Fallen

Jet, Jan 19, 1998 by Sylvia P. Flanagan

A taut thriller, Fallen is about a demonic serial killer who has been apprehended by homicide detectives John Hobbes and his partner, Jonesy. The two detectives are present at the killer's trial and witness his execution. Now, the detectives are suddenly confronted with a new series of slayings committed in the late killer's same peculiar style.

The detectives' superior, Lieutenant Stanton, is unsure whether these new murders are the work of a copycat or a rogue cop. When continuing police investigation uncovers circumstantial evidence implicating Hobbes in the killings, the detective is drawn deep into a baffling mystery that leads him to a theology professor, whose knowledge of the supernatural issues involved in the case proves crucial. Starring: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland and Embeth Davidtz.