DEVIL

Starring Bokeem Woodbine and some others.

This movie right out the gate had a sort of Twilight Zone or even Alfred Hitchcock short story vibe. I like that. We all know the premise by now, several strangers are trapped in an elevator and havoc ensues. One of them may or may not be the Devil himself. I found myself asking why would the Devil waste his time with one or two poor souls while there is so much more that he could be doing at the time. Thankfully as the movie progressed, that became less and less of a concern.
It's hard to say whether or not people are ready to forgive M Night after his recent string of bombs but I actually didn't mind this one. The "twist" in this one wasn't so much a twist as it was a reveal and I thought it pretty clever. Not wanting to spoil much, I will just say to have fun amongst your friends trying to figure out which one of the characters is the baddie. Just when you think you've won...nope.
And now for my own personal twist ending story about seeing this movie. Everyone that knows me knows that I simply cannot stand assholes in the theater that cannot go 90 min without using their glowing cell phones. Sure enough with only 8 of us in the theater I thought I would get away with a clean viewing. So naturally with 10 seconds to go before the movie starts, a couple of people come in and naturally sit in the row in front of me. Whats with people having to sit near each other?? Anyways, the girl puts her feet up on the seat in front of her and starts talking immediately. The dude whips out the smuggled in drink and later the cell phone. I tell him its annoying. The next time the cell phone comes out glowing my friend tells him its still annoying. The third, fourth and fifth times this goon is trying his best to just hide the glow of the phone while he undoubtedly texts some dire messages back and forth hopefully to resolve a life and death matter. OMG. After the fifth time I decide like I have in the past to give this little ignorant shit a piece of my mind in front of everyone outside once the movie is finished.
Are you ready for the twist? My friend hits the bathroom after the movie lets out and I wait on a bench for these two patrons to emerge. Finally they come out and begin to walk towards me. I stand up with my pent up anger guiding me and as I open my mouth to tell this little puke how much of a slave to cell phones he is and how he ruined my movie going experience, the unthinkable happens. The two of them walk up to and then enter the staff only door. THEY WORK AT THE MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I sat back down in actual awe. Feet on the seats, talking, smuggling outside food and using cell phones. And they work there. I just about threw up in my mouth.
I give up. So for any other assholes out there that cannot go 90 minutes without texting, maybe just don't sit in front of people??!! My next report on this subject will surely involve an arrest report. I have simply run out of patience.

Rating 2 1/2 wrong guesses out of 5 (would have been more without the bad experience)