蒂姆（布兰顿·思怀兹 Brenton Thwaites 饰）和凯丽（凯伦·吉兰 Karen Gillan 饰）背负着灰暗而又沉重的过去，急诊眼睁睁地看着父母在面前悲惨地死去，急诊这成为了姐弟两人记忆中无法痊愈的伤痕。时间飞快地流逝着，然而伤痛却没有因此而淡去，在此期间，蒂姆和凯 丽一直都没有放弃过寻求真相的机会。终于，功夫不负有心人，两人发现，一切惨剧的始作俑者就藏在家中的古董镜子之中。为了终结悲剧，蒂姆和凯丽返回老家想要将镜子摧毁，令两人没有想到的是，他们的举动却在无意之间成为了打开地狱大门的钥匙。鲜血、恐惧、愤怒、悲哀，在排山倒海而来的回忆之中，他们开始搞不清楚，究竟什么是虚幻，什么是现实。
赖铭伟
回复 :在父亲的命令下，12岁的小男孩阿通（Charlie Trairat 饰）被迫转到一个很远的寄宿学校上学。这里阴森肃杀，古板的舍监每天都听一张跳了针的老唱片。从同学那里得知，他所睡的床更是睡过许多已死之人。但这些不快很快被一个男孩的出现抹去。清秀的男孩维钦（Sirachuch Chienthaworn 饰）与阿通成为无话不说的好朋友。可阿通很快发现，每天傍晚6点维钦都要消失一段时间。渐渐地，他发现了好朋友一个不为其所知的秘密……本片荣获2007年柏林国际电影节水晶熊奖、2007年泰国国家电影协会奖最佳艺术指导和最佳剪辑两个奖项。
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回复 :The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years.At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with.But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood.I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential.by D.R. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com
回复 :该片故事场景从原本的森林转移到城市中，描述一对感情疏离的姐妹，在重逢后发生变故，不仅被迫与附身肉体的恶灵展开残酷的生死战斗，更必须面对如噩梦般的家庭成员。
