Premonition

What would you do if you knew someone was going to die? Would you save them, even if it meant your own slow and painful death?

Despite the not so great acting, Premonition is very involving. The story kept my attention until the end, and I wanted to watch it again and again! As is true to a lot Asian horror movies, the cheezy effects are laughable. Especially the newspaper that chases them at the end!!!

Still, this is a good movie if you want to see something new.

This movie was amazing. Upon renting this movie twice, I knew that it had to become a new addition to my horror movie family. The story is great. The acting was great. There's a few scares in here that will freak you out, but the story alone is so beautiful. You have to have to watch this movie. And I can bet you that after you watch it, you won't feel that you've wasted anything. You'll probably end up having this movie in your collection also. I love this movie so much. It's in my top 5 list of horror movies.

Premonition is a good Jap-horror movie. It doesn't include the usual "Sadako-Long-Hair-Creepy-Girl" found abundantly in most horror asian movies.

The plot takes on a different story, along the lines of Final Destination without all the gaudy gore that hollywood movies have, combined with that television series where the guy gets the newspaper a day early. It still has that simplistic quality that I love with these kind of films. Subtle scaring, maximum effect.

There are times though that the story kinda lags.. it can use some improvements with some effects too.. then again, the uniqueness of the plot makes up for some its failings.

I have to say, this isn't the normal scary horror movie.
It's more drama.. more like a psychological thriller.

RECOMMENDATION:

If you're a fan of asian scary flicks, THIS IS DEFINITELY A MUST HAVE.
If you're looking for some clean kinda scary entertainment.. this movie is good to watch.

This film was very well done in my opinion. It starts out as a family of three, a mother, father,and a girl, age 5, are traveling down the road, when the father mentions he needs to go back and use the pay phone. They go back, and he gets out to use it and notices a newspaper sticking out of the phone book. It read, Nana, age 5, dies in a car accident. He glances to his wife and child, and Nana mentions her seatbelt is stuck. The wife walks towards him and a car hits the car containing his child. It explodes and then she dies. The rest of the movie is about him seeing the newspaper repeatedly and trying to help others. I recommend this anyone who enjoys Japanese movies.

This is the first and BEST "Preminition" movie. This, the Asian version, progresses forward...the American version does not. So if you want continuity and progression and you are ready to be freaked out then buy this movie. Enjoy what a real horror movie is suppose to be.