sean73267326 Exorcism movies are all the rage these days... seems kind of a waste, considering The Exorcist pretty much perfected the genre in one go over 40 years ago. That's not to say other shouldn't try (The Conjuring for example was pretty excellent), but if you're going to make one, you'd better make sure it's damn good. Deliver Us from Evil stumbles not only because it's not very good, but because so many of its scenes immediately draw to mind the 1973 classic, thus drawing comparisons to a movie that it really doesn't hold a candle to. The film makers had to have noticed the three glaring similarities - the opening in an eastern country, the possessed girl (who also looks very similar to little Regan), and the "personal" details of the story that somehow manage to get embroiled up in the final exorcism. I realize that films can be similar, but in this case it is to this movies huge detriment.Otherwise it feels like there's not much to say about this movie, because the movie itself is so devoid of memorability that I feel I can't comment on it. What I will say is this: decent acting, good cinematography. Eric Bana is invaluable to making this film bearable and it features some lovely, moody tracking shots. Otherwise this film has an plethora of problems. The story has been done a thousand times, the villain is particularly lame, the dialogue has numerous clunkers, and the scares just aren't there. When it tries to scare it falls back on the worst clichés in the book - haunted jack in the box anyone?The biggest crime of all is that it just feels cheap. It features cheap scares, cheap and obvious special effects, and some of the cheapest sound effects in the game - listen out for that sample of laughing children that occurs a hundred times throughout the movie. I've heard that sound effect so many times in so many other movies, at this stage I'm going to presume those kids are grandparents at this stage.Worst of all, this movie uses violence in a cheap way. It's difficult to use violence right in a movie, but here it gets it wrong altogether and uses it as an exploitative emotional ploy than anything that further the plot. One act in particular, committed at the start of the movie (thankfully shown off screen) seems to exist just to upset viewer,s as it bears absolutely zero relevance to anything else in the entire movie. Do yourself a favour - rent out Se7en and The Exorcist. Someday, someone will make a good mash up of these movies. Deliver Us from Evil is not that movie.

MattBirk Let this be a lesson to future filmmakers.....police procedurals and possession movies DO NOT MIX. The movie is suspended in the cop genre for far too long to come off as scary or interesting. There is just too much police drama with skeptical main characters who are hard to root for. The problem is that the police side of things makes it difficult for the viewer to suspend their disbelief. Deliver Us From Evil moves at a snails pace and has no interesting qualities to keep you entertained before leads to its predictable exorcism finale. This is the classic go to ending for these types of movies which clearly shows the writers ran out of ideas here and have nothing new up their sleeves.And as for the final minutes of Deliver, it leaves us with one of the sappiest endings in recent memory, just down right eye rolling silly. This is another example of a terrible horror movie being released nationwide, proving that most great horror movies these days come from independent movie studios. Deliver Us From Evil is another tired entry into the overly done exorcism genre, instantly forgettable and one of the worst movies of 2014.

David Roggenkamp A cop investigates a series of disturbing events and finds himself caught up in religious superstition. As the plot unfolds, he further becomes psychologically distressed as well as having his family life suffer. He further investigates with the police force, a few people get hurt and otherwise some currently possessed survivors also tell their tale.It's not that great of a plot, and to be honest there are better horror movies out there. The movie is meant to come off as a thriller – a cop faces the supernatural and his own psychology, but in fact it is realistic in the bitter department. There is largely no winning by anyone here, it is just another day on the force, business as usual in the lives of others, and evil will keep prancing around possessing victims. The movie plays heavily on the psychology of a cop, what it is like to be part of the force, and the psychological tension and stress that ensues when mid- investigation.If you like heist films or the religious and occult, this movie may be what you are looking for; drama and tension can also be felt throughout the film. However, those that are into horror and need their fix will want to look elsewhere.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=7006).

