Culture shock horror that finds Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth experiencing surreal events following their unconscious participation in a local ritual on the South Pacific island where they're vacationing, "Death of Me" has potential but blandly squanders it. The whole time I was watching this by-the-numbers affair, I was thinking of how 2008's underrated "Seventh Moon" took a slightly similar concept into scary, exhilarating territory, whereas Darren Lynn Bousman's film never gets out of second gear. There are some intriguing elements and good visuals scattered throughout the movie, of course, but damned if there's little else to care about in a movie that's predictable when it ought to be mysterious. Maggie Q is always good to watch and does what she can in the leading role, but it's a thankless chore for her. Darren Lynn Bousman may have directed the two best "Saw" sequels, but his other movies have left me cold.
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