Devour
Tags: horror, murder

Plot synopsis:
The story follows Jake Gray (Jensen Ackles), a young man who's been having bizarre visions of murder and self-mutilation, and his experience with a live roleplay-like online game called "The Pathway" (a similar roleplaying as seen in The Game).
Following the deaths of his friends Conrad (Teach Grant) and Dakota (Dominique Swain), who introduced him to the game, Jake soon learns that "The Pathway" is actually being run by a man named Aiden Kater (Martin Cummins) and his band of Devil-worshippers. They've been using it to look for a specific person, even as they manipulate others into killing. As their final acts, the victims of "The Pathway" commit suicide in various gruesome ways.
With help from Marisol (Shannyn Sossamon), a new friend who dabbles in the mystic occult, Jake learns from a man called Ivan Reisz (William Sadler) that his wife, Anne Kilton, and their unborn child were taken by Kater and sacrificed to the devil. Soon after, he tracks down Kater and learns that Anne was not in fact sacrificed to the devil, that she gave birth, and that her child was stolen by mortals, and raised as a human. He is that child, the person whom "The Pathway" was created to find, and Anne is really Satan (devil) herself.
Ultimately, Jake confronts his birth mother (who has killed his adoptive parents) in the very place where he was stolen from her, he then learns that Marisol was, in fact, Satan/Anne. Following his rejection and attempted murder of her, Jake is shown a vision of the night he was born. He awakens covered with blood on the ground the next day, only to be arrested for the murder of his parents. The movie ends with Jake wondering if everything (including Pathway itself) really was not created by his imagination and if he had committed all those murders.

Review: Once the film starts, you realize there is a lot going on, and there are many twists and turns that lead you to the ultimate ending of faith, belief, power, imagination, and an important story.
In all these movies a character does something (like visit a website, watch a video, play a video game, or start a rumor) which starts into motion a chain of events (usually unleashing something evil) that result in a blood bath.
I thought Jensen Ackles (Jake) and Dominique Swain (Dakota) did an excellent job portraying and acting their parts...
If a different person were playing Marisol, if they'd kept the beginning and the basis of things being connected to the website, but found a way to make various parts and the ending more realistic and added a bigger budget to pull all of that off, then this had the potential to of been a great movie.
I've seen horror movies a lot worse than this one, such as "American Nightmare", that I couldn't even bring myself to get through completely without laughing or sleep, but Devour kept my attention.
I rented this movie just because I thought he was cute (lame, I know), but then I ended up actually liking it, so I wouldn't say that I wasted my money..
It could be considered good cause it definitely got my jumping out of my seat, it could also be bad seeing as I wasn't really paying that much attention to the movie.I'm not a sucker for happy endings or anything but the ending was somewhat disappointing.
The acting was alright, all though I've seen the actors act better in TV series or movies.I don't consider watching this movie a waste of my time, I've seen better horrors sure but like I said before, I kinda tend to pick the bad ones out.
(maybe that's because I've seen the good ones :D) so I guess if you like horrors, you could give this movie a shot, just don't expect a masterpiece.
When I come across an actor who clearly cares about their career (male or female), I make a point of watching films they have appeared in because I know that they will choose good material.Jensen Ackles (of Supernatural) is such an actor.I think everyone can say at one point or another that they have watched a film because of a certain actor / actress who stars in the film and I want to be clear that my reason on this occasion is not because I am a groupie.I have started off with this because of some reviews on the internet that include "the film's not so good but Jensen is easy on the eyes" etc.
I am not a film-making expert so in layman's terms; the acting is good (not always perfect but never bad either), the relationships between the characters are believable if not always fully developed and the film had a strong beginning, middle and end.
Some were (possibly) due to neglect (i.e. with the writing / directing etc.) and some are clearly just budgetary and I will not score a film lower for that because you know a film's limits before watching one which has a lower budget.Incidentally, a high budget was not needed and the film was shot in a professional way so you only really notice during a couple of special effects scenes which did not impact on my enjoyment.I did watch the film without expecting much and I accept that this can influence a person's enjoyment of a film but really, there is nothing wrong with it.Ultimately; a good script and an interesting mystery.
I rented this DVD because it has Dominique Swain in it, who I think of as the new LOLITA, but I was pleasantly surprised that the movie kept my attention all the way through.
His friends Conrad Dean (Teach Grant) and Dakota (Dominique Swain) apply him in a weird game called "The Pathway".
Jake blames the game, which might be connected to the devil, for the deaths of his friends and decides to investigate the mystery.The beginning of "Devour" is a promising but miscast teen horror movie.
i waited a long time to see it, and it was hard to find...maybe they could make more copies...well Jensen's did a great job, and he is so amazing at portraying the character...i think the girl who plays Marisol did better in a night's tale though!!
i just thought that it had a pretty good story line, it actually had a plot that you could follow, it wasn't one of those horror movies that you just cant understand!!
Jake Grey (Jensen Ackles of the hit TV show "Supernatural" and "My Bloody Valentine 3D") gets drawn into a seemingly demonic game called 'the Pathway' that his friends, whom are already addicted to the game, sign him up for it.
