Well, they got the demon thing right

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2006)

I'm slowly warming up to Kenau Reeves, and really admire Rachel Weiz. This movie was a real risk, in my opinion. The writers really portrayed the whole demon battle accurately. No matter that the images reflect a Western heaven/hell view of the whole struggle. There are people walking around with the misfortune of having a bird's eye view into the demonic world that surrounds us. Kenau and Rachel portrayed these kinds of folks very well. It takes an artist with a lot of trust, or a lot of knowledge to take on a project like this. It's certainly not a way to guarantee popularity.
I appreciated the moments of sorta humor to lighten things up. I also liked how there is so much cigarette smoking in this movie. For some reason, the cigarette thing creates a thread of consistency for me.
In a nutshell: even if you don't have an opinion one way or the other with respect to the existence or non-existence of demons, the film is worth the view. It's worth the time because it's a good story and it has amazing visuals and special effects.