LITERAL REMAINS

If you like watching blind people walk around naked, stepping in feces, and getting it on, then you have found the movie for you. If none of that turns you on, or interests you in the least, then walk on by.

I wish I had walked on by.

There is an unexplained epidemic that causes white blindness. It spreads throughout the entire unnamed city. The first cases are quarantined. The population slowly increases. One woman, the doctor’s wife, played by Julianne Moore, retains her sight but plays blind to join her blinded eye doctor husband. She assumes the role of caretaker for the blinded. The guards are sadistic, certain other blind people stage a coup and are all out terrorists. It’s not as good as it sounds.

There is supposed to be a message somewhere in this degrading mess. For the life of me, it’s lost on me. It’s based on a highly respected book, but so was The Bonfire of the Vanities. Moore is decent in her role, but damn, this movie goes down the crapper.

Ignore this pile. I had high hopes for this one, but all hope is lost.

1.5 out of 5
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