I had little hopes of this turning out to be a good movie, but I was actually pleased with what I saw.
This movie is about a demonic possession in a teenager girl and the botched exorcisms performed by a famous preacher. Although the plot is somewhat overused, this one shows it by the perspective of a FAITHLESS (mark this word) preacher, who has a vast religious background, but lost his faith after some events and states it clearly that he doubts his beliefs and even the existence of God and demons. He keeps his preaching, but works more like a "church artist" rather than a true spiritual leader. He is then called by a possessed teenage girl's father to perform an exorcism on her, and accepts the challenge. He takes a documentary crew with him to prove exorcisms weren't real.
The paranormal events happened in a rural property where that man, Mr. Sweetzer, lives with his delinquent son and his daughter, both teenagers. He truly believes his daughter is possessed and calls the famous preacher to help saving her. Unfortunately, it all goes wrong for him.
What I liked the most in this movie is the whole thing about the preacher's lack of faith, for he could have succeeded on his job or at least saved himself and his crew if he at least had some spiritual power/knowledge about what he was really facing. He saw the possession with his own eyes, but kept denying it because his rational, but ignorant mind wasn't being able to understand it. He even had the chance to truly exorcise the demon, but the lack of faith on his speech was so evident that it was barely amused. Other subtle and funny thing is that he told Mr. Sweetzer to not believe in the devil's lies, but he believed in all of them himself!
I don't believe this movie is anti-Christian, but rather delivers a good message about true faith, so rare in these days.
The acting on this movie is good, for the preacher is a very good actor, the character development is good too and so is the plot and the message about faith. I gave it a 7/10.
This movie is about a demonic possession in a teenager girl and the botched exorcisms performed by a famous preacher. Although the plot is somewhat overused, this one shows it by the perspective of a FAITHLESS (mark this word) preacher, who has a vast religious background, but lost his faith after some events and states it clearly that he doubts his beliefs and even the existence of God and demons. He keeps his preaching, but works more like a "church artist" rather than a true spiritual leader. He is then called by a possessed teenage girl's father to perform an exorcism on her, and accepts the challenge. He takes a documentary crew with him to prove exorcisms weren't real.
The paranormal events happened in a rural property where that man, Mr. Sweetzer, lives with his delinquent son and his daughter, both teenagers. He truly believes his daughter is possessed and calls the famous preacher to help saving her. Unfortunately, it all goes wrong for him.
What I liked the most in this movie is the whole thing about the preacher's lack of faith, for he could have succeeded on his job or at least saved himself and his crew if he at least had some spiritual power/knowledge about what he was really facing. He saw the possession with his own eyes, but kept denying it because his rational, but ignorant mind wasn't being able to understand it. He even had the chance to truly exorcise the demon, but the lack of faith on his speech was so evident that it was barely amused. Other subtle and funny thing is that he told Mr. Sweetzer to not believe in the devil's lies, but he believed in all of them himself!
I don't believe this movie is anti-Christian, but rather delivers a good message about true faith, so rare in these days.
The acting on this movie is good, for the preacher is a very good actor, the character development is good too and so is the plot and the message about faith. I gave it a 7/10.