Now he's stuck on a path that may have disastrous consequences.While you'd be forgiven for thinking this movie would be akin to similarly-themed horror films such as "Brainscan" or "Arcade", the actual plot device of 'the Pathway' game falls into the background (whether this is due to numerous rewrites I don't know) as the film goes in a decidedly different path of demons/possession.
If you like horror movies that concentrate more on messing with your mind than cheap jump-out-at-you type scares & gore, I think you'll enjoy this one!.
Boy was I surprised, Jensen Ackles did a great job, Shannyn Sossamon is always a pleasure to watch and Dominique Swain was trippy good.
It's pretty neat to see that Jensen Ackles Dad, Alan Ackles, was also in this movie...I thought the story line was pretty good, and I really liked how the movie ended.
The only thing I really liked about this movie was Jensen Ackles.
Was it the fact that Jensen Ackles was acting in it or the fact that the story line kept you wanting to know the end.
If you want to watch a good Satanic video game movie choose Evilspeak instead..
They were, in fact, the reason why I purchased this movie.The story is about Jake (played by Jensen Ackles), who sees macabre visions that turn into reality, as he has been introduced to an online game named "The Pathway".
Trying to make sense of the disturbing events, Jake seek help from his newly met friend Marisol.Story-wise then "Devour" was mediocre and nothing extraordinary happened throughout the course of the entire movie.
The movie wasn't particularly scary or thrilling, and it was sort of an ordeal to make it through to the end."Devour" is not groundbreaking in any sense, and not even Shannyn Sossamon and Dominique Swain could do only that much to lift up the movie, given the restraints of the script and the directorial hand of David Winkler.
A key factor for somewhat liking the movie is also the presence of Jensen Ackles, he has great looks and acts fairly well too, he is certainly a newcomer to watch out for.
Without giving away the plot, I would like to say that the movie manages to scare and at the same time it isn't just a series of mindless screams and gore.
I've been a fan of Jensen Ackles for a while and I think I liked the movie more than most would because I did go in wanting to see him.The plot wasn't bad, but I felt that it could have been a much better film if they had taken a few plot twists in different ways.
Plus, I predicted a few things before the ending rolled around.The Acting was good, especially from Jensen Ackles who plays the lead.
You were able to like and dislike the character at the same time, which is not an easy feat for an actor, and Jensen did it well.I recommend this film if you are a fan of anyone in it.
The one thing that really got to me was, though I truly enjoy horror films, I don't like excessive gore.
I didn't have high expectations going in, but was pleasantly surprised Movie had an excellent cast of both big and small name talent.Movie had a familiar theme but awesome twist on the classic horror plot.The ending was not very predictable, and although it was strange, it was well executed.The scenes were pretty gory at points but this is a must for any cheesy horror flick.Although it is not heart stopping amazing, it has replay value, it has character, it has an excellent atmosphere about it, and it should be a staple for any good b-budget flick evening..
I originally watched Devour, I admit, because I am a serious Jensen Ackles fan and from the cover/description it looked like an extremely promising movie.The movie has a heavy theme of duality, the fine line between right and wrong, and the choices we have to make.
The graphics were actually pretty good for a movie on the indie list of my paper view.There were certain scenes that added to the movies "vibe" it sent out, as in a scene where he cuts his own tongue off, or when he finds his red head friend (butt ugly guy from that Cher movie "mask") dead, sitting on his desk with pencils through his ears and blood everywhere.The music though was horrible, It seemed like the same instrumental kept playing over and over again, but to look past that I'll give it a 4.I think they could have found better actors, the main guy just seemed too pretty and cocky looking, the one actor that did the best job was the redhead best friend.The ending was a bit horrible, the whole movie was trying to make its bad plot logical, but the end ruined it, his mom tried saving him from a horse demon mother and father, just seconds after birth in some back woods back yard?
I'm not going to fully bash it as the acting wasn't half bad, but almost went O.C. on me, noting the token black basketball player getting beat up by the clean cut white guy who has a "GANGSTERISH" pothead brother who totes a gun like hes from the hood??The pothead almost looks like that thing from Cher's movie Mask, yet it's the guys real face.
WOW that one was scary enough to give this 4 stars, add 1 for the black white guy, add 2 for him bonin a white chick, minus 3 for the Game that this movie is based around, but you never know where it came from or what it really is, gore ill give 2, but story gets a -1 so....
Jensen Ackles performed rather well as did Dominique Swain, Teach Grant and Shannyn Sossamon (as Jakes' girlfriend "Marisol").
We enjoyed the plot twists and we also enjoyed how the twists did not play as overtly cheesy.Right when this movie is about to get lame, it does something cool again.Right when you think you've nailed down what's going on with this film, it switches it up just enough to make you wonder what might be next.This is a an above-par straight to DVD horror flick and it does not put us to sleep.
I wasn't expecting much, but the main character is actually very good, and the supporting cast is better than you would expect in a B rated film.Overall, this movie is worth seeing once.
