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Howdy folks!! Ladies, gents, I hope you all enjoy the show...Today's movie review is the chilling psychological thriller Fallen (1998) where the premise is literally 'don't trust a soul.' Let me first tell you this movie was not what I expected and the title makes more sense throughout the story of the film. Set in realistic and ordinary circumstances the film starts off with an evil villain who lives mostly in our minds with a flashback of when a character inviting the audience of a time they almost died which cuts to a death row gas chamber of a homicidal killer who was caught by my man Denzel Washington as the conventional Detective John Hobbes. The soon to be gassed to death killer uses his dying breath to sing an old Rolling Stones tune "Time Is on My Side." Soon we come across a string of murder threads that lead to whether the killer who got caught has a copycat...or perhaps it may be Denzel's character...or perhaps it is not what it may seem. The evil presence in the film moves from person to person, and there is a chase scene in a crowd that is eerily effective because there's no way to tell who the pursuer is. See the film, and you'll understand.
FYI for you moviegoers - this is not your typical thriller suspense film and may not be for everyone, especially for ones who have minimal patience as the movie does play with your mind and time as it lacks screen gore visuals. However to me thats how a thriller movie works, especially when it requires your full attention. Sit back and be absorbed by the story, be amazed by the turn the plot leads towards and be intrigued by the climax of this underrated film. Kudos to the director Gregory Hoblit for crafting an intricate story which engaged me from the get-go. The story is elaborate and will keep you guessing till the very end, in particular, the narration aspect of the movie was a really clever little add-on and literally ties the whole movie together. However, it is not nearly as good as it could have been and has a sense of an afternoon movie but it is the execution of a great idea that makes it fun to watch - overall 7.5/10.
Howdy folks!! Ladies, gents, I hope you all enjoy the show...Today's movie review is the chilling psychological thriller Fallen (1998) where the premise is literally 'don't trust a soul.' Let me first tell you this movie was not what I expected and the title makes more sense throughout the story of the film. Set in realistic and ordinary circumstances the film starts off with an evil villain who lives mostly in our minds with a flashback of when a character inviting the audience of a time they almost died which cuts to a death row gas chamber of a homicidal killer who was caught by my man Denzel Washington as the conventional Detective John Hobbes. The soon to be gassed to death killer uses his dying breath to sing an old Rolling Stones tune "Time Is on My Side." Soon we come across a string of murder threads that lead to whether the killer who got caught has a copycat...or perhaps it may be Denzel's character...or perhaps it is not what it may seem. The evil presence in the film moves from person to person, and there is a chase scene in a crowd that is eerily effective because there's no way to tell who the pursuer is. See the film, and you'll understand.
FYI for you moviegoers - this is not your typical thriller suspense film and may not be for everyone, especially for ones who have minimal patience as the movie does play with your mind and time as it lacks screen gore visuals. However to me thats how a thriller movie works, especially when it requires your full attention. Sit back and be absorbed by the story, be amazed by the turn the plot leads towards and be intrigued by the climax of this underrated film. Kudos to the director Gregory Hoblit for crafting an intricate story which engaged me from the get-go. The story is elaborate and will keep you guessing till the very end, in particular, the narration aspect of the movie was a really clever little add-on and literally ties the whole movie together. However, it is not nearly as good as it could have been and has a sense of an afternoon movie but it is the execution of a great idea that makes it fun to watch - overall 7.5/10.