Nightcrawler: Demons of the Past
Genre: Action/Superhero
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writer: Jimmy Ellis
Based on Marvel Comics characters
Cast: Jamie Bell, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Liam Neeson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Diogo Sales, Bill Nighy, Simone Kessell, Oliver Stark
Budget: $70,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $81,395,005
Foreign Box Office: $64,204,684
Total Profit: $2,079,045
Reaction: While the film did manage to break a small profit, we can't help but feel a bit disappointed by the mediocre box office. As one of the more well-known X-Men comics characters, we were hoping for numbers closer to LRF's own Gambit films.
"There are probably several other X-Men characters I think would warrant a solo film over Nightcrawler. Jamie Bell does a good job in the title role, but he didn't make for an overly interesting lead protagonist worthy of his own superhero action film." - Joseph Goodrich, Salt Lake Tribune
"In his attempt to provide an interesting backstory for one of the members of X-Men, Mike Flanagan's efforts fall short of holding my attention until the somewhat satisfying conclusion. While not the top-tier of X-Men films, it could be considered a decent entry." - Cal Crowe, Washington Globe
"I didn't hate Nightcrawler: Demons of the Past, but I am not sure it is going to make the big impact on the overall Marvel and X-Men Universes like Chad Taylor's Gambit films did. The film features some decent casting and couple of good action sequences. It's not great, but there are certainly worse superhero projects released monthly." - Mark Gilbert, Boston Globe
Rated PG-13 for intense action violence
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