So, yeah, I rented that M. Night Shyamalan atrocity Devil last night — don’t ask why — and I just wanted to share some of my utter disbelief at how bad it actually was...
Basic Premise: 5 people are trapped in an elevator; one of them is the devil. (They are all shameless clichés.)
Within the first 15 minutes, I had already figured it out.
***SPOILERS!***
1. Obvious choice would be the mysterious quiet guy, so it's obviously not him (unless they were counting on us to think that and were pulling a double twist, which I don't believe they were clever enough to come up with).
2. They all hate the annoying salesman, so they all automatically blame him, which automatically makes it not him. (Sure enough, he is the first one to die.)
3. The angry black security guard is both a symbol of authority and new on the job, which makes him suspicious, so it could be him, only that would be racist, so it's not him (unless, again, they were trying to be clever and controversial, which I don’t give them credit for).
4. The pretty rich girl gets mysteriously hurt early on, so it couldn't be her, which means it is her, unless...
5. ...they go the very obvious "least obvious" route, which means it's the scared, harmless old lady.
Who it was.
Moviemaking at its effing finest.
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