Devil: M Night Shymalan returns

Devil stars Chris Messina (Julie and Julia), Jacob Vargas (Death Race) Logan Marshall-Green (TV's Dark Blue), Jenny O'Hara (TV's Big Love), Bojana Novakovic (Edge of Darkness), Bokeem Woodbine (TV's Saving Grace), and Geoffrey Arend (500 Days of Summer).  The film was written by M. Night, but for once, he didn't act in or direct the film.
  The story is about a group of five people trapped on an elevator in a hotel and the detective (Chris Messina) trying to free them.  As the story starts, our narrator (Jacob Vargas) tells the tale is grandmother used to of how the prince of evil himself will come down to claim a certain amount of people occasionally.  Normally only those who have done heinous acts.  It will always start with a suicide.  So, our movie begins with a suicide.  The people all get on the elevator and when it shuts down, they wait for it to start up again.  Nothing seems to work and the 5 will get more and more stressed as time goes on.  Soon, the lights go out for a moment.  When they come back on, one of the 5 is dead.  All of them believe one of them killed the man.  Each time the lights go out, it is lights out for one character.  One of them is the devil, but who is it?
  Let me first say, this film is M. Night's return to what made The Sixth Sense so good.  It is well acted, and very creepy.  I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish.  I can't say anything without giving the story away, but there are plenty of twists.  Again, M. Night doesn't rely on gore, but the story and the setting make for quite a creepy story and the violence is kept tame.  It's not as good as Unbreakable or The Sixth Sense, but it comes close.  My only complaint was that it does seem to have a few convenient things that interrupt the flow of the film near the end, but other than that, it's pretty good.
  This is rated PG13 and quite deservedly so as there are some gruesome moments and a little language.  GD is used once unfortunately, but otherwise, a good spooky film and one that is quite respectful of religion.  3 out of 4 stars for Devil.