Mr. Jones (2013) (Blu-ray Review)
Directed By: Karl Mueller
Starring: Jon Foster, Sarah Jones, David Clennon, Diane Neal
Rated: PG-13/Region A/1:85/1080p/Number of Discs 1
Available from Anchor Bay
Scott (Jon Foster of Stay Alive) and Penny (Sarah Jones of Sons Of Anarchy) just moved to a remote cabin to escape the pressures of the world and breathe new life into their art. They will soon discover they are not alone: an infamously reclusive artist known only as Mr. Jones lives nearby. He doesn’t like to be disturbed, and only comes out at night when he drags his strange, sinister sculptures deep into the woods. But when Scott and Penny’s curiosity leads them to venture too close for Mr. Jones comfort, he plunges the young couple into a nightmare world of mayhem, madness and mind-bending terror. Diane Neal (Law & Order: SVU) and David Clennon (John Carpenter’s The Thing) co-star in this startling tale from debut director Karl Mueller (writer of The Divide) and from the producer of the Sundance hit The Pact.
I want to you to bear with me here, because I need to get the one thing that bugs me about this film off my chest first. This was a movie that didn’t need the found footage element of it. This is clearly not found footage, even with it shot in that style. By the time the film wraps we have footage edited together from every ghost and nightmare that all seem to have a nice HD camera all combined into one to make Mr. Jones. The style is already silly at this point, but this makes it look even worse here. I even fear people will still oddly believe it is real even with the nature of it and one of the leads being from Sons of Anarchy. Now, with that big pink elephant out of the way, let me now continue by saying that regardless of that method, I still REALLY liked the movie.
We have an isolated setting with just our two leads and their many camera. They discover the eerie and legendary Mr. Jones lives close to them and they start filming all the odd stuff that comes with that before soon everything spirals into a living nightmare that really has to be seen to be appreciated. What is real and what isn’t gets blurred, the real motives of Mr. Jones comes to the front, and things get never nerve wrecking because we finally wraps things up in a edge of your chair goose-bump causing finale. The film at times just seems somewhat old school by how well they show terror and horror on screen. Silly found footage side of things out of the way, I think this might be one of the better films of the year. Also, if you want a nice HD transfer, this one gives you about a perfect as you’d want with one. Only minor complaints on that front and none worth even naming.
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