As an Italian, as a horror fan and as a Dario Argento fan of the early years I say that I am baffled, this film is aberrant, perhaps one of the director's worst (I have not seen, Dracula 3d, the five days and you like hitchcock),the plot makes no sense, the direction and photography are worse than those of a soap opera, the cast is embarrassing, above all the always bad, hateful (even in real life) and pathetic Asia Argento, Ilenia Pastorelli is a good actress, I loved her in They call me Jeeg, but unfortunately she fails to emerge, everything lines up against her, a stupid and involuntarily comic story, my god the killer motive is something ridiculous ..... I can say with certainty that Argento is a bluff, he has been bluffing for 20 years and he absolutely has to withdraw and I find it absurd that this film has an average of 5, it is too high an average, this film deserves a 2 as a rating.
Plot summary
In Rome, a serial killer has strangled three prostitutes with cello rope. "The Cellist's"'s last rope is destined for Diana, a luxury escort who frequents the hotels of Via Veneto. One night, the maniac chases driving a van and rams her, sending her crashing into another car. She awakens in the hospital, shrouded in darkness. The diagnosis is final: she lost her sight in the crash. Rita, a young woman from the Blind Society, helps Diana with her first steps in the darkness and in her new life; in the meantime, the police investigate, unsuccessfully. But it won't stop there. The Cellist must finish his work. Diana, helped by Chinese orphan Chin, can only try to escape. The cat and mouse game has just begun.
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Aberrant, Argento you must withdraw, you are ridiculous
Atmospheric thriller
I disagree with the last review I read regarding the acting in this movie. I think the acting was excellent.
It's a short movie so it didn't have time to go into character backgrounds etc. However, the balance was good, giving just enough info to give impressions of the characters involved. There is plenty of suspense and the relationship between Chin and Diana creates an emotional response.
Mostly I enjoyed how the director creates an atmosphere that makes it stand out from other thrillers.
....10 Years Later, Same Later Argento
The past 15 years have been really hard on Dario Argento fans. Dracula 3-D & Giallo were the lowest of the low and Dark Glasses is a faint improvement. The biggest issue with recent Argento films seem to be the low budgets. It's not as if his early work was mega budgets but the past few movies he seems to be working from the biscuit tin. The style and flair that went with his earlier work is just not there any more. This movie has a nice soundtrack and is Argento all over however that appears to be the only thing remaining.
Ilenia Pastorelli is the lead role and it's not unfair to say she isn't the best actress in the world. Asia Argento is in this and is given nothing to do and makes you wonder if she would have been the lead if this movie was made in 2002 when Dario Argento wanted to film it.
The movie climaxes with a typical ridiculous killer reveal and goes full on Cujo remake. Anyone watching this would perceive this as someone doing a bad Argento movie and not the great man himself. People would be best off watching Deep Red again.