Faces in the Crowd
Synopsis:
The movie started with Anna (Milla Jovovich), a schoolteacher and his boyfriend, Bryce who is a normal couples, with Ann having the occasion of having drinks with her 2 best mates, and with a serial killer "Tearjerk Jack" on the loose in the city. All is well until Anna, after having a drink with her mates, decided to walk home and witness a couple embracing near a bridge before the male companion slit her throat and cried over her dead body, revealing that the male companion is in face the serial killer, Tearjerk Jack. Anna panicked and accidentally her phone rang, making the serial killer aware of her witnessing the crime. As Anna tries to escape from her attacker, she was accidentally knocked in the head when falling off the bridge. As a result of the concussion, she developed a condition called "Prosopagnosia" or face blindness whereby she is unable to recognizes anyone, not even herself. When she look in the mirror, she will see another person's face and the same goes with her boyfriend, friends, family and etc. The only way for her to cope with her normal routine is to identify each person with their dress and way of movement. A homicide cop, Sam Kerrest (Julian McMahon) who is hunting the Tearjerk Killer tries to help Anna along the way and it seems that only Anna is able to recognize him and thus develop feelings for each other. However, the killer who steals Anna's personal documents begin to taunt her as he learn of Anna's weakness in identifying faces.The killer started to kill one of her best mates in a club and then her boyfriend, Bryce in an attempt to confuse her into thinking the killer is Bryce. However, as Anna is able to remember some of Bryce's habit like unloose tie, she suspects that the killer is impersonating Bryce. While escape, Sam manage to solve the killer's identity who is Sam's partner, Lanyon (David Atrakchi). During the confusion, Lanyon and Sam are both shot and dies in the end. Finally, we are shown Anna still suffering from "Prosopagnosia" but able to live a simple life in an island with only small community of people and with her daughter.
Review:
The movie is both good and bad. The good part is that it turns out to be quite entertaining in the 1st half of the movie. It has a bit of the suspense and the special effects are also good when Anna started seeing different faces in a blink of an eye. The concept of Prosopagnosia is also new and inventive and it almost give us a scary moment if we are to suffer such condition, not knowing who they are and unable to even identify your own parents. If we take out this concept, then this movie is a predictable killer-victim-cop movie with many weak plots and many illogical actions as the movie went underway. The illogical moment was that Anna is unable to identify the killer because she is unable to identify the faces. That part is true, but how about the person's voice. Are we to believe that she is also unable to identify her live-in boyfriend voice in place of a killer? It is rather silly if you ask me. And there was absolutely no chemistry between Anna and Sam but somehow they ended up together and sharing the same bed. There was not build-up to how Anna and Sam grew fond of each other and liked each other. There was also no mentioned of how Sam's partner becomes a serial killer too and why he is taunting Anna. There are many loop holes in the movie if we were to watch closely but if we choose to ignore such items, then it is an okay movie for viewing.
Verdict:
I give this movie a 2.5 star out of 5. 
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