Max Harper (Josh Holloway) and his accomplice has decided to kidnap David, an 8-year-old son of a wealthy New England socialite despite the warning of his fiancée, Roxanne (Sarah Wayne Callies) of not mixing around with the baddies. Max does that as the last resort for his inability to get the loan from the bank because of his previous conviction.
SPOILER WARNING: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Max has disguised as a Santa Claus at David’s birthday party in order to kidnap him. Hilariously, the ransom note uses Ransom fonts! As Max and his accomplice has left the initial meeting place, they have burnt the van they used earlier and has left in another car. Then, they drive away into a secluded house in a remote countryside. Little did the Max and the kidnappers know that the shy and reserved David actually has a hidden agenda of his own, and a mysterious way of tapping into the minds of others.
The story is full of plots and though they are predictable, the movie is still full of suspense. The kidnappers have become the victims of the boy, one by one and the drama unfolds. The boy with his mysterious power uses the crayons found in his room to draw a sketch of all the kidnappers as he has seen all their faces. He then slowly kills the kidnappers as the movie goes along. As David uses his voice to control others, the wolves in the wild are part of his weapons too.
Max’s meeting with Jones, the mastermind behind all these ended up as failure each time as he is not able to provide the evidence that the boy’s alive in order to show the boy’s mom for him to collect the ransom money.
For the last time, when Max’s meeting with Jones finally came face-to-face, he has realized the mastermind with the Jones name and a man’s voice is actually David’s mother who desperately wanted to kill his own adopted son. She has come with a briefcase full of money. She even begs Max to kill David and when Max refuses, she succumbs to killing herself with a pistol.
The movie continues with Max going back to the house and his intention to kill the boy. However, Roxanne is already under the influence of David to kill Max as she believes David’s an Angel. The chasing and pursue of David ends up with Roxanne’s death as Max has accidentally shot her. In the final showdown with the boy, Max is able to overcome David’s whisper by using earplugs. Though the boy has managed to manipulate the wolves to surround Max, his accidental flip of an axe hits and kills David instantly and thus, the wolves leave and Max survives.
As Max returns to the city, he leaves the bag of money on the feet of a Santa Claus, showing that he’s the actual Angel.
Overall, the movie is not just another horror flick but it is filled with drama, suspense, action and of course, the something that’s just unexplainable that gives you goosebumps.
My rating: 8 out of 10.
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