Hey everyone! it's been a long time since I published something in this community... or publish anything at all ๐ but as a comeback I decided to post a review from a somewhat old movie called Possession, a thriller starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace and Michael Landes; it came out in 2009.
I watched this movie when it was released, mainly because of Sarah just for being the actress who played Buffy.
ยกHola a todos! ha sido buen tiempo desde la รบltima vez que publiquรฉ algo en esta comunidad... o cualquier publicaciรณn del todo ๐ , pero como regreso decidรญ postear una review de una pelรญcula algo vieja llamada Personalidad Mรบltiple (Possession) un thriller estelarizado por Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace y Michael Landes; saliรณ en el 2009.
Characters
Sarah Michelle Gellar is Jess, a young working woman devoted to her husband with whom she shares a special connection ever since they met.
Michael Landes plays Ryan, Jess' husband, he's kind, loving and hard worker who finds time to leave romantic details to his wife very often.
Lee Pace is Roman, Ryan's troubled brother who recently got out of prison and deals with the fact that no one expects anything good from him.
Synopsis
Jess and Ryan are happily married living a quiet life in a house outskirts San Francisco, they travel a lot together, have plans for their future and do as many activities together they can in their spare time, it's easy to see that they are deeply in love... But their calm gets interrupted when Ryan's brother Roman gets out of prison and stays in their home, Ryan knows Roman has had a though time and just wants to help him get to his feet but Jess isn't comfortable with Roman being at their home, she's scared of him because of his volatile personality, even their dog doesn't trust Roman ๐.
Roman gets upset after overhearing the couple talk about him and how he's a hopeless case so the next day he packs and leaves, but since he just got out of prison he's still being watched, he's not allowed to leave the estate. Jess sees him leave with his things and calls her husband who was at the city running errands, Ryan assures Jess he'll find Roman before he does something rushed.
Roman is driving carelessly, both brothers drive through the Golden Gate bridge which just happens to be covered in fog causing them front crash with each other.
Due to their injuries both end up in a coma, Jess is devastated by this and realizes she took her husband for granted, always receiving love letters from him but never answering, never fully express to him how much she loves him.
Months go by and none of the brothers wake up until one day Jess gets a call from the doctor saying one of them finally reacted, Jess rushes to the hospital hoping to see her husband but the one who's awake is Roman and to her surprise, when the doctor asks him questions such as what's his name or what does he remember he answers his name is Ryan and remembers his wedding ๐ฑ.
Jess rejects Roman even though he dresses, behaves and talks like Ryan, she can't understand what's happening and why he insists on saying he's Ryan, even going through hipnosis he claims to be Ryan, Jess wonders how is it possible that Roman knows things only Ryan would know, like things he said to her while they were alone in their trips, and also she was surprised when Rowan gave her a necklace that Ryan said he would repair for her before the accident.
As time goes by, Jess starts to believe that somehow both brothers changed bodies, one possessing the other, also the dog follows Roman the same way it used to follow Ryan, and Roman makes Jess remember that he (Ryan) promised that he would always be with her no matter what.
Both start to be happily together again, Jess fully trusts now that he's her husband and ends up pregnant, this makes both really happy... but yeah, happiness in this kind of films isn't forever, so their bubble breaks when while at the doctor for a check on her pregnancy, Jess notices her necklace is causing a rash, she's been using that necklace for years without any reaction, the only time she stop using it was when it broke.
Intrigued by this Jess heads home to place the necklace in a box where she keeps all special things, including all of Ryan's letters he always sends. But she sees that her box has marks, as if someone forced the lock to open it, nothing's missing but as she goes over the letters reality drowns her, in the letters Ryan wrote for her with the details that made their trips special, all the details that Roman recalled when she asked proof that he was indeed Ryan, also she finds the real necklace, the one that was broken... Ryan's not in Roman's body, it was Roman just pretending, turns out he always had envy of Ryan's life and wanted to take over.
