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Bill Sadler, Dominique Swain, Shannyn Sossamon, Jensen Ackles

Make-believe murder becomes all too real in this high-tech tale of terror. Jake Cummings (Jensen Ackles) is a stressed-out college student and computer technician who gets an unusual birthday present ... read more read more...from one of his best friends -- an interactive video game called "The Pathway," which allows players to take part even when they aren't at their monitors. However, the nightmarish visions of the game begin haunting Jake's dreams and then taking over his waking hours as the violence of "The Pathway" stops being play and starts becoming reality. Has the game become possessed by malevolent spirits? And how can it be stopped? Devour also stars Dominique Swain and Shannyn Sossamon. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: David Winkler

Release Date: May 31, 2005

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  • March 29, 2011
    Here we go. This is how I like my bad movies: stupid, fun, pretty and with a silly story that's at least half-way cohesive. It's worth it just to see Dean Winchester with blood all over his chin. Hawt. It seems to me that this script was built around eight halfway clever exchange... read mores of dialogue, which clash with the rest of the movie hard enough that you'll be able to pick them right out. The story logic is a little fuzzy in a lot of places, but you can tell that the writers, while not talented, care about continuity. I actually quite liked this movie; Dominique Swain and William Sadler give respectable performances, and Jensen Ackles is always a pleasure to watch. I think this story tries to be a little too ambitious, and the movie throws too many elements in there without using them all. In fact, it ends up throwing away its own core element: the video game The Pathway. You could make three efficient movies with story wasted in this one, which comes off as a little jumbled. Still, this movie is most enjoyable. Maybe I just have a soft spot for movies with revenge fantasies , satanic cults and 90s industrial crud on the soundtrack.
  • April 6, 2010
    What this movie is a trip. It's like Dean the early years before Sammy started tagging along. A very supernatural style script. It is twisted and not what you would expect. Jensen plays the normal guy that gets sucked into an extraordinary situation. Not a lot to say that doesn't... read more give stuff away or is different from the synapisis. I think it is one of those movies that's a thriller and off the beaten path. Kind of horror-esque but not exactly "scary". This could be because I don't find films scary but it was still a trip. If you like films like The Ninth Gate then you should like this. Also if you are a Jensen Ackles fan then you will like this. Better than the remake of"My Bloody Valentine" by leaps and bounds. In fact I found this movie because I looked up Jensen to see what he has been in.
  • October 22, 2009
    I thought it was interesting. + Jensen Ackles is hot.
  • January 7, 2009
    Entertaining. Interesting plotline.
  • September 12, 2007
    Wasn't terrible. Shannyn Sossaman was in it. That's pretty much the only was to see it and to see her as a bad guy.
  • August 2, 2006
    Jensen Ackles is fun to look at but other then that ick.
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    December 11, 2011
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    While not a great film, Devour is an entertaining piece of decently made b-level cinema that follows three college students as they become enmeshed in a secret online community known as the Pathway that may or may not have Satanic connections. The film is set up as a supernatura... read morel horror version of David Fincher's The Game, and it ultimately doesn't amount to much, but it is enjoyable enough along the way.
  • August 27, 2011
    Bizarre and disjointed, but ultimately saved by the last minute or so which put the whole film into a different perspective.
  • August 6, 2009
    Twisted to the "T". I don't necessarily think that I would really classify this as horror, but it was twisted, creepy, and not for the faint of heart. I've seen other movies like this that tend to have the same sort of storyline, but overall I was pretty impressed. I didn't have ... read moreextremely high hopes considering it wasn't advertised that much, but I have to dock half a star because the ending was really confusing.
  • July 4, 2009
    Revolves around a character named Jake Gray (Ackles) and his friends that have been playing a deadly game called "The Pathway", which eventually spirals out of control and threatens a worldwide epidemic of violence. Oh yeah & Twists at the end.
    this is somewhat a freaky movie. ... read moreKinda like Stay Alive w/ a twist. Martin Cummins from Poltergeist the legacy is in about 5 minutes of this. (to me doesn?t look like he?s aged much if at all since the 90s! He plays Aiden. (he?s in it cloaked in a hood Jensen
    ?s character removes & toward the end in a really lux looking house. The movie is ok. & looks funny to see Jensen in it. The movie is from 2005 & I?m guessing that?s the year after Supernatural started. Actually Started the SAME year! Actually The series started in 2005 as well.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.
March 5, 2008
Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

It has a nice little array of second tier actors, an interesting story, and a convincing performance by Jensen Ackles who keeps the movie afloat with enough competence to render him likable, even if i... Full Review

Dragan Antulov
October 9, 2005
Dragan Antulov, Draxblog Movie Reviews

good ending that can't save generally disappointing film Full Review

David Nusair
May 22, 2005
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...it's hard to imagine anyone walking away from the film satisfied (this includes the folks responsible for making the movie). Full Review

Scott Weinberg
May 6, 2005
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

...three or four bits of high-end grue surrounded by a whole lot of white noise. Full Review

Clint Morris
May 4, 2005
Clint Morris, Moviehole

If you're planning on hitting the crack-pipe this weekend, then here's a good side dish.

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