: Fallen
This is an older Denzel Washington picture I liked and hadn’t seen in years. It still holds up fairly well, though it’s too gimmicky to be a great film and the “trick” ending isn’t much of a trick. The basic premise is that an evil demon is responsible for a series of killings which get blamed on his host. A cop (Denzel) has put away the man, but after the man is executed, the demon takes a new host and begins killing again… and it’s the same M.O., which causes the cop to investigate as people are wondering if the original killer was wrongly convicted and executed. It’s a neat idea, because the demon can switch from host to host at will, so we have a cop seemingly going after random people and his bosses can’t figure out what he’s doing. Unfortunately, beyond that central gimmick, the film doesn’t offer much, and the ending, while it tries to be clever, isn’t — and it’s a bit too grim to be satisfying. Still, a fun psychological thriller.
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