DeVour

2005 "Don't Get Mad. Get Evil."
4.7| 1h30m| R| en
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Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.

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Evengyny Thanks for the memories!
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Mariology It's been awhile since I've seen this, but it was a real psychological thriller. The kind that makes one stop & consider what this movie was really trying to get across to the audience. While it's not the best of horror movies, it's certainly far from the worst. It stayed with me, often playing through my mind even a few weeks later. If you like horror movies that concentrate more on messing with your mind than cheap jump-out-at-you type scares & gore, I think you'll enjoy this one!
Uriah43 Plagued by disturbing premonitions, "Jake Gray" (Jensen Ackles) doesn't understand their meaning or what to do about them. He also has two friends, "Dakota" (Dominique Swain) and "Conrad Dean" (Teach Grant) who appear to have even worse problems than him. But when Conrad enrolls Jake into an internet program called "the Pathway" things begin to get truly bizarre. Suddenly both he and his two friends begin to get telephone calls advising them about their circumstances and telling them what to do. At any rate, rather than divulge any future surprises that may be in store for the person who hasn't seen this film, I will refrain from telling any more of the story. But I will say that this movie has some clever twists in it. Especially at the end. Now, I don't know how much money was spent to produce this movie but it has the feel of a low-budget production. The special effects, especially on the part of Satan, weren't that good and the character development on the part of Dakota could have been better as well. Be that as it may, the director (David Winkler) did a pretty good job with what he had as this is a fairly decent horror-mystery picture. Jensen Ackles performed rather well as did Dominique Swain, Teach Grant and Shannyn Sossamon (as Jakes' girlfriend "Marisol"). That said, while this might not be a "great" horror film, it isn't necessarily a "bad" horror film either. And although I was a bit disappointed with the ending, it seemed to fit in somehow. All in all, it was worth 90 minutes to see.
emilia_lizzy I was a bit surprised at the bad/mediocre reviews Devour has been dished out. I, personally, enjoyed the movie immensely. I originally watched Devour, I admit, because I am a serious Jensen Ackles fan and from the cover/description it looked like an extremely promising movie.The movie has a heavy theme of duality, the fine line between right and wrong, and the choices we have to make. As for the storyline itself, it jumped around a bit. It gave us one concept to grasp, and then an entirely different one, so on and so on, until the ending brought them all together and everything made sense.It was chilling and macabre as you'd expect from a horror film. It does get slightly gory in some places, but it fits with the movie and was tactfully executed.Add the fact that it was a low-budget film to begin with, and I am thoroughly impressed.
sakagaze The movie 'Devour' offers nothing new in terms of substance. Yet the reason it makes the rehashed chills seem refreshing is that the director David Winkler manages to energize the plot with a decent pace of a thriller and the above average effects. A key factor for somewhat liking the movie is also the presence of Jensen Ackles, he has great looks and acts fairly well too, he is certainly a newcomer to watch out for. The other members of the cast also fit into the small suburban campus milieu. Without giving away the plot, I would like to say that the movie manages to scare and at the same time it isn't just a series of mindless screams and gore. The music and the cinematography suit the mood perfectly. I also liked the jump-cuts and the editing finesse that brings an ill-at-ease kind of tension all through.