Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Eye’

Written by Scott Edwards

It is hard to explain something that you believe is real, especially when nobody else is willing to listen. You are forced to have to convince your family and friends that something out of the ordinary is happening, and while they should believe you without a second thought, they might believe that you are going crazy instead. Even doctors that are paid to listen to you will look for a logical reason of why you are seeing or hearing things that are not there, instead of giving you the benefit of the doubt. This happens to many people and while the world does not believe what they are saying, at least they know what the truth is and will fight until the end to prove it, not only to themselves, but to the doubters who are making them think that they are crazy.
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Sydney Wells has not had the easiest life but has made it work for her. Losing her sight when she was five years old, she never allowed it to hold her back and is the lead violinist in her orchestra. With another attempt at a cornea transplant taking place soon, she has hopes that she will be able to see once again, but after the first one did not take years ago, she does not get them too far up. Waking up after the surgery, her other senses continue to be heightened and she hears someone walking around her room. Meeting young Alicia, Sydney has made a friend in the hospital and hopefully will be able to see her soon.

Getting the bandages removed from her eyes, Sydney is able to see the world once again, although it is coming in very blurry. With her recovery underway, she listens to her roommate throughout the night and sees a figure get up with Mrs. Hillman and escort the dying woman out of the room. Trying to understand what is happening, Sydney heads out to the hall to see the figures disappear right in front of her. Not knowing what she has seen, she finds out in the morning that Mrs. Hillman had passed away during the night, but that does not make sense to the recovering patient. Getting discharged, Sydney stops by to say goodbye to her new friend Alicia and wishes her the best and the little girl offers her a bit of advice before she leaves, to not be afraid of what she sees, as the world is a beautiful place. Not knowing what her eyes are about to show her, Sydney takes the advice, but it might cause her more harm than good.

After a welcome home party, Sydney settles in for the night, but there seems to be something strange happening with her eyes. Seeing her room change in front of her, she thinks that there might be something wrong with her eyes, but her new doctor is not seeing anything out of the ordinary. With the visions getting more powerful, Sydney wants to know who her eyes came from and what happened to them as scenes of a fire continue to haunt her mind. Not willing to give that information to his patient, Sydney is left alone with the visions and does the only thing that she can to shut them off, close her eyes and not use her eyes as long as she can. Seeing that his patient is hurting, Sydney’s doctor decides against his better judgement to pass on the information that he has found on her case. But little do the two know what the woman who gave up her eyes is wanting Sydney to see.

I will be honest about this, I never saw the original movie, so I am not sure how this compared to it. Overall, it is not that bad of a storyline. It keeps you guessing about what is going to happen until the last scene, so that is good. I like how the visions continued to get stronger as Sydney’s sight got better, because when she was fully healed, she knew what needed to be done. The hospital scenes had to be my favorite with young Alicia visiting Sydney, even after death, because she wanted to make sure that her new friend understood what needed to be done. With a little bit of fear, horrific fire flashbacks, an alternate world or vision, and a woman that needs to know the truth, it is a pretty good movie to watch when you are not in the mood for a hardcore horror movie that will keep you up for hours on end. Stay Scared.

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