Stars: Anton Yelchin, Ashley Sommers, Leonor Varela, Matthew Page, Casey Messer, Nico Tortorella, Willem Dafoe, Addison Timlin | Written and Directed by Stephen Sommers
Stephen Sommers, yes he of The Mummy, Van Helsing and G.I. Joe fame, abandons the big-budget blockbusters for a much smaller – yet just as high concept – film adapted from the bestselling book by Dean Koontz, the supernatural fantasy Odd Thomas.
The film follows the titular character who sees murdered dead people and feels it’s his duty to make the people responsible pay for their sins. Luckily the local police chief knows about his clairvoyant gifts and is happy to use him to keep the Californian town of Pico Mundo virtually crime free. But one day, in the diner where he works as a short order cook, Odd meets a suspicious-looking man followed by bodachs, shadowy spirit creatures who appear only during times of “extreme operatic...
Stephen Sommers, yes he of The Mummy, Van Helsing and G.I. Joe fame, abandons the big-budget blockbusters for a much smaller – yet just as high concept – film adapted from the bestselling book by Dean Koontz, the supernatural fantasy Odd Thomas.
The film follows the titular character who sees murdered dead people and feels it’s his duty to make the people responsible pay for their sins. Luckily the local police chief knows about his clairvoyant gifts and is happy to use him to keep the Californian town of Pico Mundo virtually crime free. But one day, in the diner where he works as a short order cook, Odd meets a suspicious-looking man followed by bodachs, shadowy spirit creatures who appear only during times of “extreme operatic...
- 8/14/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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