Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Michael Ledo The film opens as if it going to be a documentary on the various exorcism tapes collected by the Vatican, but in the first few minutes Cardinal Bruun (Peter Andersson) knows this is going to be an anti-Christ/exorcism film from watching Angela (Olivia Taylor Dudley) move her lips, perhaps giving away too much too soon. And we know how these things end. The anti-Christ either dies or it don't.Yes, we can all say "been there done that" and was done better. I particular liked how they did the first hour of the film and Olivia Taylor Dudley did a convincing job.Guide: No F-bombs. No sex or nudity. Some sex talk.

sheridan929 is it just me or ms Taylor Dudley not only looks uncannily like Patricia arquette in stigmata but also has a similar hair cut? i believe it is not correct to quote words of the present pope out of context and use them to support a flimsy history. no matter what your religion is, i consider completely out of place to use any past or present religious leader or their images to make the story credible. At least, The Exorcism (the first one) has not shown such low tricks

Mymsy I was looking forward to watching this film, it seemed like it had so much potential, but I was very disappointed. I found the characters jarred against one another and the most believable was probably the raven. I feel that the bulk of what the film was really about all slumped to the latter end of the film, which made it seem rushed and inconsistent. What a shame.

thelastblogontheleft I went into this movie feeling pretty skeptical, and… sadly those doubts were completely justified (not that I expected much from a director otherwise known for Jason Statham action flicks). It feels like there have been a million possession movies over the years and, honestly, it's rare that I find one that I really love, and that isn't just a cookie cutter version of the same story (which, in itself, IS interesting and scary as hell, it's just rarely portrayed in a way that I find to be genuinely chilling).As if I really need to tell the plot, but… Angela (Olivia Taylor Dudley) visits the hospital for a cut finger and, later on, for a related infection. On the way home she violently takes the wheel and crashes the car, winding up in a coma for 40 days (see what they did there?). Right as they are about to pull her off life support she wakes up, seemingly none the worse for wear. Her father (Dougray Scott) and boyfriend Pete (John Patrick Amedori) — who partake in some of the most predictable banter and relationship clashing ever — are very concerned as she starts to exhibit signs of demonic possession and is subsequently admitted to a psychiatric facility, where things just get crazier until the inevitable exorcism when her true form is revealed.It's just… meh. The acting isn't bad, by any means, but it's nothing special, with Dudley being the standout but not by much. The scene where she "forces" the detective to smash the lightbulbs into his eyes is admittedly pretty awesome, but it's fleeting (not that I want to see more footage of eyeball-lightbulb-smashing, just saying it's a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise mediocre pool of movie). They use every trick in the book — Angela speaking in Aramaic, furniture moving on its own, the sudden bursts of violence by the other patients. The scene with her spitting up the eggs — apparently representing a perverted Holy Trinity — was pretty neat, as was Angela pulling on her chains so hard that she breaks her own back and arms.But they really missed the mark on most of it — they barely showed Vicar Imani (Djimon Hounsou) or Cardinal Bruun (Peter Andersson), who you would THINK would be more central characters given the name. I was hoping for a bit more backstory but instead they relied a bit too much on tired stereotypes, a fairly bland script, and unimpressive effects. Womp!