Agree again with the reviewer's observations. Of late, De Niro has been short-selling himself ('Analyze that', 'Fockers', 'City by the sea' anyone?). Where's the De Niro of 'Heat' and 'Goodfellas'? Hell, even the 'Capone' character from 'Untouchables' had more depth and feeling than most of his recently played characters. And what's with Hyderabad getting leftover releases - I watched this one at Chennai at least 4 months back.
If the utter predictability of every scene in Hide And Seek is signifying the end of the horror-movie genre in its current state, we die-hard fans better hope that the next big thing is ready and waiting to be shipped soon.
With the Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning stamp printed conspicuously across it, most of us expected a classic. We ignored the ominous foreboding that the posters with the little girl, bathtub and candles, and the bloody scrawlings on a wall, aroused in us - that this movie would be another ridiculous ersatz of some of the classics: Psycho, The Ring, The Six....