Ink

2009 "dreams"
6.8| 1h46m| NR| en
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Invisible forces exert power over us in our sleep. A mercenary named Ink, on a literal nightmare mission, captures the spirit of 8-year-old Emma in the dream world. To save her, the dream-givers marshal all their resources, focusing on saving the soul of Emma's tragically broken father.

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Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch
SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie
Nicole 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.
Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
donhughes-08183 Superb film. It was clearly restricted on budget but they spent the money wisely and got something ethereal, human, fantastic and wonderful. Acting spot on. The best Neil Gaiman movie he was nothing to do with..I loved it, as did my wife. It moves quickly so you have to pay attention. But it rewards you if you do...
ultimt3 This movie is sure to be disliked by people whose favorite movies are all superhero or action movies but this movie is a masterpiece. If you like movies that have an amazing storyline, amazing atmosphere and actually take the time to tell a story this is the movie for you. This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Rene Rating this film fairly is impossible, and here's why:What happened with Ink is this: One of the best Fantasy Stories ive ever experienced was filmed by a bunch of inexperienced people for no Budget, but with alot of passion. The end product is in regards to video quality even below the cheapest Asylum films (it was shot on cheap digital cameras - a look i cant stand - and then overly processed with horrendous filters), the actors are meh at best and the fight scenes are terrible as well.Here's the thing tho. I was moved by this film. Not only by its story, no. This film oozes of passion. Someone made something that is worth very much to them with this.And despite the above sounding brutally negative, i don't think i could do any of it better personally. Sure i can pick up a camera but can i frame as well as they do here? I could rehearse lines and speak them in front of a camera but would i be a better actor than any of the cast in this film? Probably not.All of that makes it hard for me to rate this film. From a technical standpoint its a disaster but does that really matter when the Story is as good as here? If as much love and care and ambition is put into a film as it is here? In this case, i don't think so. All of its flaws are a byproduct of the way it has been made. And im glad it has been made. So i rate it the only way i feel is right, without breaking it down to a technical level too much.
Dan Franzen (dfranzen70) In the visually fascinating Ink, teams of good and evil supernatural beings fight over the soul of one very unlucky little girl. Although the aesthetics are definitely pleasing, there is a lack of character development and a sometimes inscrutable storyline. In all, though, this is an intriguing tale.It all starts when a hulking, cloaked figure named Ink steals into young Emma's room one night and tries to make off with her, only to run into a small squadron of good guys called Storytellers. Ink gets away, but a small drum he uses to transmit a secret code (which allows him to return to a different realm.Ink wants to use Emma (played with great verve by Quinn Hunchar) as a way to ingratiate himself with the Incubi, beings that directly provide mortals of the real world with nightmares (contrasted with the Storytellers, who furnish people with sweet dreams). Ink is under the belief that he can overcome his overwhelming guilt and shame by becoming an Incubus himself. He does not reckon with a Storyteller named Liev (Jessica Duffy), who willingly surrenders to Ink in order to save Emma.But, lest you think this is something akin to kid-fantasy movies like Labyrinth and Willow, there's a deeper theme to all of this other than those of atonement and reconciliation. Everything is connected, a sentiment to which good-guy Jacob (Jeremy Make), a blind Pathfinder (his title is sort of explanatory), certainly subscribes. If you want to prevent a particular future, you must find an item in the sequence leading up to that future - and then break the flow of events.For me, Ink was one of those movies that seemed to make little sense at first. Gradually, though, I began to grasp just how fraught with meaning it truly was. So many questions occurred: Why is Emma so important to everyone? Who is Liev, and what makes her so special? Why do Incubi wear those creepy electronic monitors over their faces? Why is Ink so grotesque? And then, like finally being able to fold a fitted sheet, the battle comes to a remarkably satisfying conclusion. We don't learn everything, but the light shed in the final scenes is highly gratifying. The viewer may slap his or her head, wondering why they didn't piece it all together earlier, but that's the beauty of the screenplay by Jamin Winans (who also directed). The only real debit is that the movie doesn't delve too deeply into the motives or emotions of any of the characters, even the leads. Ink seems to only scratch the surface of a very intriguing mythology, that of the beings who fight to wrest away our souls by way of our dreams.