The review objects that the film is neither serious exploration nor fully dark comedy and calls the epilogue a cheat, while acknowledging splendid moments.

Adebisi’s actor as Moyez

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The actor known as Adebisi is proposed for the voodoo practitioner instead of Delroy Lindo; Lindo’s improvised-sounding accent is criticized, and the alternative performer is called underused.

Joel Schumacher and Brad Pitt; repeated Pacino refusals; Reeves’s pay cut; Theron’s hesitation

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A proposed 1994 version with Schumacher and Pitt would have modeled the subway on Dante’s circles of hell; it reportedly collapsed without an actor for Satan.
Pacino reportedly rejected the project five times, Reeves accepted reduced pay to secure him, and Theron hesitated about nudity.

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Replacements for Jones include Ridgely, Hall and Macy; Hall is questioned as insufficiently plausible as a jogger.
Skerritt is proposed for Cullen, and Pitt is recalled as a stronger lead.
Pitt and Depp are suggested as actors who could have elevated the lead role.
Redford is rejected as Milton, while Nicholson is considered able to deliver the speeches.

Sculpture lawsuit; rooftop construction; real boxing match; Connie Nielsen’s arrival; cleared street; composite makeup

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A sculpture copyright dispute reportedly required edits in later releases; the rooftop was on the 50th floor with the stage eight feet from the edge.
The film used a real October 1996 Roy Jones Jr. fight; Kevin’s support for the opponent is criticized as boxing ignorance.
Nielsen reportedly had been in America a month before casting; the empty-street shot used a Sunday 7:30 a.m. closure of 57th Street.
The Lucifer transformation reportedly combined Reeves and Pacino life masks, including a Godfather-era mask, with Rick Baker involved.

Rushed trials; Kevin’s marriage; his mother’s secrecy; “Dad”; Larry’s hygiene; the ending

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Trials move too quickly, recesses are casually granted, and surprise evidence is admitted without adequate review; Kevin is also a poor husband.
The mother’s knowledge of Milton, lack of warning and recognition after decades raise questions; Kevin suddenly calling Milton Dad feels odd.
The dreamlike reset ending is challenged, while Satan’s continual testing is offered as an explanation.
Larry does not wash his hands in either version of the bathroom scene.
One interpretation sees a time loop: rejecting the bargain sends Kevin back for another test, while accepting would let events continue.

The prosecutor’s discarded glasses

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The prosecutor oddly throws his glasses onto Kevin’s table after questioning the child.

Trump’s alternate acting career; Gator fans; the Antichrist’s lineage; Pacino’s apparent aging

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Casting Trump as Cullen prompts speculation about whether an acting career would change his later political trajectory.
The film’s implications for Florida Gator fans are jokingly questioned.
The hosts debate whether the Antichrist requires incest, specific parentage or markings, compare other films and imagine a reluctant Antichrist comedy.
Pacino appears much older than in Heat despite a two-year gap; smoking, cinematography and styling are possible explanations.
Oversized suits are criticized, with debate about Michael Jordan’s influence on mid-1990s fashion.

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The other legal drama is one pairing, while Bedazzled is suggested to retain the devil premise with a lighter tone.
The suggested Bedazzled is explicitly the Elizabeth Hurley and Brendan Fraser version.

Unfinished viewing; not a favorite; avoids Satan films

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The addressed producer says an hour remains, the film is not a favorite, he watches few movies and does not enjoy Satan material.