Fallen is a 1998 American supernatural thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, produced by Charles Roven and Dawn Steel, from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan. Denzel Washington plays a Philadelphia policedetective who is investigating occult murders committed by an apparent copycat killer. John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini, and Elias Koteas also star. Despite its underperformance at the box office, Fallen gained a cult following and is considered one of Washington’s most underrated films.
The film was released on January 16, 1998, and its plot revolves around the investigation of a series of murders committed by a demon named Azazel, who can jump from person to person by touch. The film's tagline is "Detective John Hobbes is searching for a killer. But he's about to discover something he never imagined".
