Aja is great at giving us heaps of gore, but I'm with Roderick on High Tension. The twist totally made that movie incoherent. (Kinda like the twist in the first Saw film. It just punched too many holes in the plot.) Hills Have Eyes was an alright remake of a film that did not need to be redone (Alot like Dawn of the Dead & TCM remakes). I don't know... Aja's got some potential. He's great with the gore, but his storytelling/writing ability leaves something to be desired in my opinion. As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out with him... I'll have to see a few more films from him before I can really decide if I'm a fan or not. Right now, I've got him ranked somewhere in between Uwe Boll and George Romero.
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