Odd Thomas (2013)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: Stephen Sommers (The Mummy 1-2, G.I. Joe)
	Actors: Anton Yelchin (Star Trek), Willem Dafoe (Spiderman), Addison Timlin
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 03.09.2013, CINEMA theater, MFFF2013
Synopsis: In a small town, Odd (Yelchin) is gifted with the power to see dead people, and he chosed to use this gift for justice.
Review: The highlights in the director career of Stephen Sommers were undoubtedly The Mummy and its sequel, introducing a renewal of the classic Monsters movie genre. Then he tried with his Van Helsing to repeat the performance, making another historical action movie with retro-futuristic elements but something looked wrong: music, story, acting... it was not as satisfying as The Mummy. However, when I think of it, I think he was a precursor to a wave of this kind of movies that flourish nowadays: Sherlock Holmes, Hansel & Gretel... In Odd Thomas there is not much new: the teenager fighting evil in a small town like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the quick dialogs and colorful sets like in Kaboom!, the hero narrating his story between the action scenes. Only the design of the "monsters" is original and I liked it. Pleasant to watch but not revolutionary.
Rating: 6 /10