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I don't agree with some reviews here . Really this is a movie with an original screenplay that keep suspense throughout all the movie , something that so many Hollywood movies don't achieve even if they try . The music soundtrack is excellent, by Spanish composer Roque Baños, and Timothy Hutton does a fantastic job in this film. This is a good genre film and as that it fully achieves its goals. David Kelly does a fantastic job too in his role . The director is Daniel Monzón , previously a movie critic for Fotogramas magazine and this is his 3rd movie as a director . In resume , this movie don't pretend to be nothing but a genre movie. And as that it succeeds.

The story concerns about David (Timothy Hutton), a sci-fi bestsellers author . He arrives in Mallorca (Spain) along with his fiancée . But after a phone call , she spontaneously jumps from hotel balcony , committing herself suicide. The writer investigates the deeds but happen lots of people committing suicide all around him . Later on , he meets Silvia (Lucia Jimenez) who has survived her own and inexplicable suicide trying , jumping from a room . Both of them join forces and are plunged into a nightmarish game . They pursue a suspect doctor (Gary Piquer) with dark intentions . Meanwhile , David is appointed a strange character named Kovak (David Kelly) who hands him over a rare box . The plot stretches plausibility to the final breakpoint, proceeded in the Caves of the Hell.

This exciting picture packs suspense , noisy action , twists plots , tension and marvelous landscapes from island of Mallorca . The film contains thrills and chills and is quite entertaining because is a laborious and intriguing suspense tale . Timothy Hutton is good as a writer who becomes the reluctant hero of one of his own stories , though this time , he has no idea how it ends . Interesting and thrilling screenplay by Jorge Guerricaechevarria (Alex De Iglesia's usual screenwriter) . Colorful cinematography by Carlos Gusi (Torrente, Box 507) who photographs splendidly island Mallorca outdoors and luxurious interiors . Spectacular and atmospheric musical score by Roque Baños (Fragiles , Machinist ,Sexy beast ,800 bullets). The motion picture was well directed by Daniel Monzon , a former cinema critic . He previously directed fantasy (Heart of warrior ) , comedy (Biggest robbery never told) and wrote the thriller ¨Camino de Paraiso¨ ; his greatest hit was the prison movie titled ¨Celda 201¨ . Rating : Good , better than average . The film will appeal to twisted stories buffs and Timothy Hutton fans.

La Caja Kovak (or The Kovak Box) is a suspensfull sci-fi thriller. Even though it's all happening in Spain the movie is in English. Sci-fi not so for technical gadgets or CGI's, those aren't present, but more for the possible futuristic elements in the story. Good job from Daniel Monzón and Jorge Guerricaechevarría for writing a refreshing story in this genre. There is suspense throughout the entire movie so I don't really get why you would review this movie negatively. It's all there, a solid story that keeps you interested and a good cast with no bad acting at all. Daniel Monzón did a good job with this one, certainly worth watching if you like the mystery/thriller genre.

I love the basic premise of this movie and it sounded like it could be good based on the plot, filming locations, and some decent actors.

Unfortunately the movie fails at being creepy, scary, or even creating any form of tension. I get the feeling that the actors were just going through the motion.

There is no chemistry between the two main characters, the Villain seems very weak, and there are no real surprised or twists.

This movie seems like a toned down "In the Mouth of Madness" filmed in the Mediterranean.

My best advice is to rent In The Mouth of Madness instead.

Dean

THE KOVAK BOX is a successful little suspense/psychological thriller from the Spanish writers Daniel Monzón (who also directs) and Jorge Guerricaechevarría. The story may be a bit far fetched, but then what horror story isn't? The premise for the tale holds up well and is aided by some very fine performances by a mixture of Spanish, English, and American actors. The mood of the film is beautifully set during opening credits by a complex maze in which a white rat sniffs and ambulates from confusing corner to confusing wall - just the manner in which director Monzón plans to tell his story.

David Norton (Timothy Hutton) is a celebrated science fiction novelist visiting Majorca for a special conference accompanied by his soon to be fiancée Jane (Georgia Mackenzie). David has been having premonitions on his flight to the conference and those brooding thoughts continue as he registers for the conference and finds little disturbing clues that culminate in Jane's suicide leap from their hotel balcony. Almost simultaneously an attractive Spanish girl Silvia (Lucía Jiménez) in the same hotel 'jumps' from her balcony but is saved from death by falling onto an awning. Jane dies in the hospital: Silvia is in the bed next to Jane, witnesses David's grief, and the beginning of a bond is created.

David meets a strange old man Frank Kovak (David Kelly) who seeks an autograph of David's first novel 'Gloomy Sunday' and from there the mystery begins. David becomes the unknowing main character in a sci-fi story that mimics ideas from his own first book, a story about the implantation of devices in humans that would enable a central force to assist the victims in their own destructive ends. The plot is tightly woven from this point on and to reveal any portion of it would diminish the chair-gripping finale.

