Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, Kate Beahan

When California Highway Patrol officer Edward Malus investigates the disappearance of his former fiancée's daughter on a remote Pacific Northwest island, he finds that nothing is what it seems. The pl...( read more  read more... )ace has its own traditions, and its secretive people observe a forgotten way of life. They also ridicule Edward's investigation, insisting that the missing child never existed--or was no longer alive. In his efforts to unravel the island's closely held secrets, Edward is drawn into a web of ancient traditions and murderous deceit, and each step he takes closer to the lost child brings him one step closer to the unspeakable. And, one step closer to The Wicker Man.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Neil LaBute

Release Date: September 1, 2006

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DVD Release Date: December 19, 2006

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  • August 17, 2009
    terrible- unwatchable without rifttrax. also wtf is ellen burstyn doing in this movie?
  • June 13, 2009
    "This is a story whose chapters were carefully written," says Ellen Burstyn's Sister Summersisle, toward the end of the film. I beg to differ; the plot is a bloody mess! The fact that this remake of the 1973 cult classic is horrendously awful is somehow easier to take than if it ...( read more)had been just plain mediocre. I'm not going to waste too much breath on it. LaBute's script loses much of the cleverness and subtlety of Anthony Shaffer's brilliant original, while adapting the few elements it preserves without, it seems, comprehending their significance to the ingenious web Shaffer was spinning. I'm dancing around the subject a little here because I don't want to spoil the plot for anybody who hasn't seen the original, but there were basically three crucial aspects to Edward Woodward's character, Sergeant Howie, that made him just the man the community of Summerisle were looking for: his devout Christianity, his chastity and, as a policeman investigating the disappearance of a little girl, the power he wielded. LaBute fudges all three of these. For example, Nicholas Cage's character is a still a police officer, a Californian highway patrolman, but the script relocates him to Washington state, outside his jurisdiction, rendering him effectively powerless. Anyway, I won't go on. Just avoid it; it's really bad! Cage is dreadful. Molly Parker's is the one effective performance.
  • March 14, 2009
    one of the worst movies i've seen thee worst nicolas cage movie
  • January 6, 2009
    No more remakes!!
  • July 22, 2008
    And I thought the original was absurd . . . The Wicker Man 2006 is absolutely terrible, an embarrassment to the original movie that's only entertaining if you can find a bunch of people to mock it with. Somehow, those random musical numbers are sorely amiss.
  • February 9, 2010
    Bad acting. Bad directing. Bad anything! I can't believe Nicolas Cage is in this one.
  • February 2, 2010
    One of the worst movies ever!
  • January 25, 2010
    Utterly dumb script, poor execution, unintentionally funny scenes, and even Nic Cage looked out of place. But one thing's for sure, its entertaining, as a comedy film, but as a horror remake, it has failed in every way. Watch out for Nic Cage in a bear suit!
  • January 24, 2010
    The Wicker Man: I really wish people would stop saying this movie sucks just because the critics say it sucks. Honsetly, the movie wasnt all that terrible. The suspense kept me wondering what happened to the little girl the whole time. Nicholas Cage once again does a pretty good ...( read more)job acting, people need to get over it and realize that he is not that bad of an actor. I will agree with some people and say this is not a horror, sure it creeped the hell out of me but it was far from horror. There were at times, very small times, when the acting could have been bette. But that happens in every movie. I love Nicholas Cage after seeing him in this and Knowing, and now he is starring in the horror film Season of the Witch, which will no doubt be good. Nicholas Cage should star in more movies like this and Knowing, he is good at portraying the helpless/depressed/pissed off badass character. People need to stop copying their faviorte critics and give their own opinion. I give this film an B+.
  • January 20, 2010
    want to compare it to the old one though

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  • Gx7
    August 24, 2008
    lmfao, the only reason why Im marking this as "Want to See" is cuz of all your funny movie reviews!
  • bobbybear4
    November 26, 2007
    Got all of nicks cage movies to so for con air was the best.
  • JohnnyDfan4ever
    September 6, 2007
    yea so....sooo sadly all this ppl are right
    the ending SUCK big timee
    i wouldnt buy it or see it again
    and i wonder why nicolas cage acted in this film
    his an awesome actor =]
  • roseypie
    June 2, 2007
    i was hoping something good would come along towards the end, but nothing really happened. i could've walked out of the movie theater. was really a waste of talent.

    i really liked nicholas cage and i dont understand why he did this movie.
  • pamelakd
    April 23, 2007
    Come on...how can you not think it was a load of crap? Nicholas Cage punches a woman to steal a bear suit, punches another woman to escape with the bear suit, then punches another woman WEARING the bear suit. There was no excuse for how terrible this film was.
  • CexCells
    April 22, 2007
    Cause it is a steaming bag of doodoo..
    haha
  • Mike015
    April 8, 2007
    was bad but not horrible, some of you make it sound like a steaming bag of dodo
  • jessmetts1
    April 7, 2007
    Worst movie EVER!
  • foxygirl21591
    March 14, 2007
    wow. doesn ANYONE actually like this movie? i hate it too. everyone on here brought up really good points...what DID the car crash have to do with the plot at all?? and im really wondering... why did that person lock him into the water pit thing if they needed to use him for the sacrifice? and also, what was up with the old dead man in the bed, and the naked woman covered in bees?? umm...WHAT???? so lame. this movie had a terrible ending and NOTHING was explained. such crap! DONT WATCH IT!
  • Seikan
    March 7, 2007
    HOW'D IT GET BURNED!?!? HOW'D IT GET BURNED!?!?

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