Fallen (1998)
Detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he's already met... already caught... and already killed.
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Fallen rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7/10· 100K votes
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Metacritic52%
TMDb6.804/10· 2K votesWith 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 52/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Fallen
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Cast of Fallen
Denzel Washington
as John Hobbes
John Goodman
as Jonesy
Donald Sutherland
as Lt. Stanton
Embeth Davidtz
as Gretta Milano
James Gandolfini
as Lou
Elias Koteas
as Edgar Reese
Gabriel Casseus
as Art
Robert Joy
as Charles
Aida Turturro
as Tiffany
Michael J. Pagan
as Sam
Frank Medrano
as Charles' Killer
- R
Ronn Munro
as Mini Golf Owner
Fallen facts
- Budget
- $46M
- Box office
- $25.2M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Religious mythology angle brings fresh supernatural depth
- •Detective procedural structure provides solid narrative drive
- •Devil mythology creates compelling good versus evil conflict
What the audience disliked
- •Critics found uneven tonal balance between genres
- •Curse mechanics explanation stretches credibility limits
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