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Rating: 6.784/10 by 1423 users

Fallen (1998)

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Directing:
  • Gregory Hoblit
  • Frank Davis
  • Matthew T. Weiner
  • Harvey Epstein
  • Greg Hale
  • Frank Davis
  • Nilo Otero
  • Marilyn Bailey
  • Willie E. Simmons, Jr.
  • Marion Tumen
Writing:
  • Nicholas Kazan
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Jan 16, 1998

Rating: 6.784/10 by 1423 users

Alternative Title:
Dämon - AT
Dämon - DE
To aggigma tou kakou - GR
Posrnuli - RS
暂时停止接触 - CN

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Nederlands
Runtime: 02 hour 04 minutes
Budget: $46,000,000
Revenue: $25,232,289

Plot Keyword: police, angel, psychopath, riddle, detective, supernatural, bible, murder, curse, religion, execution, series of murders, devil, family, evil, neo-noir, horrified

Embeth Davidtz
Gretta Milano
Elias Koteas
Edgar Reese
Frank Medrano
Charles' Killer
Ronn Munro
Mini Golf Owner
Cynthia Hayden
Society Woman
Ray Xifo
Society Man
Tara Carnes
Teenage Girl
Bob Rumnock
Schoolteacher
Christian Aubert
Professor Louders
Bill Clark
Detective Bill Clark
John R. Russell
Distinguished Gentleman
Lynn Wanlass
Complaining Woman
John Descano
Cab Driver
Cress Williams
Detective Joe
Brandon Zitin
Muscle Builder
Rozwill Young
Prison Guard
Frank Davis
Prison Guard
Mike Cicchetti
Mustache Man
Jason George
College Kid
Stan Kang
Japanese Businessman
Ford Austin
Reporter (uncredited)
Graham Beckel
John Reynolds (uncredited)
Andrew DePalma
Possessed Man (uncredited)
Kurt Leitner
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Sal Mazzotta
Jimmy Moore (uncredited)
J. Emerson McGowan
Demon Passer (uncredited)
Selvyn Price
Deathrow News Crew (uncredited)
Gary Rodriguez
Detective (uncredited)
Scott Roman
Witness (uncredited)
Aaron Sadovsky
Train Conductor (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

I must have watched this film three or four times now, and each time it takes me the first half hour to recall. It's an intriguing story rooted in Aramaic mythology but applied to 20th century Philadelphia. "Hobbes" (Denzel Washington) is a detective who worked on the case of serial killer "Edgar Reese" that saw him captured and executed. Not long after this supposed closure, however, other - very similar - crimes start to occur and he and his partner "Jonesy" (John Goodman) are perplexed. He keeps hearing a song - the same song the deceased sang as he died, but the people singing it are different. There is something mysterious afoot that can inhabit a body, move effortlessly and invisibly from one to another - and it seems to have "Hobbes" in it's sights. Desperate to shield his family from this evil, he must try to find a way to destroy it before it destroys him. It all takes too long to get going, and Goodman is not particularly well cast, but once we have the gist of the plot then Washington and director Gregory Hoblit turn in quite a well put together story, using the photography well to give us a perspective from our menace whilst effectively conveying the sense of nimble mobility this creature possesses as the resourceful "Hobbes" tries to combat it. Donald Sutherland pops up now and again, to no real purpose, indeed much of the supporting cast sort of blend into the wallpaper of this exercise that really plays to the strengths of an on-form Washington delivering a solid and interesting theme. It's too long, but still worth watching.

GenerationofSwine

I generally have a distaste for movies where Denzel plays the smart cop/government agent/detective because he does it far too often, he seems to be typecast, and it's a waste of pro talent. He's above playing the same sort of role over and over again. But this is one of the exceptions. He does an excellent job, but despite this, it's not Washington you remember. You remember Elias Koteas and he's only in the film for a few short minutes. It's remarkable that in a Denzel Washington movie, someone else steals the most memorable role, and it's even more rare that the role you remember has nearly the least amount of screen time. So... it's already off to a good start, or at least a memorable one. Those are two things that tend not to happen. But then you have a William Holden noir style character monologue that is actually done right and adds more to the story's atmosphere than it really should. You have a spooky plot, and on top of that you have some extremely well done and downright spooky scenes. From start to finish it's just a well executed movie, a well acted movie, and one that deserves to be remembered a bit more than it is. It's one of the movies that I always recommend to people.


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