The Traveler

This movie starts out looking rather good. 8 min later it's going downhill fast:).Everything from acting to the unreasonable use of gore is horrible. And the writers have nothing to say ,which makes you care less what happens to the characters in the movie .In a thriller that is a bad thing. But then they filled this movie with a lot of gore so it starts to look like a slasher movie just with out any of the dark comedy those films almost all have..This movie have no clear vision what it wants to be, and becomes a slow moving mass of boring.And as for Val Kilmer, well he tries but like i said the script is so bad it make everyone in it just fall flat on their faces. No one should pay to see this

While watching this movie, the storyline kind of reminded me of another movie and was somewhat similar - a 1973 western called "High Plains Drifter" with Clint Eastwood. Both actors were great in their leading roles, but it's kind of disappointing to see such similarities throughout the movie. It's like Hollywood couldn't think of something unique when writing this movie. At first, I thought Val Kilmer character was some sort of demonic entity placing a curse on the town, but was nothing more than a vengeful spirit getting revenge to those who killed him.

I agree with most of the reviews here, the movie (and acting) is awful and it looks like they've stolen Val Kilmer from a Wax Museum.

I'm more concerned with Val Kilmers career. Val Kilmer has always been one of my favorite actors and for a while now I've been hoping for a miraculous comeback. I don't have a clue as to why he's been wasting his talents on most of the movies he has starred in for the past few years. A part of me wants to believe his appearance and recent B-movies will make for a stronger comeback when he returns physically fit and giving a strong performance in a good movie.

My favorite Val Kilmer performances:

Comanche Moon - Deja Vu - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Wonderland - The Salton Sea - Heat - Tombstone - Thunderheart - The Doors

Hopefully there will be many more to come.

How about Val Kilmer and Steven Seagal, both lean and fit starring in a good thriller/action movie? That would be something..

When asked about a particular cinematic floater in which he had appeared, Robert Mitchum replied, "They pay you for the bad ones too!" I am assuming that Val Kilmer has adopted that as his personal mantra to get him through this latest phase of his career. So far in the past week I have watched Kilmer in The Traveler, Streets of Blood and The Thaw and all of them are terrible.Not his fault, of course, he's just an actor. He is forced to deal with the scripts he is given.

The Traveler shows promise at the start, despite the derivative nature of the script and the stereotypes that take the place of characters. Once the supernatural huggery-muggery begins that promise rapidly begins to fade. The story makes no sense. At first it is hinted that Kilmer is the ghost of a wrongly killed man and he is going to enact revenge on the deserving occupants of the police station a la High Plains Drifter. If the script would have stayed with that angle it might have produced an interesting film,if only on the simplistic and preachy level of an old Twilight Zone. But the pernicious influence of M. Night Shyamalan on a whole generation of screenwriters forces the offending scripter to try a big twist at the end and--a common failing with gimmicks of this type--the big reveal is absurd and makes no sense. It also invalidates everything that came before in terms of logic or coherence. Ah well, better luck next time.

Val Kilmer in one of his most convincing roles. He must have been very proud to show his talent in this genius production. When he gave me the look of pure power and evilness, man that was impressive. Then again. Several Times... Getting better and better with every scene. The sounds, the actors.... even old cars. The Twist in this movie is absolutely crazy! It blew my mind! There are some scenes in this movie that will change the way people think of a person being killed with a shovel. Absolutely brilliant when they show the scenes over and over again.

If you want to kill yourself... watch this movie