Nine Lives
Nine Lives
R | 26 August 2002 (USA)
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Nine friends seclude themselves in an old, isolated Scottish mansion for a birthday weekend bash. Cut off from the outside world by a snowstorm, strange behavior soon invades the group and one by one they disappear.

Reviews
Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
gsndelores It surprises me that in all these reviews nobody mentioned the weirdness or unrealistic thing of all these people (nine) that they all decided to go car-free? Who does that especially in the middle of nowhere? I can't believe nobody felt vulnerable out there without their cars? And, are we forced to believe that only one person brought a cell phone - B.S.! This story had too many flaws in it. Unlike most people here I had little problem with Paris Hilton's acting. It's not like she's an accomplished actor or anything. She was portrayed exactly as one would expect. People like her and Kim Kardashian are just eye-candy (for people who find them attractive.). I think Kim's very attractive, but Paris Hilton she's funny looking but not ugly though, so she's passable.
Nikolaus Maack It's bad. But it takes itself very seriously, and it's not bad enough to be enjoyably bad. When will someone let Paris Hilton completely loose, so she can make a truly abominable film? I'm talking something of "Glen or Glenda" caliber. That's why I rented the flick -- I was hoping for a true abortion of cinema. Instead, this film is merely born brain damaged,Things get close to deliciously terrible when one of the characters begins to piece together parts of the puzzle. Without spoiling the plot, it goes a little like this:"Wait a minute! Maybe the Titanic didn't sink! Maybe it was a ship from outer space! That would mean the iceberg is still out there, trying to get revenge!""It's crazy! But it's the only thing that makes sense!"And then it turns out that this really is the plot of the movie.You get that here, only the premise of the film is so incredibly bland, you couldn't care less. People wandering around in a mansion, being chased. Whoopee. If only they would die faster.
Claudio Carvalho In Scotland, the wealthy Tim (Patrick Kennedy) invites eight friends from school to celebrate his twenty-first anniversary in his isolated mansion. After a dinner party, his friend Tom (Lex Shrapnel) finds an old book written by an old Scottish that has been tortured centuries ago in the house with many pages written only "I Have Returned" and somehow his spirit is unleashed and possesses Tom. He hits Tim and kills Jo (Paris Hilton), switching bodies among the friends and threatening everyone in the house. From this moment on, suspicion rules the relationship of the friends that do not know who might be trustful.I did not believe in IMDb rating and reviews and bought a couple of days ago this DVD on sale. Unfortunately, the flawed story that mix "Fallen" with the usual clichés of "slash movies of people trapped in a house" is really very bad, with a terrible screenplay and awful and ridiculous dialogs. Most of the young cast shows strength, but the script really does not help. The greatest attraction, Paris Hilton, with the name highlighted on the cover of the DVD, has a minor participation and her character is the first one to die. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "Nove Vidas" ("Nine Lives")
gavin6942 Nine friends celebrate at a mansion in Scotland. After a little dinner and drinking and too much conversation, one friend stumbles upon a curse and one by one the guests are faced with the threat of death.This film has so many problems with it, I don't know where to begin. First, the film "stars" Paris Hilton, even though she has the smallest role in the movie. I suspect her presence is the only reason the film was picked up at all, even though she serves no purpose and cannot act in this movie to save her life (she's worse in this than in "House of Wax").When the Lions Gate logo came on, my friend and I thought we might be safe. Lions Gate makes some great films. Well, they make bad films, too, it seems. What possessed them to put their name on here, I don't know. With all due respect, I hope they lost money.The first half of the film is a dinner scene with people sitting and talking about literally nothing. Nothing of interest, nothing related to the plot, nothing. A brief philosophical debate arises, but goes nowhere. As my friend says, this film was very innovative for a horror film: it might have been the first one that tried to kill the audience.The death scenes are horrible. Basically, all deaths consist of a stabbing in the stomach: a magic stabbing! Shirts are never torn, but somehow a small blood stain appears and the victim becomes quite dead at a rapid pace.None of the actors are worth caring about and the whole film is in shambles. Most annoying for me (besides the utter boredom) was the tendency to remind us we were in Scotland (the words "Scotland" or "Scotish" were repeated many times... for no reason. And there was a golf club).This film is even too slow and pointless for "Mystery Science Theater 3000", so if there is a way to make something blink out of existence (like a memory hole), someone please make this your first target.