In 2007, another remake of the “Body Snatcher” films was still rather unnecessary. And although this fourth film adaptation only loosely adheres to the original, it is essentially the same story all over again. But that certainly wouldn't be a problem if the end result had at least been an entertaining movie. But it isn't, because in too many places wrong decisions were made.

Among other things, the movie just doesn't look good. The color grading doesn't do the whole thing any favors, and the camera is far too shaky for my taste. There's never really any tension either, which is mainly due to the strange pacing. On the one hand, it's a pretty slow movie, while on the other, there are repeated attempts to increase the pace with explosions and hazy action. The editing is also a mess. You can really tell that they tried to make massive changes later on.

At least the actors are not a problem for the movie. Nicole Kidman does a decent job overall, and there's at least not much negative to say about the rest of the cast, even if no one really stands out in a positive way. Accordingly, these actors can't add much value to the movie. Whether it was a disaster from the start or only lost any identity due to studio influence and changes through reshoots, I don't know. Either way, the end result is not worth a recommendation.