# The Devil Conspiracy

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## Description

The Devil Conspiracy is the sort of film that begins with the War in Heaven, Lucifer being hurled into Hell and the Archangel Michael personally making sure he stays there, then treats all of that as the warm-up. There is something quite admirable about a film arriving with this much theological furniture already unpacked. Heaven, Hell, Satan, angels, ancient relics, cloning technology and a secret organisation are all heading for the same room, and nobody involved seems particularly worried that it might get crowded. Going in, I expected something much closer to a theological mystery. The ingredients certainly point that way. We have the Shroud of Turin, religious institutions, clandestine groups, ancient mythology and enough solemn corridors to suggest somebody resembling Robert Langdon might appear carrying a notebook. That flavour is present, particularly early on, but The Devil Conspiracy has considerably more interest in becoming an action-horror film than sitting around deciphering symbols on church floors. The setup works because it starts with material most of us already recognise in some form. Lucifer rebels against Heaven, Michael defeats him and the fallen angel ends up imprisoned in Hell. The film does not need twenty minutes of mythology lessons before getting on with things. It can use that familiar battle as the foundation and then start building its considerably stranger conspiracy on top. In the present day, a Satanic organisation steals the Shroud of Turin, intending to use the DNA of Christ as part of a plan to create a body capable of hosting Lucifer. Religious relics and biotech laboratories are not obvious neighbours, but The Devil Conspiracy moves them in together anyway. That mixture is probably where the film will either win people over or lose them. Anyone hoping for a restrained religious thriller may wonder why their theological mystery has suddenly developed such an enthusiasm for guns, demonic creatures and angelic warfare. I rather enjoyed the escalation. The film keeps enough of the secret-society atmosphere to maintain that conspiracy flavour, but it is eventually much happier getting Michael involved and turning the whole thing into a supernatural battle between very literal forces of good and evil. The cast is a little uneven, although there are some choices that work extremely well. James Faulkner is one of them. As Cardinal Vincini he brings exactly the sort of authority this material needs, with something distinctly Edward Woodward-ish about the way he occupies the role. He does not appear to be standing outside the story apologising for it. When the plot starts talking about Lucifer, sacred artefacts and the impending consequences for humanity, Faulkner looks perfectly comfortable being the person explaining why everyone should probably be concerned. Peter Mensah is another excellent piece of casting as Michael. His appearances are relatively limited, so there is no point pretending the entire film belongs to him, but Mensah has the physical presence necessary for the character. When Michael does appear, you believe this is somebody who could have personally put Lucifer in the basement of creation and expected him to stay there. Mensah already carries himself with a natural sense of stature, and the film makes good use of it without needing to spend half its running time insisting that Michael is important. Elsewhere there are likeable characters and solid performances without everybody demanding their own paragraph and commemorative plaque. Alice Orr-Ewing has the difficult job of providing a human route through increasingly enormous supernatural events as Laura, while Joe Anderson gets the rather less subtle assignment of being Lucifer. Once the story really starts throwing its ideas around, simple human reactions become useful ballast. Someone has to look appropriately alarmed while ancient evil, cloning science and the possible return of Satan are being discussed in the same conversation. The other pleasant surprise is how well the film generally manages to put i

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## Short Description

When Satanists steal the Shroud of Turin to clone Christ and create a vessel for Lucifer, a battle between science, faith and the forces of Heaven erupts. The Devil Conspiracy turns religious mystery into a full-blooded supernatural action film, with gloriously strange ambitions.

## Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6im3vt5yZoY