The Empty Man (2020)

The Empty Man (2020)
== Synopsis ==
Bereaved former police detective James Lasombra (James Badge Dale) searches for his lover's teenage daughter, only to fall foul of a cult that is hellbent on unleashing a supernatural entity from folklore.
== Trivia ==
# When James first enters the Pontifex Institute, the camera lingers on a painting in the hallway. The painting shows the cabin in which the four hikers shelter at the start of the film.
# Based on Cullen Bunn & Vanesa R. Del Rey's 'The Empty Man' comic series published by Boom! Studios.
# The word "Pontifex" is a word used to refer to a high order of priests in Rome. It can also be literally translated to mean "bridge-maker," or a man who negotiates with God. The Pontifex Institute in the film echoes these motifs--they act as "priests" who call the empty man, they build the legend of the empty man around bridges, and they receive messages from the empty man like he is a God.
# Bridges are a heavy motif throughout the film, foreshadowing how the chosen transmitter can act as a "bridge" between the empty man and the cult
# The hiker who can hear the call of the empty man in the beginning of the film is the only member of his group unafraid to cross the chain bridge over the valley. This foreshadows how he is the one chosen by the empty man to be a "bridge" himself.
== Male Deaths ==
* Evan Jonigkeit (Greg)
* Joel Courtney (Brandon Maibaum)
* Owen Teague (Duncan West)
* Connor Dowds (Meyer)
* Aaron Poole (Paul)
== Female Deaths ==
* Jessica Matten (Fiona)
* Virginia Kull (Ruthie)
* Samantha Logan (Davara Walsh)
* Tanya van Graan (Allison Lasombra)
* Marijke Bezhuidenhout (Julianne)
* Jamie-Lee Money (Lisa Schwartz)
== Gallery ==
Jessica Matten - The Empty Man.png|Jessica Matten
File:Virginia Kull - The Empty Man.png|Virginia Kull moments before her death
File:Samantha Logan - The Empty Man.png|Samantha Logan
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