sue-74122 Briefly: I realised I had stayed with it into the 2nd hour only because I was catching up emails on my phone. Yes, I too created an Imdb account just to say HOW BAD IT IS. As others say : no plot or at least it's incomprehensible. No believable characters - you wonder who the hell these people are in fact. It starts in a way that should warn you: someone has obviously died judging by the music/ sad faces/ cards... and then someone else dies. For a while it isn't clear who. It goes downhill from there. Who, what,why. No idea. Gave up in the end. Realised I just didn't care. At all. Come on guys. My children could write better than this.

lavatch The so-called Grey Lady hovers over the superstitious characters and the surreal world of this direct-to-consumer video release. In historic Cape Cod, the supernatural presence of the Grey Lady comforted the wives as they awaited the safe return of their seafaring menfolk. But in the film, she would appear to place a curse on the victims more than to provide a safe haven for members of the Doyle clan.The protagonist is James "Jimmy" Doyle, a decent hard-working Boston detective, whose sister and fiancée are murdered in what appears to be a string of cult killings dominated by the symbols of the "crown" and the "rose." Doyle follows the clues to picturesque Nantucket Island where in the sleepy community, two psychopathic members of the Doyle family continue their killing spree.Starting at the Crown and Rose pub, Doyle discovers the whereabouts of his long-lost auntie Lola who has taken up residence on the island. Lola alone knows the deep, dark secrets of the Doyles when young Jimmy's father was caught in flagrante delicto in bed with his aunt Lola at the unfortunate moment in which Jimmy's uncle Tim surprised them. A fight ensued, and the enraged Uncle Tim was stabbed to death.Little Jimmy always believed erroneously that his dad was the killer of his own brother. The brother-and-sister team of little Perry and Eli (Beth) never knew the truth either. But that didn't stop them from slashing their way through the Doyle family in a spate of revenge murders much like Orestes and Electra team up to murder their mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus in Greek mythology.While the performances were good and the Nantucket scenery was beautiful, the film unfortunately lacked credibility. The tawdry nature of the family secrets, the incompetent police investigative work, and the overall sense of lawlessness both in Boston and Nantucket were extremely unpleasant features of this film. In 1931, American playwright Eugene O'Neill attempted to modernize Aeschylus' tragedy "The Oresteia" in a lengthy play entitled "Mourning Becomes Electra," placed in a New England setting. The filmmakers of "Grey Lady" are attempting to channel O'Neill, but the film lacked O'Neill's psychological depth.Early in the film, Detective Doyle comes across a line of poetry that reads, "In our sleep, pain which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart." Another quote suggests that the only way to achieve wisdom is through suffering. Of course, these lines are from the Greek tragic playwright Aeschylus in the opening play of his trilogy, the "Oresteia." His fifth-century B.C. play chronicles the dysfunctional family of the House of Atreus and the killing of the husband Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra. In this modern nightmare on Nantucket, Tim and Lola do not quite measure up to either the larger-than-life figures of Greek tragedy or their post-Civil War counterparts as devised by Eugene O'Neill.

Eve Rainer Many twists and turns in this beautifully shot film. Natalie Zea brings a breath of fresh air at just the right time to balance some emotionally charged moments. Chris Meyer's transformation is amazing and adds so much depth to volatile scenes. Very interesting to see life on Nantucket that is not usually seen on film!

cdcrb remember in "the fugitive" when the train derails and flies off into the woods, for what seems a long time, well here the movie goes off the rails and never stops. sadly, the movie just keeps getting worse. it makes no sense, was confusing to me and the acting is non existent. it's supposed to be a murder mystery. I'm not familiar with eric danes' work, but he doesn't offer much here. Nantucket, a beautiful island, even in the rain and fog, offers nothing. I cannot remember giving a 1 rating before, but I am not alone. proceed at your own risk.