Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart

A mall security guard becomes wrapped up in a mystery involving a particular department store's mirrors which seem to bring out the worst in people.

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51% liked it

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15% liked it

79 critics

R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Alexandre Aja

Release Date: August 15, 2008

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DVD Release Date: January 13, 2009

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  • November 6, 2009
    This movie surely exceeded my expectations. Although being immune to horror movies this one scared the hell outta me! At some points it was over-the-top, excessively gruesome, violent and rather disturbing, but those drawbacks certainly don't bring the movie down.

    High-caliber ...( read more)performances by the entire cast, brilliant direction, a soundtrack fitting the psychologically heavy and dark atmosphere. The theme is original and superbly delivered, the scene where all the mirrors break is truly stunning and breath-taking and the end couldn't be better. Great thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat.
  • August 16, 2009
    Mirrors- a film for Kiefer Sutherland fans. Otherwise, ti's a bad film which should have stayed locked inside the writer's mind. The plot has potential, very much potential. Aside from Sutherland, the acting in the film is bad, really bad. The director did not capitalize on s...( read more)uspense building which would have increased the ratings meter. Mirrors drags. The dragging is so bad that by the time the film ends, you could care less about how brilliant this film might have been with a properly written script, flawless direction and higher quality acting talent.
  • June 15, 2009
    I thought this was a pretty decent horror film overall. Starts well it has a few gory scenes and the old shopping mall has a spooky feel to and a different ending from the usual stuff we get. Tries to be a bit too much like the Ring in the second half but still a enjoyable film a...( read more)ll the same.
  • June 12, 2009
    The biggest surprise of this film is that they managed to adapt a remake into this sequel to 24. Jack Bauer is now living a normal life as a mall security guard. He's changed his names, but not his tactics. He runs around SHOUTING when he should be talking and whispering when he ...( read more)should be SHOUTING. The paranormal aspects are a brave, but also ridiculous departure from the TV series. The mirrors don't quite measure up to the best villains of the series and the film fails to establish or stick to any rules. A useless remake, cash-in, spin off. Whatever you want to call it.
  • May 13, 2009
    Interesting concept enough... but Kiefer seriously has to drop the "Jack Bauer" persona, it reeked of it. And of course, Bauer gets owned by the mirrors. XD

    Jokes aside, an original idea for horror, but nothing new in the end. Freakish though, but predicatable.... though gruesom...( read more)e. Loved the part where the jaw gets ripped off....

    Anyways, it was convulted at times and the ending was weird - supernatural possession is a psychotic thing as you'll see, but it could have been better in so many ways... the final twist though was okay, but kinda funny, I laughed.

    *shrugs.

    Forgettable.
  • November 15, 2009
    This is the first horror movie I have seen in a long time that kept me super interested, and got me to jump a couple times. There was one scene that just made me cringe,.. super!
  • November 12, 2009
    It's a good horror flick with a sad ending.
  • November 8, 2009
    The ending is pretty impressive
  • November 7, 2009
    Pretty scary and sad at the same time. Kiefer Sutherland is great in this movie!
  • November 2, 2009
    An enjoyable but a pretty average horror flick from Alexandre Aja. This could have been alot better but fell short which is a shame as it is differant from the huge amounts of slasher horrors that we get nowadays. The highlight was the ending which was very well done and if it ha...( read more)d been done any other way would have come across as cheesy.

Critic Reviews


October 10, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Some credit for this stylish screamer goes to Sutherland, forming his doughy-handsome features into an emotional punchbag. More credit goes to Nemec, sowing a harvest of dark invention in the vast spa... full review

August 18, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

At nearly two hours, Mirrors is overlong for a summer horror toss-off, and the movie's three or four false endings make it seem even more of a haul. full review

August 15, 2008
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

A slab of shoddy, hollow rubbish that can't be bothered to concoct imaginative frights or even tenuous bonds between its supernatural terror and its characters' human drama. full review

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Comments


  • silencegabe
    March 17, 2009
    does anybody know what the pendant that the wife is wearing is called. My Wife wont stop nagging about it. I want to shut her up... please help
  • sexybabydivine
    January 28, 2009
    I think this movie was great. It should be more scarier. Should need more guts and blood in it. Story line needs more in it, more detail.
  • movieaddict15
    October 11, 2008
    it freaked me out the scene of amy smart!!impresive!!this movie is good!i wans't expected..i like the story..after all hills have eyes is also scary and excellent!!same director!!"definetly "two thumbs up"
  • mnawer890
    September 28, 2008
    huh..this movie is so cool..i really like this movie i saw this movie before amd it's amazing..cool..
  • FrankieyBabiiey
    July 30, 2008
    If You Watch The Video To Panic At The Discos
    That Green Gentleman
    The Mini Ryan Ross Is In This Movie
    Thats Just Too Cool!
    Lol x
  • dtgamerat
    July 2, 2008
    Going to be incredible just like Aja's other brilliant pieces of work

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