I'm a busy mum of 3 and my family & I live in beautiful (and sometimes sunny!) Devon. I previously s...
I'm a busy mum of 3 and my family & I live in beautiful (and sometimes sunny!) Devon. I previously spent three years working part time as the Treasurer for my children's Pre School, but I now run my own Handmade Cards & Gifts business.
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Devour is a teen horror film with an 18 rating. Not sure why it's an 18, but I'll come back to that!
Jake Cummings (played by Jensen Ackles of Supernatural, Smallville and Dark Angel fame) gets signed up to an online game called "The Pathway", by his friends as a birthday gift.
The game claims to know your thoughts, and calls you up on the phone and asks you to complete tasks in order to 'win' the game.
The game starts to get out of control with tragic consequences, meaning that Jake starts to look into the origins of the game.
Devil worship, kidnapping and family secrets all become evidently part of the whole scenario.
Now personally I couldn't really make much sense of this film. It appears that they had an idea for a film that had a lot of potential, but they changed the plot as they were filming it.
I am a huge Jensen Ackles fan, and his performance was good considering the story he was having to work with. He also stars alongside his father, who plays (surprisingly) his father in the film.
I found this film to be more funny than scary and I really don't think that this was the intention of the film.
There is a fair amount of gore, some blood, but certainly nothing that justifies the 18 rating of this film. A 15 would suit this more.
Since the DVD was only £5.97 from Amazon, I don't feel too let down, but if I had paid full DVD price then I would.
There are no extras on the DVD which is a real shame. The sound is in Dolby Digital, and there are plenty of subtitles, but that's it.
Would have been useful for some commentaries on the film to have been added that might allow the viewer to fully understand what was trying to be achieved.
Overall, it's the sort of horror film that is probably better understood when you are drunk, lol.
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Re-rated based on Ciao's insistence that such reviews are no longer considered "Off Topic"
HotBabes 20.05.2006 10:40
Sounds quite intruiging from what you've said but more info would be helpful. Also as per the comment below you need to state if there are any special features. x
Soho_Black 20.05.2006 02:27
I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, which can be done by accessing "edit review" in the top right of the review and changing the drop down menu under the "Which format are you reviewing?" question at the bottom, please let me know and I'll re-rate.
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premonitions of murder and self-mutilation he can't explain - that is, until two high school friends, Dakota (Dominique Swain, Lolita) and Conrad, introduce him to a ...
Advantages: Excellent adventure yarn. Great stunts. Georgeous leading lady. Disadvantages: Not a lot. (But you wouldn't think it reading the poor reviews!
![Devour [DVD] [2005]](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/78504712.jpg "Devour [DVD] [2005]")
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