Devil
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A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.
What critics thought
A high-concept premise — five strangers trapped in an elevator, one of them the Devil — gets a workmanlike treatment that critics found neither particularly scary nor particularly bad. The consensus is that it delivers modest, efficiently paced thrills without ever fully exploiting what it sets up, leaving audiences and reviewers alike feeling the film punched below its weight.
“Like the solid B-thrillers of yore that often outshone A-pics topping double bills, M. Night Shyamalan-produced Devil is nothing very special or original, but it gets the job done briskly and economically.”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Cast & Crew
John Erick DowdleDirector
Chris MessinaDetective Bowden
Bojana NovakovićYoung Woman / Sarah Caraway
Jenny O'HaraJane Kowski
Logan Marshall-GreenMechanic / Anthony "Tony" Janekowski
Jacob VargasRamirez
Bokeem WoodbineGuard / Ben Larson
Matt CravenLustig
Caroline DhavernasElsa Nahai
Joshua PeaceDetective Markowitz
Zoie PalmerCheryl
Joe CobdenDwight
Vincent LarescaHenry
Fernando VelázquezComposer
M. Night ShyamalanWriter
Tak FujimotoCinematographyDevil
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.
What critics thought
A high-concept premise — five strangers trapped in an elevator, one of them the Devil — gets a workmanlike treatment that critics found neither particularly scary nor particularly bad. The consensus is that it delivers modest, efficiently paced thrills without ever fully exploiting what it sets up, leaving audiences and reviewers alike feeling the film punched below its weight.
“Like the solid B-thrillers of yore that often outshone A-pics topping double bills, M. Night Shyamalan-produced Devil is nothing very special or original, but it gets the job done briskly and economically.”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Cast & Crew
John Erick DowdleDirectorChris MessinaDetective BowdenBojana NovakovićYoung Woman / Sarah CarawayJenny O'HaraJane KowskiLogan Marshall-GreenMechanic / Anthony "Tony" JanekowskiJacob VargasRamirezBokeem WoodbineGuard / Ben LarsonMatt CravenLustigCaroline DhavernasElsa NahaiJoshua PeaceDetective MarkowitzZoie PalmerCherylJoe CobdenDwightVincent LarescaHenryFernando VelázquezComposerM. Night ShyamalanWriterTak FujimotoCinematographyStream
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