Timothy Hutton seems an odd choice for the main character of the film until his combination of cool intellect and understated passion clicks in. The film is graced by the presence of the talented Lucía Jiménez who seems to have the potential of becoming another Penelope Cruz! The cinematography by Carles Gusi and musical score by Roque Baños make the setting visually and aurally spectacular. For those who enjoy mind bender thrillers, THE KOVAK BOX will certainly please. Grady Harp

Soon after writer david norton (tim hutton) arrives at an island off spain, strange things begin to happen. Mysterious deaths, called suicides, are occurring. Norton teams up with silvia (lucía jiménez) to try to figure out what is going on. And the root of it all may have come from one of norton's own books. Good suspense. The closer norton and silvia get to the truth, the more people are dying. And the conspiracy is pretty high up, so if anyone does believe them, nothing good will come of it. The story is quite good, but every now and then, the main characters say or do something completely unlikely, or just goofy. Co-stars david kelly, who played grandpa in the 2005 charlie and the chocolate factory. He was already 77 years old when he made kovak. Very similar to a michael crichton book. Directed by Daniel Monzón. Has won a lot of film festival awards for his projects.

). Timothy Hutton had a busy release when eight of his productions were shown in movie theaters and on television, including The Kovak Box, and a year before his popular television series Leverage premiered. Strangely in one of the last scenes of The Kovak Box is remarkably similar to one of the scenes of the first episode of and later in several subsequent episodes of Leverage. Even Hutton's character in The Kovak Box has similar behavioral characteristics as in the more action-oriented and entertaining, mostly light-hearted Leverage series. What seems to go wrong with The Kovak Box is its sense of timing and the slow pace with minimal action that strains the audience's patience. Unlike the action mystery thriller of the hospital criminal thriller 1978 Michael Crichton's Coma or even the nuclear melt down thriller 1979 James Bridges' The China Syndrome, The Kovak Box is sedate and plodding as the plot unfolds and even ultimately seems to have a rather fatalistic depressive tone throughout the movie. Even individual episodes of the writer and mystery sleuth in 1984-1996 televisions' Murder, She Wrote had the intrigue as well as compelling drama mystery that kept the audience coming back. It's really not the fault of Hutton of his performance, it's the direction, writing, and pacing of an decent plot that would have been better transformed into something like an espionage action movie rather than a pedestrian author's mystery adventure.

It's possible to have a great budget, good editing, and an interesting plot, and still come up with an absolute clanger. This movie is it. It manages to be eerie without tension, creepy and repulsive without any fascination, and stylish without any substance whatsoever. The plot is poorly structured, frustrating the viewer with too much information too soon, and tries to reintroduce suspense through the use of music and silly plot twists. The dialogue is poorly written and badly performed by actors chosen mainly for looks and European accents; character motivations seem strange or nonexistent, and lines are delivered deadpan or with too much force. It feels like a bad play performed in a nightmare, by vaudeville actors doing melodrama. It's a Dan Brown novel without the acid, and it suffers. Beware! Idiots at Large! "They" will get you!

Very engaging, suspenseful, and mysterious for about the first hour. After that it becomes a fairly run-of-the-mill thriller. In addition, the main storyline, including the connection between the writer character play by Tim Horton and his nemesis in the film, is murky. Other minor points aren't a big deal but are sort of annoying, including pointless nudity which is neither thematic or based in character development, and portraying the two protagonists as smokers. These items probably may seem like odd points of criticism, but are examples of unmotivated script elements which reflect a certain lack of polish for thoughtfulness.

Nonetheless, Tim Hutton is always worth watching, and the movie is entertaining despite its shortcomings.

Kovak Box is reminiscent of The Da Vinci Code movies, and an okay watch. The movie is set and filmed in Spain from April to June of 2005, a month before The Da Vinci Code was. But Kovak Box was released in July of 2006, two months after Da Vinci Code. I found Kovak Box to be more like the 2nd of the Da Vinci movies, Angels and Demons, released in 2009. I was going to give Kovak Box a 6, but I suppose it is somewhat thought provoking. However, a good deal of the thinking is how does this make any sense? I guess it kind of does. But still, the overall idea as illustrated with the mouse in a maze is sort of lost by the wayside and the ultimate in mind control is all that's focused on. The girl is pretty good and the Timothy Hutton is alright too, Hankishly portraying author David Norton.

Just watched this movie and it really held my attention. I am easily bored but this movie kept me interested all the way through. You have to pay attention because the story is very unusual, which makes it all the more interesting. This is the story of a mad scientist who wants to create a legacy and does so in a very unusual manner. The story begins with a number of people committing or attempting to commit suicide. The reason for this suicide outbreak is the plot of the movie. The acting was very good by both Timothy Hutton and the beautiful Spanish actress Lucia Jimenez. I enjoyed the suspense of the movie and towards the end there is a lot of action which reminded me of a James Bond movie. The twisted madman and the crazy scheme was also reminiscent of a Bond movie. I recommend this movie highly but pay attention so you know what is going on. 8/10

I'm not sure I've seen the 'Gloomy Sunday' reference explained here. 'Gloomy Sunday' was written by Hungarian composer Rezső Seress in 1933. The song is legendary for (allegedly) causing people to commit suicide after hearing it. Check out Wikipedia (search 'Gloomy Sunday') for the very interesting background on the song.

As for the movie, I really thought it was first-rate. I found it at the video store, and got it thinking it might at least entertain me. It did more than that - the plot had me hooked from the first five minutes on.

A "Kovak Box" is explained in the movie, but that itself is a reference to the "Skinner Box" of B.F. Skinner. This article, which comes from Snopes.com provides some very interesting background tidbits to the movie - you will recognize where certain plot elements come from - http://www.snopes.com/science/skinner.asp.

If you like movies with a lot of intrigue, this is a great one to rent.