{"id":4635,"date":"2016-11-23T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4635"},"modified":"2024-01-13T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T23:00:23","slug":"devil-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4635","title":{"rendered":"Devil-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Devil-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director John Erick Dowdle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Chris Messina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #523<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70142822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4636\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70142822-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70142822\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70142822-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70142822.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed November 23, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Devil (2010) is an enjoyable thriller\/horror film deemed the first in a trilogy, though it is unknown if the subsequent films will see the light of day since this film was not a smash success at the box office nor was it critically acclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>A fun fact is that the screenplay is based on a story written by respected director, M. Night Shyamalan.<\/p>\n<p>The premise is delicious; \u00a0set in Philadelphia, a man suddenly jumps from a tall skyscraper to his death. We learn from a narrator that the devil takes many forms and makes his presence known by suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Bowden (Messina) is called to investigate the death.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, five people are stuck in an elevator and one is a killer, presumably the devil. The film is a whodunit of sorts and a tale of morality, good versus evil.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the film are a bit hokey and suspension of disbelief is certainly required, but Devil is also a decent, edge-of-your-seat thriller.<\/p>\n<p>Being only rated PG-13, the film tones down the gore and the death in favor of lighter, tamer activity.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation of the actual killer is surprising and rather enjoyable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devil-2010 Director John Erick Dowdle Starring Chris Messina Scott&#8217;s Review #523 Reviewed November 23, 2016 Grade: B Devil (2010) is an enjoyable thriller\/horror film deemed the first in a trilogy, though it is unknown if the subsequent films will see the light of day since this film was not a smash success at the box &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4635\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Devil-2010<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269,2802,13,3085,2106],"tags":[270,2803,248,3086,2107],"class_list":["post-4635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-movie-reviews","category-chris-messina","category-horror-films","category-john-erick-dowdle","category-m-night-shyamalan","tag-2010-movie-reviews","tag-chris-messina","tag-horror-films","tag-john-erick-dowdle","tag-m-night-shyamalan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4635"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19795,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635\/revisions\/19795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}