Possession DVD Review
Possession DVD Review
What Possessed SMG To Do This?
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Sarah Michelle Gellar hasn't had a whole heap of luck in her film career since the demise of her hit series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I liked her in Southland Tales, but that movie tanked. I thought she was alright in The Grudge remake, but then she went ahead and did The Grudge 2. She did some other non-notable roles in non-genre films. Then she got all ghostly in The Return (which wasn't as bad as I'd feared, though it was rather convoluted) and does it again in Possession (which got shelved more times than a Bob Villa prop, but finally it's hitting the shelves on March 9, 2010 — straight to disc).
SMG is a likeable enough actor when she's not miscast, and her costar in this film (another TV alum, from the supernatural comedy Pushing Daisies) Lee Pace is also good. I wasn't familiar with Michael Landes, but he was fine as the pointiest point in this eerie love triangle that's marked for death. But which one crosses over? That's the twist you must wait to discover after both men are in a car wreck and only one body — but perhaps two souls — is able after. SMG and Landes are, as I said, "fine". Pace shows the most range, or at least seems the most awake, as the misogynist ex-con who gets a second chance at life.
Possession is a humdrum going-through-the-"Lifetime Movie"-motions kind of flick that isn't quite googly-eyed enough for female fans of paranormal romance, but isn't edgy enough for lovers of thrillers and horror. It's a remake of a Korean film called Addicted, but even fans of the usual formula probably won't be more than mildly engaged.
● Featurette on the Making of Possession
● Deleted and alternate scenes
-He Isn’t Lying To Us
-Jess Confronts Casey
-Ryan’s Life-Support
-Child Finds Body
● Alternate ending
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Reviewed by Staci Layne Wilson