Possession [Blu-ray]

Jess and her husband, Ryan, have it all. A great marriage, a beautiful home, and she is a successful lawyer. Life is good - until Ryan's prodigal brother, Roman, is jailed for assault and is now out on parole. He has to stay with his brother and his wife during his probation period, but he and Ryan are like night and day. Ryan loves his brother and wants to support him despite his violent background and bad attitude. Roman is not beyond redemption, he just had a bad past relationship with his father and doesn't know how to deal with his anger and resentment. Jess does not like Roman, he frightens her, and she wants him out of the house. Ryan cannot throw his own brother out after all he's been through. Roman overhears their argument one day regarding this and leaves on his own, his belongings in trash bags slung over his shoulder as Jess looks on. She calls Ryan and tells him Roman has left the house. Roman is not supposed to leave the state. Ryan says he is going to return home immediately and as he is crossing the Golden Gate bridge, he is trying to call his brother Roman, unaware that Roman is on that very same bridge heading right toward him from the opposite direction. The fog is thick, Roman is driving recklessly and as he passes a car, his own brother is in his path and they collide. Moments later they are both laying on the road, unconcious and badly injured. They are taken to the hospital and put in the same room together, still unconcious, their faces badly bruised, so much so that Jess cannot tell which man is her husband.And therein lies the rub, as they say, in this suspenseful thriller starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace, and Michael Landes. It is a story about love, loss, loyalty, redemption, deception, second chances, and forgiveness. This film goes a lot deeper into the human psyche than most thrillers normally do. It asks, `Can love heal all past hurts?' It also confronts the viewer with the question - `Can one become so lonely and wracked with grief over the loss of a loved one that your morality and all that you believe in can be disregarded in order to have the comfort of love once again?'Lee Pace is heartbreakingly wonderful in the role of Roman and Sarah Michelle is very believable as the wife who is caught in the middle of the emotional relationship between the two brothers. My only wish is that the directors and producers had the guts enough to use the alternative ending shown in the special features instead of the ending used in the actual film. But I guess I can applaud them for even considering such a thought provoking alternative ending to this movie, because it certainly deserved it. It leaves you wondering what you would do in Jess' place. I recommend this mainly for Lee Pace's heartfelt performance. Without his acting ability, it would have been a mediocre movie at best. I highly recommend "Possession".

There is so much right with Possession: Sarah Michelle Gellar is beautiful and affecting as Jess; Lee Pace is (psychologically) dark and sexy as Roman who might be Ryan, and Michael Landes is pitch-perfect as Jess's artistic, sensitive and loving husband, Ryan. The premise of a woman confronted with the possibility that the spirit of her beloved, comatose husband might now be residing in the body of her dangerous brother-in-law is outright fascinating and could have been mined for so much more than it is, here. I agree with those who said the alternate ending was better, but even there, Possession suffers from the fact that the directors couldn't decide if they were making a psychological horror film, a supernatural horror film, or a woman-in-danger thriller. They got that they were making a romance, but apparently became confused as to whether Pace or Landes should be the true object of Gellar's affections. Ignore the image on the DVD case which has more to do with the direction that the film should have taken than anything remotely related to the film as it was actually made (including deleted scenes and alternate endings). If you are a fan of any of the three actors, you'll want to see this film in which case you should definitely buy the DVD for the more emotionally satisfying alternate ending as the official ending manages to reassert the supernatural theme at the same time it leaves us in a logical and emotional limbo. If you are a fan of the original Korean film, Addicted, you will likely be disappointed in the westernization of a film with a very neat and unexpected twist at the end. I give this a rating of four primarily for the three leads and the atmosphere and the potential. Sadly, potential that is not quite realized.

THIS WAS A GOOD STORY, WELL TOLD AND I COULDN'T LEAVE MY MY SEAT ..I THOUGHT I COULD GUESS THE ENDING BUT I WAS WRONG.

'Possession' was really diappointing because the movie is too short. They could have done so much with this to really keep you on the edge of your seat, keep you guessing, and could've made many twists and turns. It doesn't and it fails and falls short of what it could have been. The movie itself is about 2 brothers.. 1 good, 1 bad. The good one is Gellar's husband. One night there's a car accident and ironically, the accident is between the 2 brothers. They're both in the hospital, both in a coma. One comes out of the coma.. yes u guessed it, the bad one. However, he talks, acts and remembers things that only her husband would know. Is the brother actually her husband? Did their souls switch bodies? Or is it something more? That's the basic plot. Sounds good enough, but the problem is that the movie is so short that they cram all the answers in there way too quickly, leaving no time to try and fit puzzle pieces together or be surprised. They give everything away in a very short time. The movie itself is only a little over 80 minutes long. By the time the car accident happens and the one brother comes out of the coma.. they leave very little time left for all they could have put in there to really make this a really good suspensful movie. A real let down.

I've become something of a Sarah Michelle Gellar fan after discovering Buffy and I'm always looking for more of her movies. This one kind of reminds me of The Return which I also reviewed. The one thing I learned from watching this movie is that every time you think you know what is going on they throw a curve and twist in it. Briefly Sarah plays Jess and early in the movie Jess's husband and his brother are in a head on collision with each other. They both wind up in a coma and eventually one of them wakes up and that's when the fun begins, all is not as it seems. If you're in to movies that make you think and pay attention then you will like this one and I recommend it. One of the cool special features is an alternate ending that is worth a look too.

The film is based on the South Korean movie 'Addicted' - it's well acted and follows the plot of the original fairly well................UNTIL the director decided that the original movie ending was 'too safe' and turned this into a SLASHER movie. Thankfully the original ending was filmed first and has been included on the dvd - I recommend watching the theatrical release up until the point the alternative ending can take over and then switching to that. It's a MUCH better film that way and more faithfully follows the wonderful original movie and it's haunting story.

The only reason I watched this film is because I adore Lee Pace, however, I do quite like it. The film is okay up until the end, which isn't very good as it tries to hard to be a horror film ending to a film that (for the most part) isn't particularly horror film like. Sarah Michelle Gellar does an all right job in this, and there are plot holes and story issues which are never really addressed or resolved. That being said, I did enjoy the film (especially Lee Pace as Roman) but it isn't perfect. Some fun mystery/thriller elements, but really it's more of a character piece. If you can, watch the alternative ending as in my opinion it's much better.

After appearing as Buffy the Vampire Slayer for so long it was good to see Sarah Michelle Gellar starring in films.She has made some very good films over the last few years and her best films have been in the horror genre.You can see her in such films like The Grudge, Scream 2 and of course Possession.If you are a fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar then you will not be disappointed but if you like horror then I would recommend seeing this.It is a US Import so you will either need a Region A player or a multi-region player to view it.Only buy if you have either player.

This is quite good, despite S M Gellar, but the ending spoiled it for me - too corny and predictable. I watched it first on Amazon Prime and ended up buying the DVD because I was hoping the alternate ending would be included in the extras - it isn't. A pity, because from what I've read, it sounds considerably better than the original. I mean, who wouldn't want to live happy-ever-after with Lee Pace?

It's perfect it has Lee Pace in it and it's a great movie.