Movie @227........................."The Ninth Gate"

Movie #227 "Ninth Gate" happened to be on AMC today, and we were relaxing before the show tonight (we are in NYC) and it was a Johnny Depp film we hadn't seen yet, so we watched it. There was a good bad guy in it (Frank Langella), a a few cool edits (after all it's a Roman Polanski film), and Johnny Depp played it to the hilt, but other than that, nothing new here. In fact, the music seemed a rip off of Dave Grusin's for "The Firm." It dealt with satanic power and covens and pentagrams, oh my. blah, blah, blah. It's really all about Johnny Deptt, and he's been better.....much better in other stuff.



Average rating: 3.311
I gave it 3.
The Ninth Gate
(1999) R
An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom brings an unscrupulous book dealer (Johnny Depp) deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship. Director Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby) creates a richly textured gothic mystery where the hunter becomes the hunted and the devil must be paid his due.