Synopsis: Five strangers become mysteriously trapped in an elevator. After a few cuts, strange things begin to happen and you will discover that one of them ... not the one who seems to be. While this holds not just a joy for me after another to a very good filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, "The Meeting of the Devil" has meant to him something like a return to the sources, or at least that's what I was able to perceive after viewing this tape. The film part of the basis of being the first of a series of stories based on Shyamalan's own arguments entitled "The Night Chronicles", which are now taking on the big screen of the hand of new writers and directors Hoollywoodense industry.
Here with the help of Brian Nelson in adapting Shyamalan writer's argument and the work behind the scenes of John Erick Dowdle, literally gives us a tape but is far from becoming a classic novel and instantaneous world cinema, itself be pleasantly surprised by a film highly entertaining and extremely well run in terms of suspense in general (much of the achievement goes to the brief duration of the film, which time and fourth round without credit end). The film begins
reported as five strangers are mysteriously trapped in an elevator. Everything will be fairly well at first, since those present hope that the problem is resolved in early or in some way or other to be rescued. But the issue will go from bad to worse when strange things begin to happen and literally all occupants of the lift begin to suspect each other.
First and foremost, we are witnessing a tiny tape length (I think that since "Phone Booth" with Colin Farrell have not seen a film so short) but at the end of the day (and think about it) ends up being something very convenient for the film and not allowing the viewer to get bored in no time so well told that is the same story and they literally do not have too many nuances to stretch too much of the film of the same (Which would have been an irreparable mistake.)
Brian Nelson noted this and used the first 15 minutes of film to present in a very proper to the respective characters to be trapped inside the elevator and to any other outsider, the most important of which star in the police by investigating everything that happens, effective way interpreted by Chris Messina.
Then the story will focus squarely on the film's main problem where different situations begin to happen, from injuries of people who are trapped at this point absolutely nothing to understand, to the chagrin which are continuously monitors everything from workplace safety. Since then the film will grow in intensity with each scene to be displayed and will culminate with a good twist Shyamalan style, revealed at the right time and very well built.
John Erick Dowdle was asked to get behind the camera to direct this exciting tale of horror and suspense. Shyamalan noticed him for his work in "Quarantine" (the unnecessary but after all good remake of the English film "REC") and decided to give the opportunity to direct his first film "Night Chronicles."
Dowdle
not disappoint at all with his work, and that in addition to having started with an interesting story at hand, knew good moves to give the film cameras, as well as incredible scenes of suspense (the start of the film is really huge) and a narrative rhythm that keeps the film from start until more than a correct conclusion. Good for Dowdle, who becomes (for me) in an interesting filmmaker to follow from now on, since both "Quarantine" as in "The Meeting of the Devil" has shown enough to be a director who knows how to keep pace narrative of a film without much trouble.
Ultimately, "The Meeting of the Devil "is an entertaining supernatural thriller. Obviously the mind of M. Night Shyamalan does not always turn out good stories, but surely this itself is one of them. Very well told, well built and extremely well filmed.
Movie Rating: Very Good.
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