entertaining fluff

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 2002)

Al Pacino plays John Milton. John Milton was the author of 'Paradise Lost', and in this movie Milton is the devil. Isn't that clever? After what seemed like an eternity, we come to realize that the devil is a bad guy, and that people who sell their souls to him are also bad guys. The end of the movie is an absurdity, with the redoubtable Mr.Reeves committing the one unforgivable sin to save mankind from domination by the beast, or in this case, by an extremely confused fallen angel. Why does satan chant in latin as he presides over the impending culmination of his devious plan? Is Latin a native language in the netherworld? Lomax's bible-thumping mother had intimate relations with the devil in her youth, because he was a real 'good listener'? You can only tell if beings are demons by looking at them in mirrors? The devil goes to church, sticks his finger in Holy Water and someone dies? Mary Ann Lomax, who seems to wallow in psychosis given the
opportunity, spends an afternoon engaging in the sports of Venus with The Big D as he bilocates? One heart felt suggestion - keep all small spoons away from directors and writers in Hollywood.