"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" Peter 5:8
Starring Chris Messina and Logan Marshall-Green, "Devil" is a new horror/thriller from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan that takes place in modern day Philadelphia.
A group of seemingly random people gets trapped in an elevator in a tall building. Detective Bowden is called to a scene at the same building but for a suicide, and when he is informed of the elevator getting stuck and strange events taking place, he drops the case to help the stranded elevator passengers. As all the workers and security people in the building are freaking out, they begin to realize that the devil is among them, but the question, who is it?
I thought the story line is a little weird. According to a story the narrator tells at the very beginning of the movie, the devil may arise on earth to take some people before they meet him in hell and that the first sign of that is a suicide. The whole movie is based on events in this story. I thought it was a boring story line with very little that could either scare me or lead me to believe that "Devil" was actually worth seeing. Apparently, everything is supposed to happen for a reason, but what is the reason all this happens? Is it because one of the people killed Detective Bowden's family (I appologize for spoiling the movie for those of you who may want to see this film)?
Another problem I have is there is no character development. Who are these people who are trapped in the elevator? All we know about them is what they are doing in the building and who their appointments are with. What was the reason they were all trapped in the elevator? The film does not live up to its "everything happens for a reason" cliche.
So as you can tell, I didn't like this film and I don't recommend you to see it unless you really really want to. It's unclear, boring, and not scary. 1/2 star.
Starring Chris Messina and Logan Marshall-Green, "Devil" is a new horror/thriller from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan that takes place in modern day Philadelphia.
A group of seemingly random people gets trapped in an elevator in a tall building. Detective Bowden is called to a scene at the same building but for a suicide, and when he is informed of the elevator getting stuck and strange events taking place, he drops the case to help the stranded elevator passengers. As all the workers and security people in the building are freaking out, they begin to realize that the devil is among them, but the question, who is it?
I thought the story line is a little weird. According to a story the narrator tells at the very beginning of the movie, the devil may arise on earth to take some people before they meet him in hell and that the first sign of that is a suicide. The whole movie is based on events in this story. I thought it was a boring story line with very little that could either scare me or lead me to believe that "Devil" was actually worth seeing. Apparently, everything is supposed to happen for a reason, but what is the reason all this happens? Is it because one of the people killed Detective Bowden's family (I appologize for spoiling the movie for those of you who may want to see this film)?
Another problem I have is there is no character development. Who are these people who are trapped in the elevator? All we know about them is what they are doing in the building and who their appointments are with. What was the reason they were all trapped in the elevator? The film does not live up to its "everything happens for a reason" cliche.
So as you can tell, I didn't like this film and I don't recommend you to see it unless you really really want to. It's unclear, boring, and not scary. 1/2 star.
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