SIGNS (2002)
Featuring: Mel Gibson; Joaquin Phoenix; Rory Culkin
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Real horror lies not in what is visual but in what is imagined; not in what is shown but in what is suggested. And Signs is a good example of this truth. Which just goes to show you don't need blood and guts and exploding heads to scare people.
After loosing his wife in a horrific car accident, preacher Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) struggles with his faith in God. But when mysterious crop circles start appearing in the corn fields on their farm, the family soon finds themselves in a fight for survival against what seems to be an invisible alien force.
This movie demonstrates how fear can be such a powerful force that it can move ordinary people to do extraordinary things. But at the same time it also shows how faith in something besides yourself can overcome even the most paralyzing of fears: the unknown.
I have no hesitation in awarding this suspense thriller with 4 out of 5 stars.
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Rory Culkin, Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson and Abigail Breslin
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