Jess confronts Roman, and when he knows he can't keep pretending anymore he attacks Jess. During the fight, at the hospital Ryan's body was reacting, as if he sensed his wife was in danger, he opens his eyes when Roman is about to kill Jess who suddenly and in apparently pain claims something's wrong and touches her barely showing belly, Roman stops for a beat, Jess takes advantage of this and in self defense kills Roman.
Later she learns that his real husband reacted for some minutes but unfortunately had a seizure and isn't responding anymore, he's still alive but again deep in a coma.
Jess goes on with her pregnancy, in her heart that baby is Ryan's and she promises Ryan she'll wait for him, and in the end when she had her real necklace repaired and was putting it on, we get a quick glimpse of Ryan next to her offering to help her with the necklace, she feels him, turns around but he's not there... although she knows that he's always at her side as once he promised.
Personajes
Sarah Michelle Gellar es Jess, una mujer joven y trabajadora devota a su marido con quien comparte una conexiรณn especial desde que se conocieron.
Michael Landes es Ryan, el esposo de Jess, es amable, amoroso y trabajador, quien encuentra tiempo para dejar detalles romรกnticos a su esposa muy seguido.
Lee Pace es Roman, el hermano problemรกtico de Ryan quien recientemente saliรณ de prisiรณn y lidia con el hecho de que nadie espera nada bueno de el.
Resumen
Jess y Ryan estรกn felizmente casados viviendo una vida tranquila en una casa a las afueras de San Francisco, viajan mucho juntos, tienen planes para su futuro y hacen cuanta actividad puedan juntos en su tiempo libre, es fรกcil ver que estรกn muy enamorados... Pero su calma es interrumpida cuando Roman, el hermano de Ryan sale de prisiรณn y se queda en su casa, Ryan sabe que Roman ha tenido un tiempo difรญcil y quiere ayudarlo a recuperarse pero Jess no estรก cรณmoda con la presencia de Ryan en su hogar, le teme por su personalidad volรกtil, hasta ni su perro confรญa en Roman ๐คฃ.
Roman se molesta luego de escuchar a la pareja hablar sobre el y como es un caso perdido asรญ que al siguiente dรญa empaca y se va, pero por ser reciรฉn salido de prisiรณn aรบn estรก en custodia, no tiene permitido dejar el estado. Jess lo ve irse con sus cosas y llama a su marido quien estaba en la ciudad haciendo mandados, Ryan le asegura a Jess que encontrarรก a Roman antes de que haga algo apresurado.
Roman maneja imprudentemente, ambos hermanos manejan a travรฉs del puente Golden Gate el cual estaba cubierto en niebla ocasionando que ambos choquen de frente entre ellos.
Debido a sus heridas ambos terminan en coma, Jess queda devastada y se da cuenta que dio por hecho todas las acciones de su marido, siempre recibiendo cartas de amor pero nunca respondiendo, nunca le expresรณ ella abiertamente cuanto lo ama.
Los meses pasan y ninguno de los hermanos despierta hasta que un dรญa Jess recibe una llamada del doctor informando que uno de ellos finalmente reaccionรณ, Jess se apresura al hospital esperando ver a su marido pero quien despertรณ es Roman, y para sorpresa de ella, cuando el doctor pregunta a Roman cosas como su nombre o quรฉ recuerda, el responde que su nombre es Ryan y recuerda su boda ๐ฑ.
Jess rechaza a Roman aunque se viste, se comporta y habla como Ryan, ella no puede entender quรฉ estรก sucediendo y por quรฉ el insiste en decir que es Ryan, incluso hasta estando bajo hipnosis sigue diciendo es Ryan. Jess se pregunta como es posible que Roman sepa cosas que solo Ryan podrรญa, como cosas que le dijo durante uno de sus viajes estando solos los dos, tambiรฉn se sorprende cuando Roman le da un collar que Ryan quedรณ de reparar para ella antes del accidente.
