In a remake of the 1973 British horror thriller of the same name, Nicolas Cage plays a reclusive sheriff who goes to search for his estranged daughter after she mysteriously disappears on a secluded island. When he arrives, he senses something more is amiss among the island's secretive residents as he starts to uncover a mystery involving strange sexual rituals, a harvest festival and possible human sacrifice.
There’s some potential here but Cage’s torment and the religious comparisons are never really explored beyond one-line retorts. The Wicker Man maintains only one similarity to the original; both versions are horrific, albeit for drastically different reasons. ...Read More
