{"id":9307,"date":"2015-04-03T12:14:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T19:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=9307"},"modified":"2015-04-03T12:15:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T19:15:59","slug":"review-echoes-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/04\/review-echoes-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Echoes BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Echoes<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t that well made of a movie, with plot twists coming two miles away, yet the cast is amicable enough headlined by Kate French and there\u2019s enough to at least make it a passably entertaining flick to watch on a Saturday night with a breezy 86-minute running time. The Blu-ray released by Anchor Bay is very basic, which makes the SRP a bit on the high side, but the video and audio were both alright.<\/p>\n

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Echoes<\/span>
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\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Suspense\/Thriller, Supernatural
\nAnchor Bay | NR \u2013 88 min. \u2013 $29.99 | April 14, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nMOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/strong>Nils Timm
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Nils Timm (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Kate French, Steven Brand, Caroline Whitney Smith, Steve Hanks, Billy Wirth<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/strong>None
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>20.8 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s):\u00a0<\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\n** Click Here to Purchase Echoes<\/em> on Blu-ray from Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong> **<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cThe truth is a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna (KATE FRENCH) is an aspiring screenwriter who is having trouble sleeping. She chases down pill after pill and when she does fall asleep, she experience nightmares and even sleep paralysis, a condition where the person is awake but cannot move and experience hallucinations in the process.<\/p>\n

Having trouble with her screenplay, her boyfriend\/manager Paul (STEVEN BRAND), offers to take her out to his secluded glass house, located in the middle of the desert, near Joshua Tree, for some fun and relaxation. The home is powered with solar panels but, in typical movie form, has no cell phone signal \u2013 except on the mountain ridge \u2013 and nobody else around… except for a creepy groundskeeper, Willy err Jeremy (STEVE HANKS).<\/p>\n

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When Paul is called back to the office for an emergency meeting, Anna decides to stay behind having the chance to work on her screenplay and give us the plot of the entire film. She\u2019s not alone, though as Paul leaves behind his trusty dog, Shadow for protection and companionship since there\u2019s no radio or television.<\/p>\n

Her first night alone isn\u2019t quiet, of course. During a sleep paralysis, a ghostly\/grisly woman appears scaring the Dejesus out of poor Anna. She awakens the next day to find somebody had scribbled something on the outside bedroom window. After rightfully freaking out, she sets out to the hilltop in order to call Paul to come back and pick her up, on the way back to the house, she trips on a branch, knocking herself out. Creepy but helpful Jeremy is there to bring her back and after she comes to, he takes a look at the writing on the window to reveal it is a date: 03\/02\/12 (should note this takes place in November 2012).<\/p>\n

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** Spoilers Ahead **<\/strong><\/p>\n

What significance is the date? And what secret is Paul hiding? Honestly, it\u2019s not that hard to figure out making the mystery irrelevant and certain scenes, like when Anna visits a local Shaman to help, mere filler than anything else. If you\u2019ve seen What Lies Beneath<\/em> starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer it\u2019s has a similar supernatural-thriller premise.<\/p>\n

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In spite the fact Echoes<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t the most unpredictable movie to come down the pike, it does have a few things going for it: Kate French, from \u201cThe L Word\u201d and \u201cOne Tree Hill\u201d, is quite good in the lead especially with the imperfect script and Steven Brand for his part was alright, again, considering the limitations.<\/p>\n

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The film was written and directed by Nils Timm in his feature film debut. All things considered, he does give audiences a nice atmosphere especially with the glass house providing a creep factor and even though his screenplay was thin, there was still plenty of entertainment value, in a Saturday chiller movie night sort of way.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, no features were included.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Echoes<\/em><\/strong> arrives on Blu-ray presented with a 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio and with a 1080p high-definition transfer. The video isn\u2019t anything amazing with average detail and certain softness in its texture and colors, but it was shot to relay its darker tone. The transfer is at least somewhat clean, free of artifacts though I did notice some aliasing in the darker scenes.
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AUDIO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track comes through a bit better providing crisp and clear dialogue levels and giving good depth with the few suspense-oriented sequences as well as the score by Dre Nitze (debut). The LFE channel does kick in to give the lossless track that extra boost.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Echoes<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t that well made of a movie, with plot twists coming two miles away, yet the cast is amicable enough headlined by Kate French and there\u2019s enough to at least make it a passably entertaining flick to watch on a Saturday night with a breezy 86-minute running time. The Blu-ray released by Anchor Bay is very basic, which makes the SRP a bit on the high side, but the video and audio were both alright.<\/p>\n


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Brian Oliver, The Movieman
\n<\/em>Published: <\/strong>04\/03\/2015<\/p>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n