Review of Ride with the Devil (1999) by John B — 09 Jul 2012

To put all that into perspective, this huge Hollywood production - mind you, that featured the work of so many great artists - was seen by less than 80,000 people in the US when it came out in late 1999.

That's about the number of tickets that sell every three hours for the current No. 1 film, Inception. Also, aside from a small spike when Sam Raimi's second Spider-Man film came out (both films star Tobey Maguire), the Devil DVD has never sold or rented remotely well.

So, in short, Devil is a one-of-a-kind major production in that it's beloved by critics and industry types, yet almost no one else has seen it. Some film buffs even consider it to be the best civil war film ever made.