No, you’re not seeing things – this really is Oxide and Danny Pang’s J-horror flick from 2002, relocated to the US by Them co-directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud and re-tooled as a vehicle for Jessica Alba. The Fantastic Four beauty has always been easy on the eye and certainly looks the part as the blinded violinist given the gift of second sight after a double corneal transplant. But those with fond memories of the original film will be blinking back the tears after watching this stumbling reprise, a supernatural schlocker that fritters away the promise of its eye-popping premise and ends up being the cinematic equivalent of cataracts.
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