“Faces In The Crowd” is an interesting movie that made me think of “Blood Work” and “Irresistible” (the latter especially) as it features the same type of chill. It’s a movie with an intriguing premise but it feels as if it could have been done substantially better.

In “Faces In The Crowd”, Milla Jovovich (“Resident Evil”, “Fifth Element”) stars as schoolteacher Anna Marchant, who one day witnesses a murder by a serial killer that dominates the papers but suffers a fall during the encounter and then is unable to recognise faces (every time she sees someone their face is different). The killer could be anywhere, even right in front of her and she wouldn’t know.

Milla Jovovich is a good actress, who really has done a variety of films and while this isn’t her best film; it’s nice to see her in a film where she feels somewhat vulnerable. It’s also interesting to see anybody play a character with this problem. You can’t really talk about the other characters in this film because the cast keeps changing all the time and this is something I’ve never encountered before and I highly doubt I’ll come across this style any time soon.

‘Faces are the human barcode’ according to this film and it’s absolutely right. I like how this film chose not to make her blind but rather give her this impairment with faces because people are usually courteous to the blind but I suspect the same level would not be applied to interaction with people with conditions such as this. Although the film seems like it could have been written a lot better, they do it well it enough to pull it off. Not only is this a movie featuring an intriguing look at impairments, it’s also proof Jovovich can do movies where she isn’t kicking everyone.