Anton Yelchin is the oddly named Odd Thomas, a short order cook who has the sixth sense to see dead people and usually do something about it, like some kind of supernatural detective who can cook
A geek, freak and an oddball in the small town of Pico Mundo, his ability to see evil spirits which he calls bodachs to solve or prevent violent crimes with the help of his pretty girlfriend, Stormy Llewellyn (Addison Timlin) and the chief of police (Willem Dafoe.)
However he notices a swarm of bodachs infesting a stranger known as Fungus Bob and realises there is a conspiracy for mass slaughter which he needs to stop.
The film is directed and adapted from a novel by Dean Koontz by Stephen Sommers who hit pay-dirt with The Mummy franchise but this is a little going back to his roots with small scale quirky horror with some comic touches.
There is plenty of CGI here and there, some left turns and a climax to the action which is bit on the far fetched side especially with the truck scene.
Yelchin and Dafoe have a good rapport and Yelchin brings a lot of charisma to pull off an off beat geek like Odd. An actor who started in movies as a child, Odd Thomas is the kind of film that showcases his talents which will be sorely missed.
A geek, freak and an oddball in the small town of Pico Mundo, his ability to see evil spirits which he calls bodachs to solve or prevent violent crimes with the help of his pretty girlfriend, Stormy Llewellyn (Addison Timlin) and the chief of police (Willem Dafoe.)
However he notices a swarm of bodachs infesting a stranger known as Fungus Bob and realises there is a conspiracy for mass slaughter which he needs to stop.
The film is directed and adapted from a novel by Dean Koontz by Stephen Sommers who hit pay-dirt with The Mummy franchise but this is a little going back to his roots with small scale quirky horror with some comic touches.
There is plenty of CGI here and there, some left turns and a climax to the action which is bit on the far fetched side especially with the truck scene.
Yelchin and Dafoe have a good rapport and Yelchin brings a lot of charisma to pull off an off beat geek like Odd. An actor who started in movies as a child, Odd Thomas is the kind of film that showcases his talents which will be sorely missed.