100 Feet

After watching this movie for the second time, I can say I was disappointed. The first time through watching it, a couple months ago, I found it to be pretty enjoyable. But the second time through, I was not quite as impressed with it.

100 Feet stars Famke Janssen who is probably best known for her part in the X-Men trilogy. The movie begins with her being released from prison to begin three years in home arrest for killing her husband who was a cop. She is relegated to being within 100 feet of her house, but she soon finds that her husband is haunting the house. The first half hour or so of the movie introduces the viewers to the character and gives her time to try to make us like her. Well, that's not done too well. I don't feel too sorry for her throughout the movie. Ok, wife beating is wrong, but she isn't too sympathatic. She runs around in terrible clothing with a stupid look on her face throughout most of the movie. Many portions of the movie just make me laugh. Her crack addict friend from prison calls her and tells her to "come visit" and then hangs up. Famke starts seducing a barely legal boy while she is barely out of prison; the boy also a criminal. Birds of a feather flock together. She finds money and gives it to a priest who then refuses to bless the house. What a prick. I would have takent he money back and told him to go screw himself.

Since it is a ghost movie, it obviously won't make much sense from the get-go, but the movie leaves many plot holes. The manner in which she gets rid of the ghost leaves us with many questions. She finds a homeless guy in the basement and he says he came in through the window, and later in the movie, the window is closed with no explanation. She is allowed to go 100 Feet within her home but she can't even get to the front door or the basement. The front door looks less than 100 foot from the box.

Regarding the gore and blood, there is little blood in this movie and no gore. There is one decent death scene but it is CGI and looks terribly fake. The ghost is pretty well done for a ghost, if you can say such a thing. There was some though put into the design of the ghost and he can be quite menancing in some scenes. Actually pretty much all the blood in the movie is CGI except for the "mysterious" blood on the wall and the little bits on Famke. I wish the whole movie world knew that CGI blood always looks fakey. Using "real" blood is always the better choice, but many movies are turning to fake CGI blood these days. Shame on you.

Ok, it's a Sci Fi Original Channel movie, so it's not going to be high budget and perfect. It's a decent ghost movie with many plot holes and a pretty unlikeable protagonist. I will give it 2.5 out of 5. It's not terrible, but it's not super either.