Review of Devil (2010) by Jason L — 19 Jul 2013

When the Police is called to rescue a group of strangers trapped in an office building lift, events soon take a horrific turn.

When I found out that this movie was produced by and based on a story by M Night Shyamalan, I was less than excited at the prospect. But I thought I would give it the benefit of the doubt and give it a view. The movie is very well made and the small set is very well presented and gives the viewer a real sense of claustrophobia. The story starts off quite weak as you are not quite sure on whom the movie is focusing, but things soon pick up and the sequences set in the lift are very tense and the scares are very well handled. But, as things head towards the climax, the movie does become far too generic and religiously preachy for it's own good, and the constant voice-over is particularly unneeded. All in all this isn't a bad movie but one can't help but think that it would have been better if it had been written as a thriller.