Director : James McTeigue
Running Time : 111 mins
Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack) is called in to assist in a police investigation by Detective Fields (Evans) when a series of murders resembling Poe’s literary work start to occur in Baltimore. As Poe is faced with more and more deaths, seemingly committed in his name, things become personal when his girlfriend Emily Hamilton (Eve) is taken by the killer and buried alive at an unknown location.
Fans of Poe should find this an intriguing movie as it not only includes the poet in a manner we don’t normally see but also plays on many of his more famous poems. This is fast paced, even though many of the performances do seem to plod along at times, and manages in the main to stay loyal to the period in which it is set (aside from the early use of the term serial killer). Fans of modern day thrillers will enjoy this movie as it has all the formula of a standard crime thrill with the added benefit of having a unique setting.
You’ll like this if you liked : From Hell
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