GOTHIKA

2003 **** 98 mins.

This is a very well-done thriller featuring Halle Berry as a criminal psychologist. After a car wreck, which happened because she saw a strange girl standing in the middle of the street, Dr. Grey (Berry) wakes up as a patient in the penitentiary, unaware of what happened in the last few days. She has been charged for the murder of her husband. The acting is superb--Halle Berry is completely spell-binding--, and the film provides many genuine scares. Robert Downey, Jr. is fantastic as another doctor in the penitentiary. Not much new ground is covered, though, but the film still works on many levels.