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Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

July. 02,2014
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When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.

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GamerTab
2014/07/02

That was an excellent one.

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Curapedi
2014/07/03

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Kinley
2014/07/04

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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Geraldine
2014/07/05

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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breakdownthatfilm-blogspot-com
2014/07/06

Filmmaker Scott Derrickson has definitely been through a lot when it comes to movies even if he hasn't output a large volume. He's also been through several areas of the movie industry; everything from home video, independent to mainstream blockbuster studios. And of course now that he's been inducted into the family of Marvel Studios, his credibility has been more or less confirmed. Prior to this though he was still trying to make a name for himself in way that would make him stand out. While The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) remake was boring for most, his comeback with Sinister (2012) turned the tables in his favor. While Sinister (2012) did engage its audience at the beginning, the predictability became fairly obvious as time went on. Sadly it seems as though Derrickson did not notice this when he released this movie as his next feature.The story for this movie displays events that allegedly were told to be true by a New York police officer named Ralph Sarchie. According to him, he came across a number of strange moments where he would be on duty and witness abnormal actions by people. Playing Sarchie is Eric Bana and soon he teams up with a priest by the name of Father Mendoza (Edgar Ramírez) who believes the cases are related to a greater evil. With the screenplay adapted by Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman, the execution of the story feels very similar to that of Sinister (2012). At the start, the plot will capture the viewers' attention, but over time it begins to lose its grasp on what matters most. This is unfortunate because initially it has an interesting detective supernatural vibe going for it, but then it turns to a rather conventional method of execution and begins to lose traction.And there's a reason why the play out to this feature feels similar. The explanation to this is that Paul Harris Boardman has been a familiar writer to that of other Scott Derrickson productions, surprisingly not Sinister (2012) though. Putting this aside however, the acting by the main cast is fairly good. Eric Bana as the tough Sgt. Sarchie has a captivating presence along with his partner Butler played by Joel McHale, who seems to find a way of making light of any situation. Olivia Munn is also involved as Sarchie's wife who adds some tension to the story being that most married protagonists are easily held as leverage. Edgar Ramirez as Father Mendoza has a peculiar back story working with the supernatural and also serves as a good backup to Sarchie. Lastly there's Sean Harris who plays a significant part to the plot, and Sarchie's investigation.The visuals to the film were properly placed. Derrickson has done horror films before and this one does not divert from what's been done before. The gore is not over the top but can get grotesque.at times. This makes for an effective take on just how bad things can get surrounding Sgt. Sarchie. The worst it gets is body contortions and really freaky looking faces. The special effects themselves though are well done. There's no areas in the run time that look heavily edited or overly fake. Though some of the events that happen are questionable as to if they actually happened at all. Of course this comes with the understanding that certain liberties will be taken with the story that was given from the original source. The question is, exactly how much of it is true? That's to be debated over since the screenplay is based off of a book by Sgt. Sarchie.The camerawork was well done too. Filmed by Scott Kevan, the cinematography is displayed competently. There are dark areas throughout the film but it is not to a point where the audience will not be able to see what is happening. If anything it helps emphasize how peculiar some scenarios get. Occasionally there is some shaky cam and dutch angles, but it occurs quite infrequently that it's not really a bother. Kevan was also the cinematographer to Cabin Fever (2002), Death Race (2008) and The Darkest Hour (2011). Composing the film score to this feature was Christopher Young who has not only worked with Derrickson before but has done many horror scores in general. Sadly, what's only heard here are repeated tracks from other movies like Sinister (2012), and the rest are all stings. It's pretty underwhelming because only a couple areas actually sound unique.Music and story execution is unfortunately a large portion why the movie could not be as good as it presents itself. Yet the actors, horror visuals and premise make the view enjoyable to watch for the most part. It's decent enough to warrant at least one watch but that's it.

