See No Evil (2006 film)

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See No Evil
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Gregory Dark
Written by Dan Madigan
Produced by Vince McMahon
Joel Simon
Starring
CinematographyBen Nott
Edited by Scott Richter
Music by Tyler Bates
Production
companies
WWE Films
(Eye Scream Productions)
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date
  • May 19, 2006 (2006-05-19)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesAustralia
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million [1]
Box office$18.8 million [1] [2]

See No Evil is a 2006 slasher film directed by Gregory Dark, written by Dan Madigan, produced by Joel Simon, and starring professional wrestler Kane (Glenn Jacobs). The first major film produced by WWE Films, the film went through many different working titles before the final title of See No Evil was chosen. The original working title of the film was Eye Scream Man, but was later changed to The Goodnight Man, then Goodnight before settling on See No Evil.

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See No Evil was released on May 19, 2006, by Lionsgate. The film received negative reviews from critics and has grossed $18.8 million against a budget of $8 million. A sequel, titled See No Evil 2 , was released on DVD on October 21, 2014.

Plot

Officer Frank Williams and his partner Blaine investigate an abandoned house, where they find a young woman with her eyes ripped out. A large figure with an axe then murders Blaine and Frank has his arm chopped off before he is able to shoot the attacker in the head. Afterwards, detectives find seven bodies in the house, all of which have had their eyes ripped out.

Four years later, Frank and his partner Hannah take a group of delinquents - Christine, Kira, Michael, Tyson, Zoe, Melissa, Richie, and Russell to clean up the abandoned Blackwell Hotel in order to turn it into a homeless shelter, as explained by the owner Margaret.

That night, while Michael, Zoe, Russell, and Melissa go upstairs to the penthouse, Tyson and Richie decide to look for the previous owner's safe, and find what appears to be the body of a recently deceased man. Richie panics and runs off, only to be dragged into an elevator with a hook by Jacob Goodnight. When Margaret mentions the elevator is being used, Hannah goes to check on the group, but is killed in the elevator. Christine tries to help Kira escape the hotel, but Jacob attacks Kira with his hook and drags her into a dumbwaiter. Christine and Frank go upstairs to find the others, and run into Tyson who tells them what happened to Richie. Frank realizes it must be Jacob and is then pulled into the ceiling by the hook and killed.

Kira is held hostage by Jacob because of her religious tattoos, and is kept captive in a cage where she witnesses Richie having his eyes torn out. Melissa and Russell go off into a room on their own, but are chased by Jacob. Russell tries to lower Melissa out of a window, but he is killed by Jacob. Then, Jacob drops Melissa out the window. She survives her fall, but then she is killed by a pack of stray dogs. Jacob then attacks Michael and Zoe. Zoe nearly escapes from Jacob but her cell phone rings, alerting Jacob to her location. He subsequently kills her by forcing the cell phone down her throat. Michael finds Christine and Tyson as they try to rescue Kira, but they are attacked again by Jacob, who knocks out Michael while the other two escape up the elevator shaft.

The pair find Kira but are interrupted by Jacob before they can release her. Tyson creates a distraction but is electrocuted with his own taser and crushed with the bank vault. Margaret then shows up, and reveals herself as Jacob's mother, who lured Frank back to the hotel to get revenge on him for shooting her son, and explains the prisoners are merely a "bonus". Margaret attempts to shoot Kira, but Jacob intervenes and throws her headfirst into a nail on the wall. Michael reappears to help the girls battle Jacob, and the trio is eventually able to stab him through the eye with a pipe and throw him out of a window, where his heart is impaled by a shard of glass, apparently killing him.

Cast

Release

The film was released on May 19, 2006.

Reception

Box office

See No Evil grossed $15 million in North America and $3.6 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $18.6 million against a budget of $8 million.

In North America, See No Evil was projected to gross $4.6 million from 1,257 theaters in its opening weekend. It ended up grossing $15 million, finishing third at the box office. [3]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 9% of 57 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.30/10.The website's consensus reads: "See No Evil is packed with cliches from countless other teen slasher films, making for a predictable, scare-free waste of time." [4] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 17 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". [5]

Home media

See No Evil was released on DVD on November 28, 2006 and grossed $45.16 million. [6] In Australia, See No Evil was released on May 28, 2008. [7]

The DVD release included audio commentary by writer Dan Madigan, director Gregory Dark and co-executive producer Jed Blaugrund, as well as the actor of Kane, who portrayed the lead protagonist in the film.

Sequel

On August 6, 2013, WWE Studios announced a sequel to the film, with Kane reprising his role as Jacob Goodnight, the Soska Sisters directing and Danielle Harris, Katharine Isabelle, Chelan Simmons, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Greyston Holt, Lee Majdoub and Michael Eklund having joined the cast. [8]

Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia from late September 2013 to early October 2013, See No Evil 2 was released on DVD on October 21, 2014.

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