Devil movie review

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In the face of the Devil, there are no coincidences. The Devil comes in all shapes and forms. He wreaks havoc on those who refuse to acknowledge their sins. John Erick Dowdie's Devil movie shows that the worst people on Earth can be forgiven. Devil movies teach humans that no soul is safe, though confessing sinners nonetheless escape the Devil.

A group of people are drawn together into an elevator. Three men and two women ride the elevator. All of a sudden the elevator breaks down. Outside of the building, Detective Bowden (played by Chris Messina) investigates a mysterious suicide. Is it a coincidence the dead victim is holding a rosary in their hand?    

Moments prior, Detective Bowden reveals his lack of faith derived from a hit and run accident that killed his wife and son five years earlier. The culprit left a note, "I'm so sorry" on his wife's car. A guard (Bookeem Woodbine), a young beautiful woman (Bojana Novakovic), salesman (Geoffrey Arend), old woman (Jenny O'Hara), and mechanic (Logan Marshall-Green) meet their fate.

Strange things begin to occur in the elevator. Thus, the elevator occupants die off one by one. Security guard Ramirez (Jacob Vargas) senses the Devil is at work because every event on that particular day points to judgment day. The sinners in the elevator will meet the Devil up close and personal. In the form of a deceased occupant, the Devil confronts the mechanic. He represents the last victim that survives in the elevator. The mechanic confesses his sin of killing a wife and son in a hit and run accident.

Detective Bowden realizes Ramirez is right about the Devil. It is no accident the Devil is making an example out of the sinners. Bowden accepts the task to transport the mechanic to jail. He tells the young man that he has waited for that moment for 5 years to tell him all the bad things he wanted to do to the person who took his family. Bowden forgives the young man who killed his wife and son.

The Devil movie is a religious movie that shows the Devil works in mysterious ways to confront sinners. Satan knows the bad things that people have done, so forgiveness represents a force stronger than evil itself. Watch Devil with an open mind to realize that coincidences in the face of religion are no accident.