The movie revolves around a character named Jake Gray and his friends that have been playing a deadly game called "The Pathway", which eventually spirals out of control and threatens a worldwide epidemic of violence.After reading the plot outline and the cool cover art, I decided to give it a go.
It's the type of set-up that gets you thinking "Oh god, this is going to be lousy and look really cheap!" but alas the first half of the movie is the most entertaining.The story behind this film is interesting yet executed in a fairly poor manner.
The best chance you'll have to get a decent view is near the end but like I said, you may be battling your eyes once you get there.Devour could have been really good and pulls you in for the first 30 minutes or so, but due to poor character backgrounds, a confusing story and the constant switch between horror and drama, it really is hard to make it worth your 90 minutes of viewing time.Ah, what the hell, go have a watch.
Take a dot.com movie (good looking youngsters barely leaving the teen age using computers), add a bit of Devil for spice, shake it a bit (with shaky text like in se7en, but none of the subtlety) and drop a small bit of The Game and you get Devour.I can't say than any of the actors played bad, but since all of the characters where cliché they didn't really need to make an effort.
Not if you count actors with a lot of red die on them showed for fractions of a second scary.And in the end there is something interesting, we find who the bad guy is, he suddenly appears and starts explaining things to the main character.
Devour feels like several movies have been thrown into a blender by writers Adam and Seth Gross, and then wolfed down by director David Winkler, only partially digested, and finally excreted onto the screen; some of the original ingredients are still identifiable, but on the whole, it's just one big stinky mess.Part The Omen, part Brainscan, Part FeardotCom, and part Rosemary's Baby, the Gross's screenplay sees high school student Jake Gray (Jensen Ackles) experiencing hellish waking nightmares after his pals Conrad (Teach Grant) and Dakota (the perfectly toned Dominique Swain) sign him up for an online game called 'The Pathway'.
To cut a long and very confusing story short, the game is controlled by the devil herself (yes, she's a woman, just as I suspected), who is searching the world for her missing son.No prizes for guessing who turns out to be the spawn of Satan...Decent acting from its young (but perhaps not young enough) cast, the odd gruesome moment, and a gratuitous sex scene between Ackles and a fully clothed Swain (what, no nudity?) cannot help Devour from being a disappointment; and with a final comment from Jake which suggests that the whole devil thing might have been a figment of his twisted imagination, it's hard to see this film garnering praise from anyone other than fans of its lead actor..
It was an honest way to end the movie.Acting 9/10 Direction 9/10 Plot 6/10 Production Values 9/10 SFX 7/10.
This could have been a good movie but I have no idea what it was about because it got so convoluted that it ended up being completely different than it started out.This started out as some kind of computer game then a lot of distracting stuff happened then last thing we see is Jensen Ackles being arrested for some kind of devil worshipping stuff.A few thoughts-Dominique Swain starred in a remake of Lolita when she was younger.
"Devour" is a somewhat decent but not that impressive entry.**SPOILERS**Troubled by strange visions, college student Jake Grey, (Jensen Ackles) begins to find that his friends Dakota, (Dominique Swain) and Conrad Dean, (Teach Grant) are becoming a little unpredictable.
I've seen this storyline so many times on television but it was nice to see Jensen Ackles in a feature film rather than just on his hit series and as I suspect most people (like me) had to look up his resume to go and rent this one.
I liked the trailer for this movie so I bought it.I liked how it started out.Good special effects and got really interesting even though it's not an original idea.I thought all the actors playing these roles were really good.
At first I assumed Jake and Dakota were a couple and not just friends,so it made no sense the way they were acting towards each other,and I didn't like the way Jake was treating her since she seemed to have a thing for him.I really liked the Conrad character(played nicely by Teach Grant) and was hoping he would have been around until the end.It was disappointing that he was killed off so early on since there was a lot more about him which should have been explored.This movie started to annoy me once the mystery unfolded and Jake(Played very well by Jensen Ackles)found out who he really was and the truth about his parents.This part of the story was way too rushed and not explained properly.There were a lot of holes in the story I liked Jake's uncle.His character was also a local cop and I was convinced he would survive and help solve the mystery,but instead gets killed in a stupid,senseless way.His uncle had absolutely no connection to the pathway and wasn't hated by the main 3 characters who were playing the game.
I did not rent this movie expecting greatness.I rented it for one reason and one reason alone: Jensen Ackles.I've very recently become a fan of his because of his awesome performance on the new WB show "Supernatural" and I was eager to check out some of his other work.But on to "Devour".
Then the whole thing ends with a completely ambiguous and unsatisfying fizzle.So yeah, the Jensen Ackles eye candy is pretty good (and he does the best he can with the mediocre material), but don't watch it for the plot or you'll be disappointed by the end..
One main thing i can say about the movie is when Jensen Ackles was reading through the script one thing that passed his mind could of been "Man, I'm going to get laid!" I think the whole storyline was confusing and especially the quote at the end from Jake "...Our child.." it had me confused.
Jensen Ackles is good in what I think is his first title role.If you're a fan of Jensens, you'll love this film, he's in nearly all the scenes.