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When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective (Fields) joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.
Director:
James McTeigue
First of all, Luke Evans (who plays Detective Fields) looks uncannily like Joseph Gordon-Levitt my celeb-crush of the moment so, I was pretty stoked on that account. Otherwise, if you are simply looking to watch an action movie for eye-candy (a girls night like me and my friend L were doing) this is not for you. But me and L both ended up loving the movie.
I would put this movie under the category of suspenseful horror. It's not like the "jump out and scare you kind of horror movie" (I hate those); it is more of a "I am sitting on the edge of my seat the entire time with my nerves at their wits end" kind of movie.
It is rated R for a reason - it is super gory. Have you ever read any Edgar Allen Poe stories? Well, if you have you understand how easily this can become gory. If you haven't, lets just say you get to slowly watch a man get cut in half by a pendulum with an ax attached swinging back and for across his stomach... and you watch it all. There are other gory parts too. This movie is not for the faint of heart. There is no sex though or nakedness if that is what you don't like to see in movies you're good on that side.
The end has an amazing twist and you'll never know who the killer is until the very end. I was in shock and awe at the reveal and I'm usually pretty good at guessing the way a movie is going to go.
John Cusack is amazing as Poe. He balances being a ridiculously egomaniac with being a loving fiance very well and portrays everything in between with zest. Luke Evans does well but in my opinion not as well. As Detective fields he sometimes seems to have two different personalities - calm and calculating and a freakishly intense side. I don't think Evans does a very good job of bringing each side of Fields into a cohesive character like Cusack does.
Recommendation: Heck, yes. Unless you have a faint heart, then not so much.
The Raven is on instant play for netflix.
Enjoy the movie,
xoxo,
Kels
Enjoy the movie,
xoxo,
Kels
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