Meeting Evil (2012)

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Wow, just watched this movie and I really don't understand why it was not released. I guess it's because most of the audience today is like the girl that worked in the phone store. But for the rest of us, this was a very powerful movie. Had great acting, great story about how things are in America today and how families and workers interact. Weather Jackson was a paid killer or just a complete nut is up to you but either way no one in this movie was without guilt. It just had so many parts to it and visual action that it was never boring and always kept my interest. As most of the reviewers have stated this movie is not for everyone, but if you are looking for something a little different then the normal drab stuff produced today, check it out. I really think if this movie was made in the 1970's or 1980's it would have been a hit.

So many layers to this film. It can also be interpreted in many different ways. Did Camus write this? I thought it was this and I thought it was that.....but the movie held my interest no matter which way it went and the surreal and quiet quality of this film kept held a tight grip at all times. Has John, the recently unemployed realtor /father gone to hell? Is Richie,his new out of control acquaintance the devil. Is John being punished for selling the homes of his neighbors who couldn't keep up their payments? Was it just a dream, his subconscious or real life? What does Richie want of John or us? What is the message they want us to take away? Nothing is as it seems. Maybe we are supposed to read into it what we want, as I did,which is what makes this film so great.

My Score: 5.5Meeting Evil is somewhat intriguing at first glance because we see big names such as Samuel L. Jackson and Luke Wilson as the headliners. John Felton (Wilson) is a down on his luck realtor, who is in debt and dealing with losing the dream life he has built for his family. A seemingly random knock on his door by mad men Richie (Samuel L. Jackson) to help with his broke down car sends Wilson on a terrifying string of events.The movie has potential, but never really comes to fruition and is quite unrealistic at points. Samuel L. Jackson does a fine job, Luke Wilson is solid, and the remainder of the cast does a nice job as well. The glaring issue with the movie is how the story plays out and the fact that it leaves the audience with plenty of unresolved questions.It isn't awful and marginally entertaining, but there are better movies that fit this mold that I would recommend instead: Phone Booth (2002), Collateral (2004), Dead Calm (1989) to name a few.

Sometimes you see films where the writers throw tried and tested plot elements together in the hope it will make a good film. This was a good example of that.It was over the top in a number of places, scenes and circumstances unlikely enough to make it unbelievable. The acting is poor, the police come across as unlike-able and smug, every supporting actor is an exaggeration of a normal person and Wilson is always 'acting' - you never believe he is the person he's meant to portray. Jackson is not bad in the role, but he's just playing a meaner character we've seen a hundred times (probably literally with the amount of films he's been in). Kudos to Peyton List who was decent in an otherwise disappointing film.