Strange employees only add fuel to the fire, and the marriage of the spouses is on the verge of collapse. This is a spoiler-free summary of the storyline of the horror film The Messengers (2007). The actors involved in the filming process embodiedscreenplay by Mark Wheaton and Todd Farmer.

Acting ensemble. Parents

American actress Penelope Ann Miller, a blockbuster star of the 90s and a supporting role in the 2000s, perfectly coped with the role of the mother of the family weighed down by long-term depression. Her film career developed rapidly. Miller was invited to commercially successful projects like Kindergarten Cop, Other People's Money, Carlito's Way. For her role in the last film, she received the Golden Globe. Also a significant role of the actress should be considered the image of Edna Purviance in Chaplin. But in 1997, Miller starred in the disastrously failed film Relic, after which he moved to television and low-budget films.

Actor Mark Anthony McDermott is known to a wide audience under the pseudonym Dylan McDermott. The popularity of the actor brought roles in the series "The Practice" and "American Horror Story". Most of the projects with his participation have a TV format: "Hostages", "Stalker" and others. In the movie of the Pan brothers, he played the role of the father of the family, a loser who sincerely loves his family. This character is sympathetic.

Jess and Ben Solomon

Kristen James Stewart, American film actress, the first recipient of the French film award "Cesar". The idol of millions after the triumph of the Twilight film series, in which she played the role of the unforgettable Bella Swan. It was not new for her to star in the horror film The Messengers. Film co-starscharacterizing the game of Kristen, they noted that the girl does not splash out all the emotions at once, demonstrating an interesting and smart game. Stewart is great at the role of teenagers who do not know what they want from life. All her characters - Sarah from Panic Room, Bella in Twilight, Jess in The Messengers - are young ladies with character who prefer to get to the bottom of the matter.

Baby Ben, who by all the laws of the genre was the most mysterious member of the family, who did not speak a word (although by age a long time ago) was played by Evan Turner. The boy is the first to see dead guests in every corner of the farm and, accordingly, point his finger at them. His piercing gaze played an important role in forcing the atmosphere. The little boy perfectly realized the idea of the creators under the code name "attempt to warn" in the horror "Messengers". The actors who took part in the filming predict a brilliant film career for the kid.