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When California Highway Patrol officer Edward Malus investigates the disappearance of his former fiancée's daughter on a remote Pacific Northwest island, he finds that nothing is what it seems. The pl...( read more 
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MCT:September 28, 2008one of the worst remakes ever made. this is a remake from the 1970s horror classic about a California Highway Patrol officer Edward Malus investigates the disappearance of his former fiancée's daughter on a remote Pacific Northwest island, he finds that nothing is what it seems. The place has its own traditions, and its secretive people observe a forgotten way of life. They also ridicule Edward's investigation, insisting that the missing child never existed--or was no longer alive. In his efforts to unravel the island's closely held secrets, Edward is drawn into a web of ancient traditions and murderous deceit, and each step he takes closer to the lost child brings him one step closer to the unspeakable. And, one step closer to The Wicker Man starring Nicolas Cage. one of the worst films of 2006. a very disappointing film from director Neil LaBute.
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MCT:September 27, 2008Besides Leaving Las Vegas, 8MM, Raising Arizona, Nick Cage sucks sooooooo bad. He's not an action star. Hes a drama actor
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MCT:September 14, 2008
crap, crap and more crap! the first half was interesting enough, it's like what happened to that little girl and all, and then u realize that the movie is really going nowhere. then he is captured by those weird people with weird reasons for doing that to him. and then u wish he kinda gets out of that wooden whatever he is put in, and then he dies and u can't believe that u wasted ur money watching that piece of junk. like hello? it's a cage movie? did that really happen?! well it did, and well that sucks ass for us who got fooled into watching this movie!
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MCT:September 8, 2008This was pretty freakin stupid. The ending was good but hardly worth sitting through the process. Meh.
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MCT:September 8, 2008
Patrol officer Edward Malus investigates the disappearance of his former fiancée's daughter on a remote Pacific Northwest island
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MCT:August 25, 2008The ending was not encouraging though. However, the movie teaches us to avoid playing hero and doing things alone and resist temptation of sentiments. In a situation like that, no one should trust anyone!
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MCT:August 22, 2008Weird weird weird movie... Started out normal - but the acting was definitely sub-par, and then the story sorta just became too corny to be believeable. I'd opt to never watch this one again, 'cept I bought the DVD, so I'm sure that at some point in time I will be feeling desperate enough to watch it again. And I LOVE Nicolas Cage!!!!!
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MCT:August 20, 2008
I was pretty excited to see this movie because the previews looked interesting. The first half of the movie was ok, showing some potential. As soon as the last half started I regretted going to the movies to see it, it turned out to be; basically, a completely horrible movie.
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MCT:August 2, 2008This was a pretty crappy film. It had a few interesting elements but as far as being a scary movie or anything worth seeing more than once, it failed. Another movie to add to the "Worst Movies Ever" list.
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MCT:July 29, 2008
Nic Cage is back! Again! In another movie!
This time he's Edward Malus, a cop haunted by being unable to save a woman and young girl from a horrific car wreck. With his world caving in around him he is lured to a remote island in the Pacific Northwest by an ex-fiancée. She tells him that her daughter, Rowan, has been kidnapped and is being kept somewhere on the island.
After careful consideration Malus decides to hitch a ride to the island and encounters an eerie, closed society who pay no heed to mainland laws or conventional religion, where women seem to rule the roost and his ex-fiancée, Willow (Kate Beahan), seems afraid to reveal too much. Malus lays down the law to the likes of the domineering Sister Beech (the powerfully-built Diane Delano) and Sister Summerisle (Ellen Burstyn) and makes headway in his investigation, finding evidence that Rowan is on the island.
But there's something in the air (Malus: "Something bad is about to happen"). What can it be?
My advice is don't bother to find out. This is a remake of the well-received 1973 cult classic with Edward Woodward, a film I haven't seen. I can only imagine it's infinitely better than this. How could they get it so wrong?
Scenes and storylines seemingly exist for no reason other than to confuse you. Malus' decision to visit this remote island and his behaviour there (wouldn't you know it - he's got no phone signal) makes no sense. It's part-"Children of the Corn", part-"In the Mouth of Madness", part-"The Forgotten", perhaps a bit of "Flightplan". But it's all rubbish. -
MCT:July 28, 2008
Nicolas Cage would probably even do a Howard the Duck remake these days. Sadly though, I'd even watch Howard the Duck a 100 more times over one second of this garbage.
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MCT:July 27, 2008
"Every time I turn my head, there's something that doesn't make any sense."
One Big Confusing Headache - It's so bad, it's funny.
"Killing me won't bring back your godDAMN honey!!" -
MCT:July 24, 2008
hhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmm.. i liked the non-conventional hollywood ending but apart from that................
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MCT:July 22, 2008
And I thought the original was absurd . . . The Wicker Man 2006 is absolutely terrible, an embarrassment to the original movie that's only entertaining if you can find a bunch of people to mock it with. Somehow, those random musical numbers are sorely amiss.
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MCT:July 11, 2008
''OH, NO! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAGGHHH!''
