The Ninth Gate

An authority on rare books is drawn into a confrontation with the forces of darkness in this thriller directed by Roman Polanski. Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is a rare book broker who makes his living tracking down valuable items for rich bibliophiles. Corso is hired by Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), a ...more

Returning to the horror genre that spawned his great artistic triumph Rosemary's Baby (1968), writer/producer/director Roman Polanski provides great visual flourish but little depth to the standard "Satan among us" plot line of this occult thriller based on the novel -El Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte. Actor Johnny Depp convincingly portrays a greedy rare-book dealer and the director ably captures the film's eclectic European settings; however, The Ninth Gate fails to deliver much in the way ...more