MlKE Bought this on blu-ray after a friend recommended it to me.I like Eric Bana, I like horror (paranormal or otherwise), I do believe in other realms, but one thing I cannot stomach is Christian bulls*it and Hollywood "based on real story/accounts" propaganda!!!Best recent example of Hollywood gone Joseph Goebbels is "American Sniper".Both "American Sniper" and "Deliver Us From Evil" are good movies production value wise. But the sheer amount of bulls*it that comes with films like that is sickening. But I guess you don't notice it much if you're American ;-)Once you've watched the extras on "Deliver Us From Evil", you'll walk away from the whole experience needing a sanity mouthwash pretty ricky-goddamn-tick!First, you'll find out the whole story is a fairy tale (very, and I mean very loosely based on the dude Eric Bana is portraying), and secondly, you'll learn the actual dude (Ralph Sarchie) is as cuckoo as they come. He actually says "If you're not on God's side, you're with the Devil. End of story."Well, I think it's time NYPD, or any other law enforcement organization for that matter, started psych-testing people before pinning shields on their chests; don't you!The movie itself is alright, I guess (in terms of popcorn value). Nothing special. Generally, it's quite unfulfilling. I mean, after two hours, you're learning that the whole plot of the movie is about the cop taking part in an exorcism of some spastic looking like the poster boy for an NGO campaign raising awareness about self-harming :-DAnd what's with the damn demons anyway!? They seem to have the IQ of a fruit basket, don't they!? You catch a cat possessed by a demon, you strap him/her to a chair or bed and you start playing word games with the poor bastard! Does it really matter what the demon's name is? Just call him Steve and be done with it! What, is there a file on every demon out there listing its demonic deeds so you can look it up in your database and go "Well Azazel…I'll be damned, it's you again! I mean, didn't we tell you back in '68 to bugger off!? With your record, Jesus gonna send a SWAT team after yo as*"? What's wrong with you?! Azazel, I got a barbecue at 1 o'clock and I don't have time for this. You leave poor Angie here alone and vacate the premises at once! I command you! If you don't, I'm gonna have to splash you with some super duper magic water and it's gonna sting! So…what do you say!?" :-DAnd if it's a demon, why would you even assume he's not dic*ing around telling you his name is Mammon or some damn thing!? Maybe his name is Dolph…but he doesn't wanna be embarrassed about it so he came up with a cool alias for the occasion, huh!? And demons are always male too, I find :-D Wouldn't it be fun to watch a movie where the demon's name is Stacey!? And are demons really so scared of the word Jesus and Lord!? Some "black dress wearing" as*wipe waves a cross in front of a demon possessed "client", shouts "In the name of…'and the magic word" and all hell breaks loose (pardon the pun)! I mean, demons inhabit a realm/dimension where time isn't really a major factor, right? It's not like a demon has to bounce an hour earlier 'cos' Lucifer paged him to get his as* back in Hell quick and attend a board meeting at which a quarterly possession records of all the employee demons out in the field are reviewed! Why wouldn't a demon just play possum for a week and trick the idiot exorcists he was gone and come back after everything blew over!? I cannot imagine exorcists keeping a "possessed client" strapped to a chair or bed in a basement somewhere for three years making the whole "we gonna make this demon leave" thing their life mission, do you!? One of them would be bound to finally snap and go "Right, screw it! I'm hungry, I got car payments outstanding, my kids failed three spelling tests in a row 'cos' I've been talking total s*hit with a demon for the past two months…that's it, I'm outta here!" :-DSee, this is where you hit a giant smelly wall of bulls*it - the moment you enter the bizarre world of medieval superstition (a.k.a religion). The further we venture into the 21st century, the more insane the whole dogma becomes.It's actually scarier than any horror movie to think that the Vatican actually runs a freaking exorcist school!!! I suspect it's all a Vatican scam! They make up demons and wait for overly religious folks with learning disabilities to start acting all crazy. Then a Constantine-style bass-as* kicks their door in with his arm extended holding a replica of an ancient execution scene nicely compacted into a pocket-size crucifix saving the day! Oh, and he often charges money…'cos', in the end, we don't live in heaven where money doesn't matter; we're still here and someone's gotta pick up the gas bill, don't they!?:-DAll in all, "Deliver Us From Evil" is an acceptable Friday night flick to watch with your squeamish girlfriend munching on burgers with salty Polish cucumbers :-) If you want something a hell of a lot scarier, and you haven't seen it yet, I recommend "Sinister" instead...