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John Cusack (Actor), Alice Eve (Actor), James McTeigue (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Horror/Supernatural
Format	Multiple Formats, AC-3, Blu-ray, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor	James McTeigue, Alice Eve, John Cusack
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 51 minutes

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A brutal killing spree terrorizes 19th-century Baltimore and a young detective turns to a notorious author for help getting inside the mind of a serial killer in the stylish, gothic thriller, The Raven, an audacious reimagining of the lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Starring John Cusack as the infamous inventor of the detective fiction genre and Luke Evans as an ambitious sleuth determined to stop more of Poe's gruesome stories from coming to chilling life--and death--The Raven weaves history and fiction into an original and twisted mystery worthy of the master of the macabre himself.When a mother and daughter are found viciously murdered in 19th-century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper--part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social outcast Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack). But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly killing occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the pair races to stop a madman from turning every one of the author's shocking stories into blood-curdling reality. When Poe's love, Emily (Alice Eve), becomes the killer's next target, the stakes are raised even higher and he must call on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it's too late.

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3409899652
Director ‏ : ‎ James McTeigue
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, AC-3, Blu-ray, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 51 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ October 9, 2012
Actors ‏ : ‎ John Cusack, Alice Eve
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, English
Studio ‏ : ‎ Relativity Media
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005S9EJGO
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Kenneth Law

Decent movie

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Decent movie...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 2, 2012

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I almost never write negative reviews. Usually, if I do not like something I simply pass by in silence. I do not like to add to the negativity that already exists in the world. I was really disappointed with this film, however, and I feel compelled to give my honest opinion. There is so much material for a good movie in Poe's life. I love the idea of exploring Poe as a character, the relation between his fiction and his life, or his strange and mysterious death. There is just so much material there, I just do not think this movie really made anything all that interesting out of it. This is essentially your standard serial killer on the loose flick, including the kidnapped loved interest, the hidden clues, and the ticking clock. This story could have been told without referencing Poe at all, and it would have remained essentially the same story.

I have nothing against the premise of this movie. A serial killer is using Poe's stories as inspiration for real murders. A detective recognizes that fact, and brings Poe in on the case. The idea of the film is not really all that original, anyone who watches procedurals on a regular basis will recognize this familiar plot (Castle?), but I was willing to forgive the unoriginality of the premise, because I was looking forward to seeing Poe on screen. I was hoping that Poe's presence would turn a familiar premise into something more interesting. Unfortunately, I do not feel like I got to see Poe on screen. I saw a character who happened to share the same name as Edgar Allan Poe, but I never saw Edgar Allan Poe.

The character in this movie, whose name was Edgar Allan Poe, is a character I have seen in many movies before. The alcoholic writer, the playful trickster, who attempts to woo a girl under the disapproving eyes of her father. This is one of Hollywood's most familiar tropes, and I was really disappointed to see Poe reduced to such a trope. This is a character that I have seen in at least a half a dozen movies before. It just so happens that, in this movie, this familiar character was named Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was a real historical character, and a very interesting character. I do not feel like the writers were really up to the task of portraying such an interesting and complex character. I realize this is a tall order. Anyone who has read Poe will certainly have formed some image of what they think he must have been like as a person. A lot of those images, including, perhaps, my own, are probably not very accurate. It is possible that my disappointment is based simply on the fact that the Poe I saw on screen failed to match the image that I have formed of Poe based on my reading of his stories, and what I have read about him, but let me give some examples of where I felt this movie failed in its depiction of the Poe I imagine, and readers of my review can make up their own mind whether they agree with me or not.

There is a scene where Poe is with the police detective and a number of other police officers at the scene of a crime that is a recreation of Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum". The police detective says something like "There is a logic to what this killer does" and Poe responds by saying something like "Anyone who could cut someone in half is not operating based on logic" (with audible moral condemnation in his voice). To me this is such a trite sentiment. This simplistic, moralistic, attitude towards the dark side of human nature, seems totally out of place from the person who wrote "Imp of the Perverse", "The Black Cat", and "The Tell-Tale Heart". Poe spent a great deal of time in his stories dissecting the psychology of killers and the deranged, and his killers were often exceedingly logical people. They were meticulous planners. I just refuse to believe that Poe, with all of his personal experience and insight into the darker side of human nature, would give into such simplistic moralism.

There are so many places where Poe expresses himself in trite formulas, or Hollywoodisms, in this movie. I just cannot stand to hear Hollywoodisms like "If I could I would dance with you throughout time" or "I would gladly give my life for hers" coming out of the mouth of Edgar Allan Poe. I also do not feel like the film did a very good job portraying Poe's darkness and melancholy. Poe gives a speech, at one point, about a melancholy that has followed him throughout his life, but it is a sign of bad writing when a character has to literally tell you about their melancholy. We should be able to hear it in the way they speak, see it in their actions, and see it on their face. We should not have to be told that Poe is melancholy, we should feel it, without having to be told. The audience does not feel Poe's melancholy in this move. The Poe that I saw on screen was almost entirely devoid of angst. And to make matters worse, he gives into another Hollywoodism by saying that his melancholy followed him all of his life "until I met Emily". It is another Hollywoodism to imagine that deep, clinical, depression can be cured by love. The Poe that I imagine would be disgusted by that kind of sentimentality. I realize that Poe wrote love poems, but even those love poems were tinged with melancholy and the awareness of mortality.

