Directed by John Erick Dowdle
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Universal)
Five people are stranded in an elevator in a downtown Philadelphia highrise. While inept security guards try to get them out, they start dying in grisly ways. A smart police detective gets involved and we get to know a little about the backgrounds of the stranded passengers. At first glance any of them seem capable of murder. However, one of the security guards, a religious Mexican, suggests it is the work of the devil, who is aboard the elevator as one of the passengers. At first the police detective shrugs it off, but as the deaths continue, and his own personal connection to one of them is revealed, he considers the possibility. It is a well-conceived screenplay that takes place mostly within the claustrophobic confines of the elevator. We are left to guess which one is "the devil": all I can say is don't rule out anyone and keep an eye on those dead bodies.
No comments:
Post a Comment