I was looking forward to Spell hoping it was going to be suspenseful horror but unfortunately it is not very exciting or suspenseful. The movie is about Marquis T. Woods (Omari Hardwick) a successful lawyer on his way to a family funeral in a very distant part of Appalachia. When his Cessna crashes in a storm he is separated from his wife and children and in the care of Eloise (Loretta Devine) and her family who practice a form of voodoo.
There are some very good shots in the beginning when Marquis and his family are flying to Appalachia as well as a few good scenes with Eloise. The flashbacks however look cheap and character development is mostly non existent for the other characters. The dialogue is not always convincing and gets repetitive at times. What happens is also predictable and the actions of the protagonist don't always make sense. The story does pick up in the last 15 minutes but is is again very predictable and it is barely explained how Marquis picked up the voodoo spells and deals so easily with someone like Eloise who as it is shown near the end of the movie has been practicing those spells for for over a century. In the end this was a watchable but underwhelming film that never really reaches its true potential.
There are some very good shots in the beginning when Marquis and his family are flying to Appalachia as well as a few good scenes with Eloise. The flashbacks however look cheap and character development is mostly non existent for the other characters. The dialogue is not always convincing and gets repetitive at times. What happens is also predictable and the actions of the protagonist don't always make sense. The story does pick up in the last 15 minutes but is is again very predictable and it is barely explained how Marquis picked up the voodoo spells and deals so easily with someone like Eloise who as it is shown near the end of the movie has been practicing those spells for for over a century. In the end this was a watchable but underwhelming film that never really reaches its true potential.