History Film / Fallen

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/TheFallen 2006 miniseries]] starring Paul Wesley and Creator/BryanCranston, or the 2016 film starring Addison Timlin and Creator/JeremyIrvine. Nor should it be confused with the [[Music/{{Fallen}} Evanescence album]].

* CruelTwistEnding: At the end of the film, Hobbes [[spoiler: sacrifices his life to destroy the villain. The villain escapes at the last minute; this was foreshadowed in the opening of the movie. Not to mention that Hobbes' reputation is completely destroyed-he'll be remembered as a psychotic cop killer who murdered his own friend. It's also implied heavily that Azazel will spend the rest of his nephew's life hunting him in order to visit the same fate upon him.]]

* SaltAndPepper: Hobbes and Jonesy.

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* KillEmAll: By the end of the film, [[spoiler:Art, Jonesy, Stanton, and Hobbes himself]] are all dead.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Azazel taking the form of a cat is foreshadowed when he possesses a cat earlier in the movie, making sure the end isn't an AssPull.]]

* InconvenientlyVanishingExoneratingEvidence: With a twist. [[spoiler:Azazel possesses a random man on the street, who steals the gun hidden nearby and draws down on Hobbes, who is forced into killing him. The demon then possesses a nearby woman, explaining he can possess anyone within 500 cubits, or about a sixth of a mile (880 feet), if suddenly loosed from his last host. Using this woman, Azazel then smears Hobbes, saying he killed the last host without provocation. The media buys it, since the man's gun only had blanks in it, plus he had no reason for committing {{suicide by cop}}. And Hobbes can't explain his main reason for shooting--freaking demonic possession--without looking crazy, so he gets suspended, removing him from hunting down the demon.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Azazel taking the form of a cat is foreshadowed when he possesses a cat earlier in the movie.]]

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Art winds up murdered in his bed for his brother, John, to find in the morning.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Azazel (in Reese's body) being a smug {{Troll}} and happilyy singing on his way to be executed.

* DaChief: Stanton, how is initially a friend and supporter of Hobbes, before coming to believe that he's a SerialKiller.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: When Hobbes has to figure out which his co-workers Azazel is possessing, it turns out to be [[spoiler:his likable partner Jonesy instead of his aloof, JerkAss superior officer Stanton.]]

* BodySurf: Azazel hops out of various people in a police station while singing "Time is on my side" to mess around with Hobbes.

* TainedTobacco: [[spoiler:Det. Hobbes]] commits suicide by lighting up a poisoned cigarette: allowing to kill himself in front of [[spoiler:Azazel]] without the other being aware of what he is doing.

In Philadelphia, police detective John Hobbes (Washington) gains notoriety for capturing wily serial killer Edgar Reese (Creator/EliasKoteas). Immediately after Reese is executed, Hobbes is plunged into the case of another murderer who seems to be copycatting Reese with scary attention to detail.

In Philadelphia, police detective John Hobbes (Washington) gains notoriety for capturing wily serial killer Edgar Reese. Immediately after Reese is executed, Hobbes is plunged into the case of another murderer who seems to be copycatting Reese with scary attention to detail.

* AloneWithThePsycho: During the final scene, [[spoiler: Stanton and Jonesy]]. have came to arrest Hobbes, and it's pretty obvious that one of them is possessed and ready to kill Hobbes and the other, but neither Hobbes, nor the audience can be sure which, as neither man is acting out of character yet.

''Fallen'' is a 1998 thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, starring Creator/DenzelWashington, Creator/JohnGoodman, and Creator/DonaldSutherland.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: The theologian and demonoligist Hobbes is Catholic. When he's trying to find out what the meaning of "Apocalypse" is (he could look it up easily) he asks a nun. Hobbes mentions that he goes to church occasionally, but not what denomination. Catholicism is the only sect brought up in the movie.

* CatsAreMean: Only if they're possessed by the sadistic Azazel.

* HateSink: It's not hard to despise Azazel given he's sociopathic demon SerialKiller who possess innocent people in order force them to commit gruesome murders and destroying their reputation ForTheEvulz. [[spoiler: After forcing Hobbes' brother Art to kill himself and possessing the friendly and good-hearted Jonesy you really want to see him gone for good.]]

* CruelTwistEnding: At the end of the film, Hobbes [[spoiler: sacrifices his life to destroy the villain. The villain escapes at the last minute; this was foreshadowed in the opening of the movie. Not to mention that Hobbes' reputation is completely destroyed-he'll be remembered as a psychotic cop killer who murdered his own friend. It's also implied heavily that Azazel will spend the rest of his son's life hunting him in order to visit the same fate upon him.]]