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The Wicker Man

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Catalogue Number
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BLU43129
Number of Discs
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1
Aspect
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WideScreen
Color
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Colour
Format
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Blu-ray Disc
Copyright
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©2006 Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III and Nu Image Entertainment GmbH. All Rights Reserved.
Other
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2007
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Product Description

A well-dressed but ultimately hollow remake of a terminally original cult classic, Neil LaBute's The Wicker Man dutifully maintains the majority of the original 1973 film's mystery while sadly jettisoning the religious undertones and eerie quirkiness that earned that film a devoted following. While a cursory glance reveals a remake that does at times bear striking surface resemblance to the source material, closer inspection ultimately reveals a generic thriller sunken by the director's misguided attempt to inject his own questionable agenda into the proceedings. By transforming the island of phallus-worshipping pagans of the original into a community of female-dominated Wiccans who seemingly keep their milquetoast male population well in check when it comes to anything but breeding, LaBute seems to be doing little more than confirming the accusations of misogyny that were previously leveled at him in the wake of such efforts as In the Company of Men and The Shape of Things. While even that could have worked had it been established that the beliefs of the buttoned-down protagonist compelled him to look down his nose at the bee-keeping Wiccans who populate the idyllic island (perhaps he was a hard-line sexist?), in a similar manner as his staunchly Christian predecessor had to the godless dirt-worshipers in the original, the fact that the personality of the pill-popping protagonist is defined by little more than an EpiPen and the occasional recurring nightmare offers little chance for viewers to relate to the character on anything except the most superficial of levels.

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ある日、警官エドワード・メイラスのもとに、8年前に突然失踪した婚約者ウィローから手紙が届く。メイラスとの間に生まれた娘が行方不明なので助けてほしいという内容だった。単身、ウィローの故郷の島サマーズアイルを訪れたメイラスは、娘が島に暮らしていた形跡を見つけ出す。しかし、島民たちは娘の存在を否定し、真実を語ろうとしない。外界から閉ざされた孤島で難航する捜査、秘密めいた島民たち。やがてメイラスが辿りついた、島にまつわる衝撃の事実とは!?

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  • ウィッカーマン
  • ニール・ラビュート監督と製作スタッフ、キャストによる音声解説
  • もうひとつのエンディング
  • オリジナル劇場予告編集

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面白かったけど、途中で何となくわかってし...

投稿日:2009/01/30 (金)

面白かったけど、途中で何となくわかってしまった。後味はよくないです。

たか さん | 札幌 | 不明

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