This movie is a remake/reboot which makes it an easy target for "worst" lists, but I am always willing to give any movie a try. I must admit some of the effects were good, and the soundtrack was decent. The ending however, well...
*spoiler alert*
Where this movie fails - beyond Maggie Grace's inability to change the expression on her face at any given moment - is the conclusion.
So let's set it up: the ghosts of doomed voyage have wreaked their havoc/revenge, and the reveal has been made to the main characters that their ancestors were murdering thieves. A big downer, yes, but let's top off the cake.
Elizabeth (Grace), a descendant of one of the 4 previously mentioned conspirators is also the reincarnation of William Blake's (the leader of the leper colony) lover. Elizabeth willingly kisses Blake and she transforms into a ghost too. Then they leave everyone else standing there with their jaws open.
Um, ok. One young woman is both the descendant of a murderer and the reincarnation of a victim of said murderer? They probably could have tied this together by having a line or two of dialogue, or maybe some better background or a good flashback or two - but as it stands this event just unfolded. Horribly.
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