Khalid (Jaseem Alkharraz), his wife Amani (Bdoor Mohammed) and their daughter Noor (Imar Tarik) live together as a happy family, and it seems as if nothing could ruin just that - until one day Khalid brings home Zahra (Sara Taibah) introduces her as his second wife and also announces she's pregnant with the son he has always wanted. Of course, that hits his wife and daughter hard, especially Amani, who dashes of to her sister Salma (Nora Ali), who immediately suggests her to ditch the bastard, but she has too much pride to leave Khalid to the new girl without a fight.But almost as soon as Khalid has introduced his family to Zahra, he buggers off on a business trip and leaves the women to get acquaintedby themselves - which of course doesn't go without hitches. It's understandybly especially hard for Amani, who doesn't want to share her husband with another woman, as Zahra is younger, prettier, and able to give her husband the son he has always wanted. Noor on the other hand is reserved at first, but soon opens up, as Zahra's lifestyle is more modern than that of her mum, and her relatively young age allows her to better identify with the sentiments of youth. Plus, she helps Noor standing up against her bullies (Ranim Elaasar], [Khawlah Abdu Salam, Maryam, Abrar Al Khafaji) and helps organize Noor's birthday party while her mother's otherwise detained. And speaking of that, Amani has learned that Zahra has been the second wife of a man once before, but nobody knows where her husband or his daughters have disappeared to - so mom has tracked down the first wife (Samira Al Wahaibi) of that man to tan insane asylum, and when interviewing her, she learns an ugly truth - and still has no idea how much more ugly the whole truth will get ...

Now sure, the premise of this movie is tried and true psycho thriller material that doesn't seem exactly novel, but that said, it's well executed. But when the film drifts more and more into horror, it really comes into its own, with the finale nothing if not spine-tingling, and the coda making a fitting and fittingly dark punchline to the proceedings. And a very tight and atmosphere-heavy directorial effort as well as a trio of female leads that all really embody their respective strongly written characters help make this one pretty awesome horror entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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