Synopsis
From Executive Producer M. Night Shyamalan comes this thriller about a group of people who become trapped in an elevator and soon realize that one of them is the Devil. From Executive Producer M. Night Shyamalan comes this thriller about a group of people who become trapped in an elevator and soon realize that one of them is the Devil. Reviews
Circling wildly within the film's main set -- a stalled elevator car -- or hurtling up and down an empty shaft, Mr. Fujimoto's camera is as giddy as a tween at a Justin Bieber concert.
There's an old belief in TV series production circles that if you're doing a stuck-in-an-elevator episode before Season 4, it's a telltale sign you've run fresh out of ideas.
A Night Gallery reject worth experiencing only to gape at a "spirituality" that falls somewhere between Dostoyevsky and Jack Chick, and to laugh that such daring feats of narrative illogic were undertaken with a straight face.
This is the sort of cut-rate cinematic Cheez Whiz that gives religious horror movies a bad name. Still, at least it's not The Last Airbender.
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.
At best a cheesy, unsatisfying thriller and, at worst, a waste of time.
Cast and credits
| Actors | Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Geoffrey Arend, Bojana Novakovic, Jenny O'Hara, Bokeem Woodbine, Matt Craven, Jacob Vargas |
| Producers | M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer |
| Director | John Erick Dowdle |
| Writers | M. Night Shyamalan, Brian Nelson |
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