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6.8/10 • 1.5K

1998-01-162h 4m

CrimeDramaThriller

Detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he's already met... already caught... and already killed.

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Directors
Gregory Hoblit
Editors
Lawrence Jordan

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  1. Denzel Washington

    Denzel Washington

    John Hobbes

  2. John Goodman

    John Goodman

    Jonesy

  3. Donald Sutherland

    Donald Sutherland

    Lt. Stanton

  4. Embeth Davidtz

    Embeth Davidtz

    Gretta Milano

  5. James Gandolfini

    James Gandolfini

    Lou

  6. Elias Koteas

    Elias Koteas

    Edgar Reese

  7. Gabriel Casseus

    Gabriel Casseus

    Art

  8. Robert Joy

    Robert Joy

    Charles

  9. Aida Turturro

    Aida Turturro

    Tiffany

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CinemaSerf

Jul 6, 2022

7/10

I must have watched this film three or four times now, and each time it takes me the first half hour to recall. It's an intriguing story rooted in Aramaic mythology but applied to 20th century Philadelphia. "Hobbes" (Denzel Washington) is a detective who worked on the case of serial killer "Edgar Reese" that saw him captured and executed. Not long after this supposed closure, however, other - very similar - crimes start to occur and he and his partner "Jonesy" (John Goodman) are perplexed. He keeps hearing a song - the same song the deceased sang as he died, but the people singing it are different. There is something mysterious afoot that can inhabit a body, move effortlessly and invisibly from one to another - and it seems to have "Hobbes" in it's sights. Desperate to shield his family from this evil, he must try to find a way to destroy it before it destroys him. It all takes too long to get going, and Goodman is not particularly well cast, but once we have the gist of the plot then Washington and director Gregory Hoblit turn in quite a well put together story, using the photography well to give us a perspective from our menace whilst effectively conveying the sense of nimble mobility this creature possesses as the resourceful "Hobbes" tries to combat it. Donald Sutherland pops up now and again, to no real purpose, indeed much of the supporting cast sort of blend into the wallpaper of this exercise that really plays to the strengths of an on-form Washington delivering a solid and interesting theme. It's too long, but still worth watching.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$46,000,000.00
Revenue
$25,232,289.00
Keywords
policeangelpsychopathriddledetectivesupernaturalbiblemurdercursereligionexecutionseries of murdersdevilfamilyevilneo-noirhorrified