adonis98-743-186503 A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in. Faces in the Crowd benefits from 2 strong performances by Milla Jovovich and Julian McMahon who have a great chemistry together and totally "live" their characters to the fullest. The film has a nice original idea about a woman who gets tracked by a serial killer that she can identify because of her illness and despite some "rocky" moments like the fall from the bridge and some bad cgi faces here and there this is a horror film that keeps you entertained of course not everyone is going to enjoy it but it's story is quite fresh, the 2 leading actors do a great job and some of the twists are good even tho quite "old" even with it's flaws Faces in the Crowd is a much better horror-thriller than your average straight to DVD film. (9/10)

MovieSonic This is possibly the first film that has helped me understand the definition of "so bad it's good". Despite so many laughable moments, I was compelled to keep watching, if only to ensure I was right about how bad the film was.I've loved Milla Jovovich since The Fifth Element (1997), she's a really good actress but I'm starting to think she should stick to character acting. When portraying 'real' people, there's something really hollow about it. It's too obvious that she's acting so I never really care about her characters.The main issue with this film is the script. It was fine for the first ten minutes or so but then the writer obviously got bored and finished the script in about thirty minutes. The dialogue is beyond unrealistic. An example: Anna (Jovovich) meets with a specialist in prosopagnosia (face blindness) whose first response is to literally laugh in Anna's face and tell her she's screwed. Then, in a weird ending to that under-rehearsed scene, this 'specialist' spouts some random whimsical nonsense at Anna's back while the door shuts. Imagine if that were your meeting after seeking help from a medical professional! Then there's Anna's two-dimensional boyfriend, Bryce (Michael Shanks), whose sole purpose of existence is to flip a switch from superficial, horrible human being to suddenly having a conscience and remorse for his actions. His response when he finds out Anna doesn't recognise him after all is unbelievable. How would Anna not have known what a douche he was before now? His complete 180 is even more ridiculous. There is never any explanation for his behaviour and he only pops up when the script requires it to keep things moving.There are many more things wrong with this script but there's no point in dwelling so I'll move on to the predictability of the plot. I knew who the bad guy was the minute he entered the scene (we know it's a man from the beginning, that's not a spoiler). I then had this suspicion confirmed during a scene that was supposed to direct us to someone else. Don't waste time wondering if that's a spoiler. It's not. It is impossible to write any spoilers for this film. Some might say that we were supposed to know who he was whilst Anna didn't. This is not true because if that were the intention, there would have been no need for attempts at redirecting our suspicions. The mystery element was simply badly written.The directing was also terrible. Anna's character would overreact to the simplest things like when she woke up in hospital and started running around like a mad woman because she didn't recognise anyone. Most people would just tell the doctor what was wrong and assume that they had a brain injury of some sort. Why was she screaming and running into the halls? I understand it makes for a more dramatic and allegedly interesting scene but it was too much. The actors were overdoing the whispering in too many scenes so I lost a lot of the dialogue. That should have been picked up on and at the end of the showdown when the rain machine was switched on, it literally looked like a guy was standing off camera with a shower head; it was that pathetic.I don't know what the budget for this film was but whoever funded it could surely have been given a variety of job titles? Listing 14 executive producers makes you wonder how none of them picked up on the many problems with the script.And yet, despite all of this, I kept watching. Perhaps because of the interesting subject matter? Because Jovovich is charismatic? Because I'm a fan of Julian McMahon as well? Because I needed to make absolutely certain that there wasn't some genius plot twist at the end? I'm not entirely sure, but as I didn't turn it off, I've given this a 5. I can't go any higher despite some general 'enjoyment' of the film because clearly no effort went into the storytelling and I wouldn't want to mislead anyone.Worth a watch if you have time to waste.

bowmanblue Milla Jovovich plays a primary school teacher (I wish she was my primary school teacher when I was growing up, but that's a different story) who hears about one of those serial killers on the TV before she goes out. Then she goes out and ends up getting battered by the same one. In doing so she loses the ability to recognise people and has to, er, I forget.It was at that point I started doing something else. She goes to see an old woman/psychiatrist/doctor who coaches her like Obi-wan Kenobi in drag.Faces in the Crowd has got a nice premise behind it, plus Milla's not bad in most of what she does. Therefore it must find a certain amount of people out there who liked it. I just found it boring. There's only so many times she can see someone and not recognise them, only to find out it's someone she knows. Then, at just before the ninety minute mark, finally bump back into the serial killer and...I won't spoil it for you. You might want to find out for yourself. Then again, if you're a fan of Milla Jovovich, you might just want to stick on one of the Resident Evil films or the Fifth Element.

kosmasp If I'd be rating the concept/idea of the movie, I would be praising it as much as I could. I was fascinated by it and what possibilities there are lying within it. Unfortunately though the movie does very little with it. And that is being modest. Also calling this predictable would be a major understatement. It will be hard to find anyone else than Millas character who doesn't know who the culprit is, almost right away.While another reviewer pointed out similarities between this and Julias Eyes, I'd suggest if you only want to watch one movie, make it Julias Eyes. Coherent and much better than this. Though I like Milla, this isn't her best work either. But with a script like that, ruining a good concept, what else do you expect. So I am being nice giving this 4 points