U-Turn

This Filipino film is centred on Donna, an investigative journalist wanting to report on more interesting stories. To this end she is willing to photograph accident victims, even moving bodies for a better shot. This particular incident took place on a stretch of closed road where somebody had moved warning barriers. Soon afterwards others who U-turn on this stretch of road start dying; the authorities believe them to be suicides but Donna's investigation leads her to believe they are connected to using that road. With the help of Kevin, a friend in the police, she aims to prove it. In the process she puts herself in danger.

When I watched this I had no idea that it was a remake of an Indian film and as I've not seen the original I can't say how they compare. I thought the story had some interesting ideas and these led to some enjoyably creepy scenes. The ghost effects are pretty good; done physically rather than obvious CGI... the scariness was unfortunately lost towards the end when one of the ghosts speaks to the person who inadvertently caused her death. The acting is solid enough; especially from Kim Chiu, who plays Donna. I liked the fact that the lead character wasn't the typical 'Miss Perfect', many of the things she did to get stories were certainly both immoral and illegal. Overall I wouldn't call this a must see but if you are looking for a horror film made somewhere different it is worth watching.

These comments are based on watching the film in Filipino with English subtitles.

So annoying, it doesn't even have that "it's so bad that it's fun" appeal. Total trash! I don't understand what draw Kim Chiu and Tony Labrusca could have on Filipinos.

Garbage. Can even see how different the double is from the lead character. Don't waste your time here pls.

Apparently this is a remake of a Kannada movie. So I was skimming through the original kannada movie to find anything that was better, but I'm thoroughly impressed by the filipino remake in that there are almost no resemblance to each film. It's a inspiration for sure which the Filipino movie actually says so.

The movie itself I found it engaging for the most part if you watch it as a movie and not become too logical. The 3rd Act could've been better. Slight pacing issues in parts otherwise a one time watch for curious cats like me who like to explore world cinema. My first Filipino film done! ✅

U-Turn is a B-movie of the thriller/ suspense/ horror genre.

Decent acting with, what seems to be basically rudderless direction.

Both my wife and myself very rarely watch anything Asian; since their culture is so hard to relate to; being so vastly different from that of the West.

Inconsistent English dubbing, along with inconsistent English closed-captioning. Additionally, it's hard to both take in the scenes and read the CC because of the poor pacing.

Decent special effects.

Hollywood cliché #194: there will be an unruly crowd at a crime scene minutes after the police first arrive.

A crime scene tape perimeter is to ignored.

It is perfectly acceptable to steal from the dead because, like, what are they going to do about it?

In a Western country Donna would have been arrested. Several times.