This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

The acting in this movie is really good.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I was looking for a bad movie to put on while I was playing a computer game. Well pretty much ruined my game playing, I had to play at a much lower level so I wouldn't get killed and I would pause the game to follow the conversation all the time, I eventually gave up playing the game to pay attention to the movie. The low ratings are coming from people that think the more buckets of blood sprayed about the better the movie, they don't care about plot or the characters and the conversations between them. I maybe rated it a little high to counter the low ratings but if you like good movies that are well made you will like this movie however if you are just looking for a mindless bloodfest you probably won't like this one.

Truth be told, then I had very little expectations to "The Devil's Rock", given the synopsis of this being a World War II movie with occult and demonic elements to it. But still, I had the chance to watch it, so I decided to give it a go and I sat down to watch it.It didn't take long before it dawned upon me that this was going to be a slow-paced and not overly impressive movie. But I stuck with it to the end, in a vague hope that the movie would kick up in gear and become impressive. But that was not to happen...The story takes place on the eve of D-Day, and we follow two commandos as they attempt to destroy a German gun emplacement. But things go horribly wrong and they discover that the German are conjuring up demonic things to aid them in the fight to take over the world.Right, well I will say that the storyline did have potential. Although this potential wasn't really utilized in this movie by director Paul Campion. There was just something about the movie never catching on, because I always felt like there was something missing from the movie, and that the movie never really got up into a gear which would make it interesting.The acting in "The Devil's Rock" was adequate enough, I mean for a movie such as this. You know what you are getting yourself into when you sit down to watch something like this, so the lack of award winning performances here should not come as a surprise.As for the special effects, well, let's just say that there were some special effects present, albeit not great ones. And for a horror movie with supernatural elements, then having believable special effects and CGI is a must.All in all, then "The Devil's Rock" was not a memorable or impressive movie in any way, and if you manage to watch it once, then chances are slim to none that you will ever sit down to watch it again.

Not a bad film, obviously knows who its audience is, which is sci-fi and horror nerds who watch movies like this. There's even a nod to the Indiana Jones films and Lovecraft myths.So the plot is that on the eve of D-Day, a couple of New Zealand Commandos are sent to take out a gun position on one the channel Islands, to distract the Nazis from where they were really going to land. The two commandos find most of the Nazis are already dead, mauled by something in the fortress that is screaming horribly.After one of them is killed by the last Nazi, who is also a specialist in the occult, the other finds the Nazis have summoned a demon who can shape shift into the image of the viewers loved one.Now, I give this movie its due. It was probably made on a budget of bottle deposits, but the acting isn't that bad and the plot moves along at a good pace. Better than the typical, "Let's make a Zombie Movie" garbage we see from low budget film makers.

Having a lifelong love, deep interest, and passion in film-making, and finished properties, I've been mislead into many Horror/SciFi dramas of foreign origin, merely to be disappointed. Not so with "THE DEVIL'S ROCK". It's making should have been fiscally prudent, with --I presume-- filming in a virtually narrow, perhaps singular area, and a minimalist's Cast. Of course, I'm pleased that Director "Paul Campion" has foresight, and insight to accompany his artful cinema-graphic storytelling.Without giving away a single thing, "THE DEVIL'S ROCK", though not exclusive in eeriness, drama, suspense, and cunning, it satisfies in a manner that leaves one wanting more by its end. Grab the Popcorn, Chips, Drink, whatever, and turn the lights way down, and the 5, or 7.1 way up. I'm sure John Carpenter loved this one, too... --GBJ