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’Shutter’ fails to focus on anything new...
The popularity of Asian horror film adaptations in recent years has done “Shutter” no favors. Those familiar with the nerve-wracking formula behind “The Grudge,” “The Eye” and “One Missed Call” will find this remake predictable.
Here, a car accident thrusts two newlyweds into a showdown with a spiritual force in a foreign land. Benjamin and Jane Shaw (Joshua Jackson, “Dawson’s Creek,” and Rachael Taylor, “Transformers”) are displaced New Yorkers living in Tokyo. Ben, an accomplished photographer, is finishing an assignment.
A young Japanese woman, the cause of their accident, begins to torment Jane. Soon, the woman’s haunting likeness begins to appear in Ben’s prints. This could be easily explained if only she wasn’t dead.
Unlike the phantom phone calls in “One Missed Call,” “Shutter” is rooted in the culture of spirit photos. The extras delve into the role spirit photos play in Asian cultures. If only the film were as riveting as the niche it emulates.
“The Bank Job” (Lionsgate, $34.98), with featurettes, digital copy and extended scenes; “Eureka: Season Two” (Universal, $39.98), with featurettes, Webcasts, commentaries, gag reel and deleted scenes; “Penelope” (Summit Home, $25.99), with featurettes; “Reno 911!: The Complete Fifth Season” (Comedy Central/Paramount, $39.98), with featurettes, extended scenes and cast commentaries; “Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman” (Sony, $19.95), with featurettes, music videos and blooper reel; and “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation” (City Lights, $26.98), with featurettes and extended scenes and outtakes.
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