Leofwine_draca
THE UNBORN is one of those vapid Hollywood horror flicks that you forget about soon after watching. The only thing it's notable for is wasting the talents of Gary Oldman, who plays in support as a Rabbi exorcist (!). The dead-headed lead is the usual attractive young actress with extremely limited acting ability. She's a babysitter who starts to experience scary visions of a ghostly young boy and comes to believe that her own dead twin brother is haunting her. Predictability ensues, all taking place within the safe PG-13 banner. The scares seem indebted to the Japanese horror genre but this fails to be frightening for even an instant; I ended up laughing at it instead.
axel335
I didn't expect anything from this movie but I found it to be quiet boring. It follow almost in every details formula 1A in how to make a horror movie. You have seen it all before in better made movies. My strongest objection, however, is the bad casting of Odette Annabelle. She doesn't fit in the lead role at all. You simply don't believe her and her reaction to the strange things that happen to her is not trustworthy at all. The movie would have a star or two more with a better lead actress. The other actors are doing OK, the photo is OK and the script is OK even though its predictable.All in all its not a total disaster but nothing you must see either.
Scott LeBrun
Writer / director David S. Goyers' "The Unborn" may work as passable entertainment for those genre fans who never expect too much from their movies. It does come up with a somewhat different gimmick, drawing from Jewish mysticism and even working the Holocaust into its story. But for the most part, it's the same old thing, done the same old way, with a plethora of digital effects and supposedly creepy imagery.It's your tried and true story of a tormented lead character repeatedly experiencing all kinds of disturbing visions. In this case, that character is young woman Casey Beldon (Odette Annable), who comes to fear that a malevolent spirit known as a dybbuk is out to get her. She first seeks assistance from a nursing home resident named Sofi Kozma (Jane Alexander), and then a rabbi named Joseph Sendak (Gary Oldman). Eventually Sendak attempts an exorcism, leading to the usual mayhem.The efforts of an extremely sincere cast raise this to average level; otherwise, this would be substantially boring if not incompetently made. It definitely looks great, with great wintry atmosphere and moody lighting courtesy of James Hawkinson. Oldman and Alexander are standouts; also in the cast are Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, a rock solid Idris Elba, Atticus Shaffer as the requisite creepy kid, Carla Gugino, Rhys Coiro, and James Remar and C.S. Lee from the TV series 'Dexter'.Given how straight faced cast and crew are with the material, it has to be assumed that any laughter on the part of the viewer is of the unintentional variety. Overall the movie is pretty silly at times, but that does keep it amusing.Five out of 10.
trashgang
Can someone tell me if he ever has seen a PG-13 horror that works. There are a few decent moments that can make you jump but obviously it's easy to see that it's a PG_13, for example, when Casey (Odette Annable)is going to bed we always see her in the bathroom, in her underwear. It do looks sexy but she never takes off her shirt or even under the shower she never shows anything. And yes, she do comes close to be a Megan Fox copy. I also never saw any blood or gory moments, what it do has is a few jumpscene's and some nice effects.The best thing I saw was an old man turning in some kind of dog or spider (remember Exorcist). Gary Oldman is in it too, so I guess the producers thought they were making the next big thing in horror land. But they didn't. It's easily watchable for kids under 13. Harry Potter has more scarier moments. Too many blah blah and not that much going on except to see Odette's cameltoe, could be scary too...Almost the same story about Jewish ghosts can be seen and better in The Possession (2012). Too much CGI effects, it do has it's moments but it just didn't work out.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5
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