Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffery Jones
Running Time: 2h 24min
Pacino sinks his teeth into a role he was meant to play (no disrespect meant). Reeves and Theron find themselves lucky to share this script with him. It's fantastic! It would have rated an A+ if it weren't for those two actors and their inability to rise to Pacino's level (a tough task undoubtedly). The movie stays unsettling and scary but still manages to give us humour (in camp form) and psychological intrigue. What's at stake for Reeves still seems personal even though it means a whole lot more in the scheme of things, which allows the audience to be involved on multiple levels. The powerlessness of Reeves vs. the devil echoes the mass audience's own feelings but the thing that allows us to keep hope still remains. And it's not God for once!
Grade: A
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