Poe was found on a park bench very close to death in Baltimore in the latter part of the 19th Century. He was found to be babbling, and could not relay to officials what had become of him in those last days. "The Raven" speculates as to what may have happened.
The premise of the film is that there is a murderer on the loose. He is killing people in a rather sick manner, and Detective Fields is given the job of putting the pieces of the puzzle together. And yet they seem strangely familiar. As he searches his memory, what becomes apparent is the reason that the crime scenes may be something he has seen before, or rather read before, as they are near copies of death scenes from the books of one Edgar Allan Poe.
So lead writer becomes lead suspect as the Police bring Poe in for questioning. After some interrogation, it becomes evident, that Poe is not the guilty party but then the flipside of that is he could also become a great ally to the Police and hopefully aid in apprehending the criminal.
The look of the feel is a key ingredient, and wonderfully recreated is Baltimore of the late 1800's. The cast are all decent ion their resepctive roles, from Luke Evans as the Police Detective, with Brendan Gleeson thankfully working on better material than the recent disaster that was "Safe House", and of course John Cusack is wonderfully great as Poe.
It is a gripping film that will keep one attention enthralled throughout the entire running time.
A fly away success.......7 out of 10
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