Strong and Moving!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Where is Devil's Gate? I will do you one better .... What is Devil's Gate? I'll do you one even better .... Why is Devil's Gate? Seriously, I have got no idea what this movie is about. It's totally vague and mind aching. The premise feels promising and the title .... at least sounds very good. But whatever happens after that is just irresistibly annoying. It didn't feel so terrible during the first act. It was fine, sets up the movie as a crime thriller-ish stuff, but we all know that wasn't what it was up to. Then, right after the unusual things start to happen, it becomes totally vague and bland. It has all possible plot devices of a horror movie and "anything that happens in a horror movie should be accepted because it's a horror movie" stuff has been taken to next level. It is some kind of "Alien" and "Predator" and "The Conjuring" in its own right - not in a good way, obviously. It gets unnecessarily convoluted and unpredictable. Unpredictable - that's not because it has set up pieces so well that it is exciting. But it is unpredictable because it has not set up anything and hence, you cannot predict or think what's gonna happen next. Every other thing is random. I don't whether "unpredictable" is an appropriate word for it or not. But it definitely wasn't good. There's no character development (resulting in "unpredictability") whatsoever. The writing is boring. It feels like the director was drowsy while giving directions that all his drowsiness were apparent on the film. Poorly constructed story (in which I see a good potential, if done correctly) and just totally random and vague stuffs going on screen. It just went over my head. No, I didn't miss plot points or so. Just got confused a lot and asked myself "why are they doing this?" almost all the time. I see a great actor in Shawn Ashmore, but if he's stuck with movies like this, I won't care for him anymore. On the whole one of the worst sci-fi-ish horror movie I have ever seen. It gets an "F" and a "1/10".

Set in the fictional town of Devil's Gate a federal agent teams with a local officer to investigate a missing wife & child. Trouble is their investigation leads them to the unbalanced husband and his trap filled home.I expected horror, it was advertised as horror..........it's not really.Milo Ventimiglia and Shawn Ashmore star in this interesting but ultimately flawed sci-fi movie which looks great but lacks in too many areas that matter.Jonathan Frakes from Next Generation also stars and is particuly good, shame his role was a tad too small.I liked the plot I did, even though I'm not a big sci-fi guy I think they did a good enough job here and left it open for potential sequels. Sadly it doesn't flow all too well and something just didn't sit right for me.Watchable effort and this may really appeal to some, for me it was a deeply average offering.The Good:Decent plotJonathan FrakesGreat opening sequenceThe Bad:Poorly pacedSeriously, stop killing pets in every damn movieThings I Learnt From This Movie:Milo Ventimiglia plays unhinged characters far too wellI would happily live in that house, yes I'm weird

Devil's Gate is a new genre bending horror film. It's creative and unique, you'll start watching it and never in a million years guess where it's going, and it has a solid cast. So why doesn't the movie work? Well, first, there's the script. It really needed more work. The basic story is that a woman (Bridget Regan of The Last Ship) and her young son have disappeared from their remote farm house. The investigation is going nowhere so a fed (Amanda Schull of 12 Monkeys the overrated TV show) is dispatched to investigate. She is partnered with a dim local cop (Shawn Ashmore of The Following) along the lines of Scream's Deputy Dewey. They begin their search and, despite strenuous objections from the local Sheriff (Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek The Next Generation), the look into the husband (Milo Ventimaglia of This Is Us). He's weird, he has a temper, their marriage was unhappy, his house looks like Leatherface should be hanging around in the attic, he has elaborate traps laid all around, and he has SOMETHING caged up in the basement. So you're probably thinking standard psycho story, right? Wrong. The movie has some pretty dramatic twists from there and, without giving away too much, develops a cosmic horror plot thread I actually really liked. Or, wanted to like anyway. Devil's Gate throws so much at you that it never stops to develop any of its ideas. Or its characters. Another problem is that despite having a better than average cast, they're all playing one note stereotypes. The movie also has serious pacing problems and can't be bothered to fully develop any of its truly interesting ideas. The films also really stretches its budget. While there are some fantastic practical effects, there are also some really lousy digital ones. Devil's Gate it a frustrating movie that frankly should have been a lot better. The ideas are there, the cast is there, but the director and screenwriters just can't pull it all together. My recommendation, watch The Void instead.

I logged in just to review this movie. I stumbled across Devils gate, came here to read the reviews and based on them I proceeded to watch this. I wish I had not! On a scale of 1-10 I give this movie these ratings... Acting= 0 Effects= -3 Plot= -2 Interest = -10 I can only say stay away from this movie if you like movies!