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Joseph (Gibbs)
loses his wife, son and faith in a house fire and subsequently starts to see
the number 11-11 recurring in his life. It was the time his family died, it was
the day his mother also died and it pops up in his nightmares; it is slowly
driving him crazy. He gets a phone call from his estranged brother Samuel
(Landes) telling him that their father is dying and so he reluctantly goes to
visit them in Barcelona. Living in the same house as his pastor brother and
devout housekeeper does nothing to calm his frazzled nerves and his visit turns
into a sparring session between the believers and the atheist; with each trying
to convert the other. However, a wrench is thrown in Joseph’s staunch atheism when
he starts seeing hooded beings everywhere, especially at 11:11PM. As he
researches the significance of the number, he finds mentions of angels, demons
and various other religious references. He also discovers that both he and his
brother are meant to play a major role in an event that will happen on 11-11-11;
which has the potential to bring about the end of the world.  

The hooded creatures
that fill the film look like a less green Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard Of Oz, or like the evil queen
from Snow White in her old hag
disguise; basically nothing groundbreaking or particularly frightening. In
fact, the film has exactly one moment that will make you jump and it doesn’t
do a great job with building up the tension either. The main reason for this is
that the film almost completely fails in establishing just why 11-11 is so
significant and what exactly is at stake should everything go wrong. Right at
the end, after the twist is revealed, the film’s villain explains the events in
cartoonish style and surprisingly enough, the film just becomes even more
confusing.

There’s not much
to say acting wise other than: Gibbs looks like a Jon Hamm/George Clooney
hybrid though it doesn’t seem like he has either of their acting skills. While
he plays scared adequately enough, his sorrow leaves a lot to be desired.
Landes, whose character is supposed to be a super-charismatic priest is
utterly bland and doesn’t seem like the kind to inspire any sort of devotion
from his congregation. The cinematography is well done and it makes
an awesome change to see a properly lit horror film, for once, but the dialogue is
really poor. There’s only so many times that you can hear an atheist versus
believer conversation, made up of the exact same arguments, before you get an
irrational urge to throw something at the screen.

The film has exactly
two things that are recommendable; its Barcelona setting and the fact that
despite having a religious bent the film has absolutely nothing to do with
exorcisms; and in this sorry climate for horror films, it earns 11-11-11 a point for
originality.