Thursday, February 04, 2010

The Box

I watched The Box at GV Plaza Sing just now.

If you're looking for a show that's entertaining, full of action or romance or leave you with a warm-fuzzy feeling in your heart, then this show ain't for you.

What this show is effective in doing though, is to prompt you to think about certain life questions like for example between money and life, though not in the normal way you'll expect.

*spoiler alert*

The movie is about a stranger who turns up on the doorstep and drops off a box. In the box is a button. Push the button and somebody out there in the world, whom you do not know, dies. Oh, and you get one million dollars. In Cold Hard Cash.

Will you push the button?

Also, further on in the movie, the male lead had to choose between killing his wife, and saving his son, or not killing his wife, but his son loses his sight and hearing.

Which would you choose?

Overall, the music wasn't fantastic, and the plot was average, but the mental stimulation was good. Not for the faint-hearted though, lest you break down emotionally.