Fallen Angels (2006, dir:
Jeff Thomas; script: Jeff Thomas; cast: Michael Dorn, Bill
Moseley, Adrianne Curry, Michael Kaliski, Kevin McCarthy,
Farah White, Daniel Zacapa)
Fallen
Angels boasts all the usual modern horror film visuals (i.e.
clichés). Quick MTV edits, grim desaturated colors, gore, etc.
Even so, the film is a boring mess.
The story is confused. I don't think I would have known what was
going on, except I'd read the DVD box beforehand, and the
characters kept filling me in on stuff they'd learned. (And I'd
wonder: how did they figure that out? -- it's not in the film.)
The film opens with stereotypical drunken, horny teens. One's
killed, another's kidnapped. Then we're at this prison about to be
torn down. We find skeletons in the basement. The FBI comes in to
investigate. Turns out many of the skeletons are over 100 years
old.
People die. Some from demons, some from a killer. We find more
skeletons. Killed by different people.
More people die, seemingly at random. In the end we learn it all
has something to do with seven demons in charge of the seven
deadly sins. Yet I can't really figure out which thinly sketched
character was supposed to be guilty of which sin.
Also, a mother is seeking her kidnapped daughter. And an FBI agent
discusses his early years as a pastor in Mexico, where a
demon-possessed boy was killed by vigilante villagers.
The FBI agent/pastor also converses with a demon. This demon has
really cheap makeup, like in a sitcom. He sounds like some whiny
character from a Jerry Seinfeld episode.
I won't reveal any spoilers, but know that the ending is really
unexpected, in a weird way. Not entertaining. Not gripping or
anything horrific. Just out of the ballpark.
The production values are slick. But the acting is flat, and the
writing is awful.
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