The Raven – Prophet des Teufels (2012)

The Raven – Prophet des Teufels: Directed by James McTeigue. With John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson. When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.

“Well, not much to say about this movie really. Itu0026#39;s not bad but itu0026#39;s definitely nothing memorable or impressive to watch either. Itu0026#39;s all being good and entertaining enough to keep watching but by the end of it you wonu0026#39;t feel like you got an awful lot out of the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI think that the biggest problem of the movie is that itu0026#39;s being a very straightforward mystery/thriller, which at the same time also makes it a very standard and formulaic one. Normally I would complain when a movie has too many distractions in it but in this case it most likely wouldnu0026#39;t had harmed this movie. Some more character, or some more different story lines would had perhaps made this movie a more interesting one.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie now becomes a bit tiresome after a while. There is not enough variation and the movie just never really manages to become a tense one, with any of its mystery or thriller elements. Who knows, maybe it also was the movie its low budget that prevented it from ever making a real impact and the reason why the movie seems to be lacking the right required type of atmosphere.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA problem of the movie also lies with its main character. No, Iu0026#39;m not saying that John Cusack is a poor actor in this movie but his character simply isnu0026#39;t being a good or interesting enough. There was so much they could had done, after all he plays Edgar Allan Poe in this movie but it feels as if the film-makers were holding back with just about everything and decided to play things safe, making this a very standard and therefore also predictable little movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNo itu0026#39;s not a horrible movie to watch but just a movie that offers far too little to its viewers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e6/10 u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ehttp://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/”