On September 17, 2010 The Night Chronicles: Devil was released in theaters. Initially people wrote the film off as being one not worth a try simply because of M. Night Shyamalan's name being on the ticket. I will admit that I was among those people.
I saw Devil about a week after it opened in theaters and I can honestly say that I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw. The whole idea of the film is kind of risky and a little stupid. Basically the film starts off with a "crazy Catholic" telling a story that his mother used to tell him when he was a child about the devil and how he would visit people on Earth to punish them before taking them to hell. After the initial set up we find five people trapped in an elevator. Eventually the lights and things start to malfunction and the odd occurrences begin.
One thing that I found very irritating about the film is that a few of the characters seem to lack common sense. There are about two or three time during the whole film where a character will do something, like try to move a live wire while standing in water, that most people would look at the situation and think "Oh this is stupid, best to leave it".
Aside from the stupid common sense lacking parts Devil is surprisingly well made. The story is good, the actors are surprisingly stomach-able. I think if you like a good thriller/mystery film you should give this one a shot, you may find that you'll be as pleasantly surprised as I was. All in all I think I would give this film: 7/10 which is very very liberal for a Shyamalan film.
