The Ward (2010)

The Ward is a 2010 thriller directed by horror genre great, John Carpenter and stars Amber Heard, Lyndsy Fonseca, Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer and Laura Leigh.

It follows the story of Kristen (Heard), who gets arrested after setting a farm house on fire and is brought to the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital where she befriends a group of girls.

The girls have a secret that they are keeping from Kristen and in doing so end up endangering not only Kristen but themselves in the process.

Now, I figured that a mix between John Carpenter and Amber Heard would be a sure fire win for everybody, including me. But I was sadly mistaken.

This film is riddled with plot holes, one in particular was in regards to the second escape attempt. Once you see it, you will know what I mean.

I understand that the dialogue is written to make most the cast seem like mentally deficient girls, but give me a break! They made it seem like the girls were just there as background noise and then sacraficed for the occasional kill when needed.

Speaking of kills, maybe one cool kill the entire way through which made this one a pain to watch. Everything else was either repetitive or a quick kill that you saw coming from miles away.

Then the end comes. And yes there is a twist. And no it does not save the movie by any means at all.

The twist in junction with the plot holes really killed this film. There was no real hint or explanation as to what the real story was or could have been as they wasted all their available time on the secondary storyline.

So with great disapointment I sadly have to give what I thought could be greatness thanks to the director and his lead a 2 out of 10.

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