Fantastic!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Despite the good looking production values, "Possession" is really another take on a romance novel spiced up with some supernatural and thriller elements which both come straight off the assembly line. Ditsy beauty Sarah Michelle Gellar (playing Jessica) has the perfect marriage with Ryan (Michael Landes), but what she really wants is to have sex with bad boy Roman (Lee Pace). That's why Gellar looks scared and turned on at the same time when Roman is around. Then by the wildest of coincidences, two car accidents occur on what appears to be the scenic San Francisco Bridge. And you guessed it: Ryan conveniently stays in a coma, but bad boy Roman emerges from the coma and claims to be Jessica's husband. Now all Jessica had to really do was to point out the obvious to Roman: he does not look like Jessica's husband Ryan at all. But if that happened, then Jessica would never have the opportunity to have sex with Roman and the rest of the film would have been unnecessary. So Jessica convinces herself that Roman is possessed by the spirit of Ryan and has the best sex ever. Then comes the twist which shatters all of Jessica's delusions. At this point, Jessica must disavow Roman altogether or else admit that she really does like to have adultery. Then comes the predictable confrontation. Jessica re-establishes herself unconvincingly as the good girl who would never dream of having sex with a bad boy by telling Roman that she only slept with him because she thought he was someone else. Yeah sure!So if you are interested in romance novels with bad boys in them, you may like this film. But if you want a film which is not straight off the assembly line and has multi-layered, intelligent, and evolving characters who do and say interesting things in exciting situations, then give "Possession" a pass.

Joe Bergvall and Simon Sandqvist. These 2 people are Oscar nominated directors for their short film Victor and made one of my favourite movies with Den Osynlige. I haven't seen Victor (yet) but this is the only other film of theirs that I know I can see.The plot of this movie is that Ryan and Roman are brothers. Ryan seems to have everything a wife named Jess (Sarah Michelle Gellar) who loves him dearly and aside from kids their lives could not be more perfect. Roman on the other hand is a self-loathing jailbird with a "girlfriend" in the loosest possible term named Casey (Tuva Novotny). One day they both are in a car crash on a foggy day. Once Roman wakes up he has delusions that he is Ryan and has his memories. Is this a trick that Roman is pulling up his sleeve? or did their bodies really get swapped somehow?The biggest problem with this movie is that Jess seems to believe that Roman is Ryan pretty quickly. To her, her husband being in her brother-in-law's body (or so she thinks) doesn't even seem like a big problem once they form a relationship. It is actually pretty awkward to watch when you look at some of those scenes.The concept for this movie is actually pretty good. I know it is a remake of a South Korean film called "Addicted" and from what I have heard it does explore the topic a little better so i am going to watch that. What they did here was actually good but I feel with the concept it could have been more.Now onto other technical aspects. The acting is actually well done. I wanted to see Tuva Novotny in other things and she doesn't really show her acting ability (if you really want to see her play someone troubled - look at Den Osynlige, it might be hard to find but it's worth it) but you can't have everything, Sarah Michalle Gellar does a good job even if the writing is very sketchy in terms of pacing and Lee Pace does do a good job at basically being a scumbag one minute and the next being a man trying to convince his brother's wife that he is her husband.So is this worth a look? In my eyes it is. I mean yes, there are problems like why she didn't suspect the twist to happen (it actually wasn't that hard to work out) and that she believes Roman is Ryan almost with the drop of a hat but this movie does get you questioning a bit and the concept is actually pretty good. So if you like this sort of thing then I would recommend it.

It's not even a thriller! This is just a suspense/drama film. The concept is better than the execution. Pace is the best thing about the film, but even he struggles with a role that isn't written with any real depth. How is he in love with the protagonist if he just got out of jail? Because she took his case? SMG's character is poorly developed and the whole relationship triangle seems poorly developed, with confusing time-lines to boot. However, I do agree with the reviewer above who says that the US DVD version's alternate ending works better. It is more intriguing in terms of what both characters appear to know about themselves and each other. How long will Roman be able to hold it together with his change of mindset? Why does SMG's character decide to take such risks? Did she learn to love him for real, or is she just mourning her husband? Anyway, the alternate ending was more satisfying by far than the hackneyed ending of the actual release, which really makes no sense, and appears slapped together. The thought that Ryan's neurologist is evidently also an obstetrician, as suggested in one of the closing scenes, is laughable, for instance. Only die-hard SMG and Pace fans. I can't remember the time when I've seen a movie with such a markedly different alternate ending where where the alternate was so much better than the released film. will find much to savor here.

They released this movie in local theaters last Black Saturday, and it is still showing now. When you see the title "Possession" and the poster, you would really think this was a supernatural thriller, as I did. The director also gives you the complete "horror" treatment of jumpy scenes and somber music. However, as you watch it, you would realize that this was actually a love story -- deep, conflicted and twisted.Sarah Michelle Gellar plays young lawyer Jess who is married to an ideally sweet husband Ryan (played by Michael Landes). Ryan has an ex-con brother Roman (played by Lee Pace) who free-loads off the couple and creeps Jess out. A freak car accident happens involving both brothers, causing them to both be comatose. One day, it was Roman who wakes up. However, he is behaving very much like Ryan! Jess is thus caught in an unusual dilemma between repulsion and hope, between hate and love.While the story is actually quite interesting on paper, the execution was also very uncomfortable to watch on screen since the love triangle involves brothers. I only knew SMG among the three leads. She is really becoming a staple in these suspense films, huh? All the actors do quite well to flesh out their characters. In particular, Lee Pace does a good job as bad Roman being like good Ryan.I have a problem with how the movie was resolved, which was quite hackneyed and predictable. With further reading, I learned that this film was actually a remake of a Korean film "Addicted" and that the ending was totally different. According to releases, the DVD also contains an "alternative" ending" that follows the spirit of the original Korean movie. While this more quiet alternative ending is nonetheless discomfiting, it sounds more appropriate than the corny violent ending we see on screen. I hope to watch the Korean version one day to compare.