John Cusack
Alice Eve
Brendan Gleeson
Luke Evans
The Raven to me made a
mockery of an already sad tale. Edgar Allan Poe was a successful and critically celebrated poet, but the movie made him look more pathetic as it linked his life and
death to a series of events that he somehow had a hand in. The script is plain
and too weak to be considered a good work, let alone a masterpiece.
The Raven is meant to
depict the life of Poe after his fame for the poetry of The Raven, which
didn't bring him any financial revenue. While the plot of the film is
fictional, the writers based it on some accounts of real situations surrounding
Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death.
The plot focuses on Poe (John Cusack), whose life is drenched with
negativity and death, so much so that all his writings and stories are filled
with gloom. But later he encounters Emily (Alice Eve), who becomes a light in
his dark world. Soon, people around him start to die in ways similar to what he
depicts in his writings. Now he and the police must catch the killer, as his
light (Emily) has been kidnapped by him.
Director James McTeigue, who made his directorial debut with the
masterpiece V for Vendetta (2005), did not leave a mark of greatness
here, as the movie lacks any memorable moment at all.
John Cusack to me is not a fascinating actor, as his style of acting is
the same in all his roles. Whenever he acts, he looks like the same guy in a
different script. Other actors didn’t impress me either.
Luke Evans was not impressive in this movie, though I blame the script
and the director for that. We will, however, get a better view of Luke in the
upcoming Peter Jackson Hobbit Trilogy (he is billed to be in the second
and third parts) and Fast and Furious 6. Alice Eve spent half her time
in a box, so we don’t get to see much of this actress here. If you want to
enjoy seeing Eve, check her out in the 2010 movie She's Out of My League,
a fun film.
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