I have focused mostly on the portrayal of Poe the character because that is the aspect of the film I was most disappointed with. But what about the story? The story, as I already said, was pretty pedestrian. It is a story I have seen many times before. A serial killer is on the loose, he wants to play games with someone he claims to admire, he kidnaps someone they love to raise the stakes, and the hunt is on. The presence of Poe allows the writers to base each murder on a Poe story, but that is really all that separates this movie from any other serial killer movie or procedural on television. The movie does attempt, in its own way, to solve the mystery of Poe's death, but it leaves so much out of its account, that its "solution" is not really that interesting on its own, and feels tacked on. The fact that the writers leave out some of the most interesting mysteries about Poe's death (why was he wearing someone else's clothes?) suggests that providing a fictionalized explanation for Poe's mysterious death was never really their primary intention. If it had been their primary intention, I think they might have made a more interesting movie (think of Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) , which was based on the death bed "confession" of Antonio Salieri).

Those who are simply looking for a standard serial killer chase film will probably find much to enjoy in this movie, as long as they are not expecting anything too original. Anyone who is coming to this movie out of a love for Poe, and a desire to see him on screen, is likely to be disappointed.

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The Raven Flew Me Away!!~!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2012

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Bravo!!! The Raven, directed by James McTeigue, drew me in instantly. I love movies that do that! It was well paced and intelligent with beautiful set designs creating a most perfect mood for an intense, deliciously dark experience! A fascinating glimpse straight into the mind and telltale heart of Edgar Allan Poe; if only for an hour or So!

The incomparable John Cusack transforms himself into the hard drinking, hard knocks, pitiful Poe. He bursts onto the scene like a bull in a china shoppe, i mean a tavern, demanding a shot of something! The bartender refuses to serve him since he hasn't paid his tab last! A desperate for a drink Poe replies, "I'll be flush as a sultan by dawn when The Patriot publishes my review"! Not good enough, the barkeep refuses to serve him! Again Poe lashes out this time at the entire bar in temperamental literary passion fashion!

I immediately lost myself in the sights and sounds of 1849 Baltimore. The clippity clop of gorgeous black beauties pulling carriages down cobblestone streets, 19th. century lanterns lighting up the night, beautiful period costuming i.e. Ladies in bonnets and dresses with long flowing skirts and men in black top hats! What really took my breath away over and over was the magnificent murder of Crows, Ravens, Crows!

Just as in some botched modern day crime scenes, the Baltimore police department appears to be inept when the constable and his men tentatively follow the shrill frantic screams that seem to emanate from a 4th. floor walk up! Eventually, when they arrive too late, they find the bodies of two women butchered, bloody and strangled. Detective Fields, played by Luke Evans, deducing that the gruesome murders strangely resembled those in stories written by Poe. Uh oh!

Poe is cleared of suspicion of murder but soon after becomes embroiled in solving further gut wrenching killings.

Edgar has a burning desire to make the lovely young blond, Emily Hamilton, played by Alice Eve, his betrothed against the wishes of her curmudgeon of a father, Captain Hamilton, played by Brendon Gleeson. Brendon is always an extraordinary treat to watch on screen Imo!

Unfortunately, as time goes by, Poe finds himself in yet another sticky wicket concerning dire life or death for his love Emily, witch only further complicates things!

Rounding out our principals is Kevin McNally who plays no-nonsense PPP, Patriot Paper Publisher Maddux, a constant nemesis of pP, poor Poe.

Though tragic in the end, I found it to be refreshingly clever and satisfying.

On a personal note*, I'd love to see more of John Cusack.

THE END.

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I like it?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 23, 2015

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I don't know why I really like this film, but I just do? Considering the subject matter, this is probably a tad worrying...but who cares!
Interesting film and twist re Edgar Allan Poe, which just seems to work somehow. John Cusack is wonderfully over the top as the man himself, and there is much blood and gore which I feel sure Poe himself would have heartily approved of.
As stated previously, I really do not know why I like this film as much as I do, but give it a go if you have not seen it yet. Also, terrific price from Amazon which was a real bonus. Recommended.

Dubai fan

A good thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 30, 2013

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I wanted to see this at the movies, but I never got the chance. The bluray certainly does the film justice and is worth a purchase if you enjoy thriller / mysteries. Edgar Allan Poe was a good author, yet we only remember a couple of his stories, this movies brings them all to life helping us to understand this writing genius.

Vlad the emailer

POE CUSACK RAVENS WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 8, 2013

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Thoroughly enjoyed this take on the last days of Sir (should be) Edgar Allen Poe.John Cusack is excellent and so is Brendan Gleeson.Bahaus fans check it out.

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Julian Wright

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 25, 2016

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Great little film starring John Cusack. Probably one of his best!

Klaudia Fowles

Very good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 7, 2016

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Very good movie. fast delivery no demage

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