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Sam Panico
2014/07/07

Based on the 2001 book Beware the Night by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool, this film claims that it was inspired by the actual accounts of an NYPD sergeant, a throwback to 1970's Satanic film. Directed by Scott Derrickson (Dr. Strange, Sinister), it's a stylish modern take on those films and their various tropes.Where those 70's shockers dealt with the spectre of Vietnam and society's changing views of religion, this film takes the PTSD afflicted survivors of Iraq and posits occult reasons for their suicidal and murderous urges. NYPD office Raphie Sarchie (Eric Bana, Hulk) and partner Butler (Joel McHale, Community) work the dangerous streets of the 46th precinct, a place where the veteran office recounts finding dead infants in dumpsters and real-life horror in every alley.A domestic disturbance call brings them into the world of Jimmy Tratner, a marine that has beaten his wife and whose home has scratch marks all over it. They assume that the man is on drugs or has gone insane as they make an arrest.Before they get a chance to rest, they're called to the Bronx Zoo, where a woman literally threw her son to the lions. The power is down, a stranger painter has released the lions that he talks to and the woman scratches at the ground reciting lyrics from The Doors (an interesting inclusion due to the witchcraft behind their lyrics, such as the inversion of Morrison's name to Mr. Mojo Risin and the Boys from Brazil urban legend of multiple Morrisons being alive all at the same time).The woman from the zoo is transferred to a mental health facility and her family asks that a Jesuit named Mendoza help, which leads to us learning that Ralph has issues with religion.Another call to a house where a family will not leave the living room leads to a possessed basement where that woman's husband, David Griggs, was a painter. His dead body — filled with maggots and flies — emerges from a wall in a great scare. They learn that Santino, a Marine commander, was the painter at the zoo. This scene is rich with occult imagery — strange voices, lightbulbs being instantly extinguished and static coming from the police band.As Ralph gets deeper into the case, he discovers hidden owl iconography, Doors lyrics and more static at each crime scene. There are some effective slices of gruesomeness here, such as the look of Santino and strange bursts of gore, like a crucified cat. And the horror has followed him home, haunting his daughter.After deciding to work with Mendoza, they learn that Ralph has an instinctive radar for the dark side. The three men track Santino and Jimmy. The former overcomes and kills Butler (who did not die in the original cut of the film) and the latter is stopped by the power of a crucifix.Santino escapes, taking Ralph's wife and daughter hostage. An exorcism is performed and all works out fine, including Ralph's return to the Catholic faith as he baptizes his second child.Deliver Us from Evil suggests the start of a new Insidious style franchise, which didn't happen, but still leaves us with a modern take on The Exoricst. It's more stylish and somewhat better than you'd expect, which has led to frequent rewatching in the B and S About Movies household. That says volumes, as most modern horror is barely mentioned in this homestead!Read more at http://bit.ly/2hDnwpo

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Matt_Layden
2014/07/08

Sinister seemed to scare a lot of people, yet I found myself bored by a lot of the attempts. Then when I heard about Deliver Us From Evil, I had an End of Days sense of things, judging from the trailer. Derrickson is no stranger to exorcist/possession style films. An earlier hit of his was The Exorcism of Emily Rose. This time, he goes a bit more grittier and a bit more bloodier.Eric Bana is a detective, his partner is miscast Joel McHale, together they try to solve a series of mysterious crimes. He reluctantly includes a priest who seems to know a few answers regarding the odd quirks of some of these criminals. When reflecting on this film, the one thing that comes to my mind is - great make-up effects. The possessed people, especially during the interrogation scene, is spectacular. The shortcomings of the film seem to be everything else. Bana tries his hardest to be a tough cop from the Bronx, but it doesn't work. His accent is too distracting. Even more distracting is comedian Joel McHale who seems to be a specialist with knives. The film gives Oliva Munn, the thankless role of being Bana's wife. All she does the entire film is complain how he isn't there for his family. This film is predominately a male populated flick. The females here have nothing to contribute, which is a shame because I feel that Munn is actually quite talented. She just needs to right vehicle for her career. Sean Harris, you might recognize him as the bad guy from the recent Mission Impossible film, Rogue Nation, is one of the possessed 'bad guys'. I feel like his career should be taking off soon enough, if this film does anything for him it makes his resume look diverse.The marketing team will have you believe this is based off true events. This is a lie.While there is indeed a man, played by Bana, who actually exists. A man who reportedly did deal with paranormal investigations and even wrote a book about it, the story given to us in this film is not one of those he wrote about. Instead, it is entirely fabricated and uses his name to promote that "inspired by" tag. Misleading? Sure. Then again, every tag that gives us that is a bit misleading, but I just feel that this takes it to a whole other level.Yes, we all know Derrickson can create a creepy atmosphere. He's done it before, but Deliver Us From Evil cannot capitalize on it. At certain parts of the film, it felt like a totally different picture. Everything that deals with his daughter feels right out of Poltergeist. What's it doing in an exorcism film? To say this film fails to deliver, is an understatement.

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MlKE
2014/07/09

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...

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