A repressed female psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the asylum where she worked, with no memory of why she is there or what she has done (www.imdb.com).
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Penelope Cruz
Gothika is a horror film with many pros and cons. The first, and the most obvious, is its name. It doesn't make any sense and has no relation to what's going on. Gothika has little originality to its name, but the scares still work, thanks to a resilient Halle Berry. Her psychiatrist Miranda Grey ends up as a patient at the asylum she works at from a murder she doesn't remember committing. She must work out what's going on whilst being stuck in the very place she was trying to help. This is a creepy affair, with the perfect setting (the asylum), audible low key lighting and flashing images all making a show. The script is a little scrappy, but it's hardly noticeable when Berry's present. Robert Downey Jr. and Penelope Cruz's characters, however, are an abundance of cliches and don't stand out no matter how hard they try.
3/5
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