Sympathy for the Devil Review

 

Sympathy for the Devil is a psychological thriller movie. It's produced by Capstone Global and Hammerstone Studios and distributed by RLJE Films. Sympathy for the Devil is written by Luke Paradise and directed by Yuval Adler.

The story is a man was on his way to hospital to see his wife give birth to their child. Things take an unexpected turn a stranger with a gun casually gets his car demanding him to drive. Soon, the driver finds himself in twisted game with his dark passenger, and he slowly discovers that everything is not what it appears to be.

Initial Reaction

The reason why I wanted to see this one was because of the trailer and the synopsis. They both offered what seems like a very interesting premise. And then of course you got Nicolas Cage...do I even need to say anything else after that?

Cons

I've got nothing. Just scroll to the next part.

Middle Ground

The biggest mix bag with Sympathy for the Devil is the story. Now, it does have a lot of good things about it, it can be a very entertaining story. The problems stems from as the story keeps going the mystery becomes pretty obvious. Then there's the problem of telling as supposed to showing. I get maybe the writer was going more of a dialogue heavy story, but that doesn't mean he had to keep it at nothing but dialogue.

Pros

One thing the movie's got going for it is the performances. Joel Kinnaman plays an excellent scared character, who may or may not have been involved with Cage's character in the past. Speaking of Nicolas Cage, if any of love it when he goes over the top, then you'll love what he does here. The last thing I'll write about is the cinematography. There was such an excellent use of color, and couldn't keep my eyes away from it.

While Sympathy for the Devil has some entertaining factors in it, I definitely don't see it being not only a memorable Nicolas Cage movie, but I just don't see it being a memorable movie in general.

My final rating is, Okay.

That's all for now. Come back on Monday, Jul 31st, for part three of Looking Back at the Films of 2022. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.