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| Directed by | John Erick Dowdle |
|---|---|
| Produced by | John Erick Dowdle Drew Dowdle M. Night Shyamalan Sam Mercer |
| Screenplay by | Brian Nelson |
| Story by | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Starring | Chris Messina Bojana Novakovic Bokeem Woodbine Logan Marshall-Green Jenny O'Hara Geoffrey Arend |
| Music by | Fernando Velázquez |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Editing by | Elliot Greenberg |
| Studio | Media Rights Capital The Night Chronicles Blinding Edge Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 17, 2010 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Gross revenue | $14,884,000[1] |
| Followed by | Reincarnate |
MOVIE REVIEW
The film begins with a worker committing suicide by jumping from a building. As police investigate the matter, five strangers, ex-cons who have committed various crimes in the past, step onto an elevator located in the same building as the mentioned suicide.
The five strangers include Ben (Bokeem Woodbine), a temp security guard with a violent past; Jane Cowski (Jenny O'Hara), an elderly woman who is a thief; Vince (Geoffrey Arend), a mattress salesman who is a rude scam artist; Tony (Logan Marshall-Green), a former mechanic who served in the U.S. military during the War in Afghanistan who is now seeking employment within the building; and Sarah (Bojana Novakovic), a greedy gold digging heiress meeting with her lawyer within the building.
Strange things begin to happen: first the elevator gets stuck between floors. Then Sarah is cut on her back and the other three almost immediately suspect Vince. Slowly, one by one, the five strangers start to die. First, Vince is killed by shattered glass from a mirror which slices his jugular vein. Detective Bowden, realizing this is the building the man jumped from, investigates. Checking the guest-book, only four people missed their appointments: Sarah, Vince, Ben, and Jane Cowski. He begins to look into the elevator passengers' backgrounds, and soon becomes suspicious of Tony.
They study the security footage further and discover that Jane stole another woman's wallet prior to entering the elevator. The office building's repairman is sent down the elevator shaft to fix it, but falls to his death. Jane is killed next when an electric cord on the roof of the elevator hangs her. Sarah and Ben turn on Tony, while Bowden suspects that Sarah's husband hired Ben to kill her. A security guard inspects the basement, and is painfully electrocuted. The lights go out again and Ben's neck is completely twisted around. Thinking the other is the killer, Tony and Sarah prepare to stab each other to death with broken glass, but Bowden manages to talk them down. As Sarah prepares to take out a shard of glass hidden in her back pocket, the lights once again go out and her throat is slashed. The mystery seems solved, when a tattooed woman tells Bowden that Tony is her fiance, and was at the building for a job interview. His full name is revealed to be Tony Janecowski.
The old woman suddenly rises and appears behind Tony. It is now apparent that the old woman is the Devil. Having killed off all the others, the Devil says, "It's time for you to die now." Watching the CCTV, Detective Bowden is horrified, and in another twist, Tony confesses to Detective Bowden that five years ago, he killed his family while he was driving drunk. Having confessed and repented his sin, which was proven to be the worst sin then any of the other late elevator passengers' petty sins, the Devil cannot kill him as he is no longer worthy of death. The doors open, and the old woman is gone. Following the events in the elevator, Detective Bowden arrests Tony and finally regains his lost faith in God. He forgives Tony for his wrongdoings as he drives him to the police station.
The five strangers include Ben (Bokeem Woodbine), a temp security guard with a violent past; Jane Cowski (Jenny O'Hara), an elderly woman who is a thief; Vince (Geoffrey Arend), a mattress salesman who is a rude scam artist; Tony (Logan Marshall-Green), a former mechanic who served in the U.S. military during the War in Afghanistan who is now seeking employment within the building; and Sarah (Bojana Novakovic), a greedy gold digging heiress meeting with her lawyer within the building.
Strange things begin to happen: first the elevator gets stuck between floors. Then Sarah is cut on her back and the other three almost immediately suspect Vince. Slowly, one by one, the five strangers start to die. First, Vince is killed by shattered glass from a mirror which slices his jugular vein. Detective Bowden, realizing this is the building the man jumped from, investigates. Checking the guest-book, only four people missed their appointments: Sarah, Vince, Ben, and Jane Cowski. He begins to look into the elevator passengers' backgrounds, and soon becomes suspicious of Tony.
They study the security footage further and discover that Jane stole another woman's wallet prior to entering the elevator. The office building's repairman is sent down the elevator shaft to fix it, but falls to his death. Jane is killed next when an electric cord on the roof of the elevator hangs her. Sarah and Ben turn on Tony, while Bowden suspects that Sarah's husband hired Ben to kill her. A security guard inspects the basement, and is painfully electrocuted. The lights go out again and Ben's neck is completely twisted around. Thinking the other is the killer, Tony and Sarah prepare to stab each other to death with broken glass, but Bowden manages to talk them down. As Sarah prepares to take out a shard of glass hidden in her back pocket, the lights once again go out and her throat is slashed. The mystery seems solved, when a tattooed woman tells Bowden that Tony is her fiance, and was at the building for a job interview. His full name is revealed to be Tony Janecowski.
The old woman suddenly rises and appears behind Tony. It is now apparent that the old woman is the Devil. Having killed off all the others, the Devil says, "It's time for you to die now." Watching the CCTV, Detective Bowden is horrified, and in another twist, Tony confesses to Detective Bowden that five years ago, he killed his family while he was driving drunk. Having confessed and repented his sin, which was proven to be the worst sin then any of the other late elevator passengers' petty sins, the Devil cannot kill him as he is no longer worthy of death. The doors open, and the old woman is gone. Following the events in the elevator, Detective Bowden arrests Tony and finally regains his lost faith in God. He forgives Tony for his wrongdoings as he drives him to the police station.
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