The Abandoned

After Dark Films | Release Date: February 23, 2007

5.7	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Ratings

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MartyO.Feb 24, 2007

This movie is way, way overrated. It tries to be creepy and weird, but it's just boring to death and you stop to care about anything after a while, that's all I have to say.

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JustinB.Feb 24, 2007

I give it a zero because it's just that awful, the best word to describe this film is appalling. I don't even understand why this film was created, I also don't understand how a person could like this. [***SPOILER***]They I give it a zero because it's just that awful, the best word to describe this film is appalling. I don't even understand why this film was created, I also don't understand how a person could like this. [***SPOILER***]They would have to be into the sort of movie that goes nowhere, by the end of the movie you sort of wish you were the one that drowned.… Expand

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FilipeNetoJul 10, 2020

There is little doubt that fantastic and horror Spanish cinema has gained strength, thanks to great directors such as Amenabar, Del Toro and Balagueró, among others. But, of course, there are a lot of films that have so little quality thatThere is little doubt that fantastic and horror Spanish cinema has gained strength, thanks to great directors such as Amenabar, Del Toro and Balagueró, among others. But, of course, there are a lot of films that have so little quality that they invariably stay on the way. This is certainly one of them. Launched in 2006, I have doubts whether it left any positive mark on the career of any of those involved.

Directed by an unknown Nacho Cerdà, who also wrote the script, in collaboration with Karim Hussain, it takes place somewhere in the Russian countryside, following the journey of Marie Jones, a film producer who grew up in USA but is the daughter of Russian parents and was, as a child, given up for adoption. The film does not explain clearly the reason for the return to Russia, but it is understood that Marie was contacted by the notary Andrei Misharin to deal with bureaucracies related to her biological parents inheritance: a vast isolated property, abandoned since their death in 1966. There, she will meet her twin brother and also the dark past of her family.

This film survives at the expense of the atmosphere of tension and mystery that it manages to create around what is happening with the characters in that isolated and decrepit place. Ultimately, this is what holds us to the end. The film deliberately takes time to explain a lot and there are some things that are left unexplained. The plot turns out to be disappointing, as it does not have a solid enough story to embody the film and to justify everything. It is a fine plot, which sometimes strikes the absurd, which puts the characters in situations of growing tension, distrust and fear, never going beyond that. To a certain extent, this film reminded me of “Triangle”, which dealt with the theme of time/space paradoxes. The cast is overwhelmingly composed of unknown names. Anastasia Hille was effective in the main role but has little to do other than to run around everywhere and overreact to everything that appears. The same can be said of Karel Roden, while Valentin Ganev is limited to a discreet and very restrained participation.

At a technical level, the film is much more interesting than the cast's performance, with its very dark and dense cinematography, which takes full advantage of the vastness of the forest and the darkness and degradation of the abandoned house's scenarios, which are otherwise very good and were thought out in the smallest details.… Expand

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