![]() Luckily Dean had given the book to his book seller friend for safekeeping. She tries to seduce Dean and he gets waylaid but keeps his senses long enough to deny what she wants. ![]() Telfer is shown hanging himself and his widow now wants the book back. He wants Dean to go to France and Portugal and meet the owners of the other books and also examine them to see if he can figure out which book is authentic.īefore that Dean wants to meet Telfer the man who had sold Balkan his copy of the book. Balkan owns one and believes that only one of them must be authentic. But due to the nature of its content, the books were burned although only three books remained. It was thought that the author had written the book in collaboration with the devil himself and the book could be used to summon the devil. He has rare books in his collection but is especially keen to have Dean look at a very special book: The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows by Aristide Torchia. He deals with a book collector who is a good friend of Dean's and also a business partner.ĭean is later called on by a name called Balkan who has a job for him. They pay Dean and he happily goes on his way. The family is oblivious to the true value of the books. The old man is unable to speak, but his frustration is palpable. ![]() The family is trying to get some money from the vast collection of rare books the old man has.ĭean Corso expertly cons them into selling him rare books at a very low price. The ending too, was a bit of a puzzle and didn't agree with the character's nature as expressed throughout the movie.ĭean Corso enters an apartment to appraise books of an old man who is wheelchair bound. Along the way, the story simply staggers along and plays spoilsport. Unfortunately, the Ninth Gate is not as succinct as it should be. Still, one could be surprised and a movie could be an edge-of-the-seat thriller regardless of the running time. A thriller should ideally be taut, the story must not meander and based on other successful thrillers, not be more than two hours. However, the running time of more than two hours did make me hesitate. Netflix recently added the movie The Ninth Gate and naturally, the summary had me intrigued. PLOT SUMMARY: A book dealer is hired to track down two rare books that are thought to be supernatural in nature.
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