Stars: Chris Messina, Geoffrey Arend
Director: John Erick Dowdle And
Release date: December 21, 2010
MPAA Rating: PG-13
The devil is like an extra long episode of The Twilight Zone. Imagine if you will, five strangers trapped inside a transport information system, elevator. When the lights go out in the lift, something ominous. A detective without trying desperately to set them free and figure out what is the killer. One of the security guards, as driver safety camera inside the lift begins to believe a tale which was told he was a child: that the devil is among them.
M. Night Shyamalan, praised for the sixth sense and ridiculed for the Last Airbender characters, wrote the story, Devil is based on and was also a producer. John Erick Dowdle and known for horror remake quarantine, directed. Cast is an overlay of virtual unknowns without a real role Member in groups.
The devil plays on a number of fears. The idea of being stuck in a limited space, such as an elevator, with other people is unnerving to most. During the film, the audience is fairly fast in the lift with these people and the claustrophobic atmosphere is evident. Becomes trapped in an elevator is bad enough, but when people start to die, all turn against each other. Suddenly it becomes a witch hunt with all accusing the others of being to blame.
Then, which of course is the small matter of being caught with the devil. This should be a frightening experience that will leave us shaken long after we are finished it looks. Unfortunately, it does not happen. There is some violence with some blood, but these moments happen very quickly. This film could have done so much more with this concept, but with its semi-family-friendly PG-13 rating, it can only do so much.
Ultimately Devil feels more like a B-film than anything else. The dialogue can be enforced and generic at times. The film has a special low-budget feel to it, but many movies that takes place in one setting is seen typically as low-budget. It is not a terrible movie, but the terrifying not either. Definitely disturbing, but. For those who expect an m. Night Shyamalan twist, prepare to be disappointed. There is a little something at the end, is a bit of a surprise, but not a major plot twist. This film is believed to be the first installment of a trilogy called Night Chronicles; each is to have a different Director and will be based on among Shyamalan's stories. No word on what the next story becomes. Hopefully, the next movie scarier and rated R.
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