The sleazy book dealer Corso (Depp) is hired by the obscure obsessive Balkan to find the only other two copies of his rare book in existence. The book is called 'The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows', and Balkan wants to authenticate his copy of this 17th century occult work, said to have been written by the devil.
One of Depp's easily forgetable movies. As much as I love the man and respect him as an actor, he didn't show me much with this film. His biggest reach in this role was trying to sound cool and calm throughout the picture. Frank Langella was very good as his employer, yet he wasn't used very much. As for the film itself, pretty lame with not very much excitement.
1/2