Conforme pasa el tiempo, Jess comienza a creer que de algรบn modo ambos hermanos cambiaron de cuerpo, uno poseyendo al otro, y ya tambiรฉn el perro sigue a Roman igual como hacรญa con Ryan, y Roman le recuerda a Jess que รฉl (Ryan) le prometiรณ que siempre estarรญa con ella sin importar quรฉ.
Ambos comienzan a ser felices juntos otra vez, Jess ya confรญa plenamente que se trata de su esposo y termina embarazada, haciendo que ambos sean aun mรกs felices... pero si, la felicidad en este tipo de pelรญculas no es eterna, su burbuja se revienta cuando estando con una doctora para un chequeo de su embarazo, Jess se da cuenta que el collar le estรก causando alergia, ha usado ese collar por aรฑos sin ninguna reacciรณn y el รบnico periodo que lo dejรณ de usar fue cuando se rompiรณ.
Intrigada, Jess regresa a casa para colocar el collar en una caja donde guarda todas las cosas que le son especiales, incluyendo las cartas que Ryan le escribiรณ con los detalles que hacรญan sus viajes juntos especiales, todos los detalles que Roman relatรณ cuando le pidiรณ pruebas de ser Ryan, ademรกs encuentra el collar real, que aun sigue roto... Ryan no estรก en el cuerpo de Roman, siempre fue Roman fingiendo, resulta que siempre tuvo envidia de la vida de Ryan y querรญa adueรฑarse de ella.
Jess confronta a Roman y cuando el se da cuenta de que no puede seguir fingiendo ataca a Jess. Durante la pelea, en el hospital, el cuerpo de Ryan comienza a reaccionar, como si presintiera que su esposa estรก en peligro, abre los ojos cuando Roman estรก por matar a Jess quien repentinamente y con aparente dolor alega que algo estรก mal y se toca su vientre que aun no muestra mucho, Roman se detiene por un momento, Jess toma ventaja y en defensa propia mata a Roman.
Mรกs tarde, le informan que su esposo real reaccionรณ por unos minutos pero desafortunadamente tuvo un ataque y ya no estรก respondiendo nuevamente, sigue vivo pero aun en coma.
Jess continรบa con su embarazo, en su corazรณn ese bebรฉ es de Ryan y le promete a su marido que lo esperarรก; al final cuando ahora sรญ manda reparar su collar real y se lo estaba colocando, podemos ver un vistazo de Ryan junto a ella ofreciendo su ayuda para poner el collar, ella lo siente, se da la vuelta y รฉl no estรก ahรญ... aunque ella sabe que el siempre estรก a su lado como prometiรณ.
Opinion
This movie is not the typical thriller with ghosts or supernatural happenings, although during the whole story it makes you believe it's a real possession... a freaky friday like situation, what makes it think that they truly change bodies is that when they're getting first aid at the bridge, their blood mixes at the same time that Roman is getting a charge and Ryan CPR, the movie shows that in flashbacks when Roman is being hypnotized to find out what he remembers from the accident.
Also Roman really takes it seriously in acting as his brother, he emulates every single detail like habits, face expressions, it's easy to believe while watching that he is indeed Ryan.
It's not an excellent movie but it certainly catches your attention and makes you wonder what will happen next.
Opiniรณn Esta pelรญcula no es el tรญpico thriller con fantasmas o sucesos paranormales, aunque durante toda la historia te hace creer trata de una posesiรณn real... una situaciรณn tipo viernes de locos, lo que hace pensar que realmente cambiaron cuerpos es que cuando estรกn recibiendo primeros auxilios en el puente, su sangre se mezcla al mismo tiempo que Roman recibe una carga y Ryan RCP, la pelรญcula muestra esto en recuerdos cuando Roman estรก siendo hipnotizado para preguntarle quรฉ recuerda del accidente.
Tambiรฉn Roman realmente se toma en serio el actuar como su hermano, emula cada pequeรฑo detalle como hรกbitos, expresiones faciales, es fรกcil creer mientras miramos que se trata de Ryan.
No es una pelรญcula excelente pero sin duda atrapa la atenciรณn y hace preguntar quรฉ sucederรก despuรฉs.
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