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Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars as a woman who has visions of a murder, eventually coming to realize the murderer may be coming for her, too. This supernatural thriller is okay for the first half-hour, but then it completely reveals its hand when there’s still half the movie left to endure. For all the mysterious build-up, the concept turns out to be pretty ho-hum, and the pacing is tediously slow throughout. Gellar does the best she can, and it’s nice to see Sam Shepard again, even if it’s only for a couple of scenes. The best thing about The Return is that manages to make Patsy Cline’s beautiful singing into something spooky.