Red lights is a 2012 spanishamerican thriller film written and directed by rodrigo cortes and starring cillian murphy, sigourney weaver, toby jones. As the music crescendos, the storm of letters and lights is swallowed by television static and the thunder of a jet flying into view, its red lights in focus. It doesnt necessarily comment upon this positively or negatively, but it does suggest that people who do offer proof are frauds and are only negating the very concept of faith. Everything you need to know about red lights movie 2012. It was written and directed by rodrigo cortes, whose buried 2010 you may remember. The ending was unexpected but should have been predictable but the plot has a red herring let alone red light background. Margaret matheson sigourney weaver and tom buckley cillian murphy debunk fraudulent claims of ghost w.
An articulate script, clever twists, some decidedly macabre sequences, solid direction and good performances result in an effective, if rather uninvolving, chiller. The picture succeeds because the thriller, tension, as well as a superbly. Produced by music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 casting by 1 production design by 1 art direction by 1 set decoration by 1 costume design by 1 makeup department 6 production management 5 second unit director or assistant director. Rent red lights 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Margaret matheson weaver, a middleaged professional skeptic whose academic work concentrates on debunking the alleged cases of paranormal.
Hes only done a hand full of movies so far, another one being buried. Psychologist margaret matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a worldrenowned psychic who has resurfaced years after his toughest critic mysteriously passed away. Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran dr. Financial analysis of red lights 2012 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Red lights also shows a director who knows how to construct a story and build interest, but at the end, it flies apart. Okay, i just cant finish that, because its too obvious, and at any rate, sting is singing about the red light, as if to say theres one red light, whereas this film is about red light usu. A dark cellar full of secrets emerges through shocks of xrays, weathered photographs, ancient texts, equations, and newspapers. In red lights, psychology professors margaret mathesonsigourney weaver and tom buckleycillian murphy spend most of their time out of the classroom debunking various and. The fact that red lights action doesnt operate in a recognizable universe, however, is a constant problem.
Red lights 2012 film jump to navigation jump to search this article. Red lights setup is silly but fun, with a fair degree of selfawareness that the films entire superscientists vs. This is the first movie of rodrigo cortes that ive watched. Id love to see a thriller that was about what red lights starts to be about, the debunking of psychics by expert paranormal investigators.
Red lights 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Inside the creepy twists of red lights spanish filmmaker rodrigo cortes returns to the scene with his second englishlanguage film, red lights. This leads to an investigation of a famous blind psychic who has been out of the public eye for 30 years, but whose reemergence has created a. Even so, it is the great good fortune of red lights that mr. The film also does a crafty job of setting its stage. Red lights has a decent premise, but the script lets the actors down. Red lights trailer ufficiale italiano 01distribution. Red lights margaret matheson and her assistant, tom buckley, study claims of paranormal activity with the intention of exposing frauds. That was the film shot entirely from the pov of a man buried in a coffin. Thriller di gran fascino e tensione con il solo difetto di voler troppo sorprendere lo spettatore. This interesting film contains suspense, thrills, intrigue,intense drama and plot twists. But then again, at one point were shown a film where some psychic ostensibly explodes a frogs heart, which suggests such things might be doable.
The film itself seems a little uneasy with silver, as though afraid too much will be given away, so until the finale, theres a sense of. A real build up of mystery and intrigue, intelligently handled, and eloquently stated. All i had seen was a tagline that said this years sixth sense. So i happened to see this movie mainly because of the actor of scarecrow from dark knight i dont understand what really happened at the ending. There are, however, uneven stretches in red lights.
The blu ray version of red lights is enjoyable but flawed. Professional skeptics, they have debunked dozens of fraudulent mind readers, ghost hunters, faith healers and the like by detecting what matheson calls red lights, subtle clues to the trickery behind each of these supernatural occurrences. While it has interesting twists and bucks convention, the story is just far too weak to be enjoyable. Red lights seemed like an interesting movie, because of the statement that proposes.
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