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Nicolas Cage: Edward Malus
Ellen Burstyn: Sister Summersisle
The Wicker Man is a classic example of how NOT to do a remake. Which leads me to point out that the tag line goes on about sacrifices being made. Wicker Man sacrifices quality and plot for one of the most boring and dull excuses for a horror movie I've witnessed.
Apart from nearly falling asleep on numerous occasions I managed to endure the whole film on my third attempt. Seriously I have to laugh at Wicker Man because it's got a whiff of steaming offal about it. I'm trying to be polite here but it's hard believe me. Want to know the reasons why it's such a piece of embarrassment to film?
Well for a start the plot is slow and drawn out as I may have mentioned previously, acting is robotic and limp despite having what appears to be a good casting.
Nicholas Cage plays Edward Malus as stiff as a board. Needless to say I'm severely worried in his agent's ability or his own film choices. Whether it be an iffy time travel like Next which wasn't too bad or a dire half baked comic book adapt Ghost Rider, needless to say Wicker Man makes them both look like masterpieces.
Then we have Ellen Burstyn and seriously I begin to cry. My beloved Ellen Burstyn even involved in this spawn of sickness makes me lose hope. I mean it's not like she doesn't do a totally bad performance with the material she's given but come on Ellen. You read the script, you made an error, I will forgive you...just. Previous films have a part here.
Wicker Man has a buzz about it. Pardon the pun, and its not a good buzz. Director Neil LaBute,(who I think personally should be whipped into a time travel machine and taken to the nearest Nazi Concentration Camp), thinks that circus resembling villagers, buzzing bees and a hair receding Nic Cage running about wailing to his momma like a big sissy is grounds for making a horror film.
Heretic Neil LaBute my answer is quite frankly it is not, nowhere near.
What Wicker Man does achieve however is making me laugh and actually pleased when the end finally does come. You actually want Cage to go through pain and crap on-screen for this squalid affair. Then you start laughing and crying immediately afterwards because Ellen Burstyn looks like she just stole Mel Gibson's part in Braveheart. I cover my face not in fear, but in embarrassment. Have yet to see the original Wicker Man but parts I have seen have told me it's a masterpiece and untouchable. So why the remake? Fuck knows! Excuse my language.
Wicker Man will have bees, women and budding pagans grimacing in pain for a depiction that mostly resembles a colourful circus assemble. In my conclusion I'd say I gave Wicker alot of chances, it gave me a waste of time. Needless to say Americans tainting an English classic with their own filth.
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MCT:July 7, 2008
I love Nicolas Cage but this film was a total waste of time.
Not that I have seen the original but it had a beginning, middle but no end imho.
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MCT:July 6, 2008
This remake of 1975's "The Wicker Man" dishonors just about everything that made the original so good. Most unforgivably, it completely leaves out the religious "Christianity vs. paganism" element of the story, so crucial to the horror and structure of the original.
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MCT:July 1, 2008
I found the story interesting. I didn't like Nicolas Cage's character. As I watched more of it, it felt vaguely familiar and got more so as the movie progressed. After I finished the movie I checked up, and sure enough, I would have seen the original Wicker Man in the 1970's. If you decide to watch this, watch the 1973 version, and skip this one. PS, on TV I saw the DVD ending. Think I would have preferred the theatre ending.
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MCT:June 20, 2008
Wicker man
Nicolas Cage plays a cop, who gets involved in a case with a missing daughter, witch takes him to a mysterious island, where a cult like odd society is living. I sadly haven?t seen the original, I hope It´s better then the remake, cause this was no good. I feel that Nicolas Cage plays pretty much the same character in the last movie he was in, just in different settings. And you really don?t feel anything about the character. It doesn?t seems that he is that committed.
Sadly?.
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MCT:June 20, 2008
ok.. i tot it was going to be good. needless to say i was wrong. the plot's so disjointed and it was just too draggy. though the twist was kinda interesting. nicholas cage is losing it.
Comments
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Gx7posted 43 days ago -
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yea so....sooo sadly all this ppl are right
the ending SUCK big timee
i wouldnt buy it or see it again
and i wonder why nicolas cage acted in this film
his an awesome actor =]posted 395 days ago -
i was hoping something good would come along towards the end, but nothing really happened. i could've walked out of the movie theater. was really a waste of talent.
i really liked nicholas cage and i dont understand why he did this movie.posted 492 days ago -
Come on...how can you not think it was a load of crap? Nicholas Cage punches a woman to steal a bear suit, punches another woman to escape with the bear suit, then punches another woman WEARING the bear suit. There was no excuse for how terrible this film was.
posted 532 days ago -
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was bad but not horrible, some of you make it sound like a steaming bag of dodo
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wow. doesn ANYONE actually like this movie? i hate it too. everyone on here brought up really good points...what DID the car crash have to do with the plot at all?? and im really wondering... why did that person lock him into the water pit thing if they needed to use him for the sacrifice? and also, what was up with the old dead man in the bed, and the naked woman covered in bees?? umm...WHAT???? so lame. this movie had a terrible ending and NOTHING was explained. such crap! DONT WATCH IT!
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