Synopsis
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.
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Cast
- Chris MessinaDetective Bowden
- Bojana NovakovićYoung Woman / Sarah Caraway
- Jenny O'HaraOld Woman
- Logan Marshall-GreenMechanic / Anthony "Tony" Janekowski
- Jacob VargasRamirez
- Bokeem WoodbineGuard / Ben Larson
- Matt CravenLustig
- Caroline DhavernasElsa Nahai
- Joshua PeaceDetective Markowitz
- Zoie PalmerCheryl
Recommendations
- 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Guaranteed to keep you on tenterhooks from beginning to end - and without much gore. Dowdle and company trade in the usual trappings of the genre for a tantalizing blend of tension, suspense, and mystery. - 70
Chicago Reader
The great cinematographer Tak Fujimoto has the time of his life on this low-budget horror feature, playing with dolly shots, abrupt zooms, and negative space inside the widescreen frame, and the fun is infectious. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
There are a sufficient number of jolts thanks to quick edits and sound effects, plus the script's efficient structure. - 60
Variety
Devil is nothing very special or original, but it gets the job done briskly and economically. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
A pocket-size supernatural thriller that plays a bit like Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians" retold by an unstable Sunday School teacher. - 50
Orlando Sentinel
Devil is the sort of story Rod Serling would have taken for a spin in "The Twilight Zone," back in the day. Shyamalan came up with the idea, produced it and got others to script and direct this 76 minute exercise in movie minimalism. - 50
The New York Times
A serviceable burst of high-end hokum, Devil classes up a flimsy, religion-themed plot (by M. Night Shyamalan) with the kind of limber cinematography only someone like Tak Fujimoto can deliver. - 38
ReelViews
Devil will do little to dispel the growing belief that Shyamalan is a one-trick pony whose horse has keeled over. The laughter during the trailer was sadly prescient; the film is a joke.
