the devil in the elevator

Quincy 2022-03-21 09:01:48

Overall it's a good suspense movie. Through the occurrence of different things inside and outside the elevator, the "devil" in the elevator is expressed. In an airtight elevator, several seemingly unrelated people are trapped at the same time and cannot communicate with the outside world. With the development of the plot, all kinds of human nature are revealed in this elevator. Outside the elevator, the police detective who seemed to have nothing to do with this incident also discovered the existence of the "devil" as the matter developed. In fact, in this movie, the entity of "devil" is basically a mystery in the front part of the movie, but the movie shows the arrival of the devil through various phenomena. For example, the bread with the jam is always facing down, the people who try to interfere in the elevator incident are unfortunate, etc. These phenomena tell people on and off the screen that the devil exists, and guide the audience and the people in the movie to find the real devil. The advantage of this movie is that the rhythm is tight, the two lines inside and outside the elevator are very clearly described, and then as the case becomes clear, the backgrounds investigated by the characters in the elevator gradually intersect.

The movie actually revolves around the theme of retribution for good and evil. The reversal of the ending is quite unexpected, and it has a feeling of deep thinking and fear. The foreshadowing of the movie is well portrayed, although the ending is a bit sloppy. But it's also a good suspense movie.

I really like a sentence in the movie, even after watching the movie, I still remember it. The general meaning is: if there is really a devil, then can we believe that God also exists?

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Devil quotes

  • [last lines]

    Ramirez: [voiceover] After my mother would finish her story, she would always comfort us. "Don't worry," she'd say. "If the Devil is real, then God must be real, too."

  • [first lines]

    Ramirez: [voiceover] When I was a child, my mother would tell me a story about how the Devil roams the Earth. Sometimes, she said, he would take human form so he could punish the damned on Earth before claiming their souls. The ones he chose would be gathered together and tortured as he hid amongst them, pretending to be one of them. I always believed my mother was telling me an old wives' tale.