Pretty decent but Crowe carries the whole cast.
I especially liked how Amorth puttered the 2000kms (1200 miles) from Rome to Castille, Spain on his moped wearing a trench coat, sunglasses and a hat.

The exorcism genre certainly hits as generic these days and while I can't quite say this isn't generic, ***The Pope's Exorcist*** is a big upgrade from the recent schlock we've had in recent years. It's very self-aware and isn't afraid of bringing the story to ridiculous places, which is what's required at this point because who even takes these seriously anymore (*The Exorcist 2023*, please prove me wrong!). I was never bored, there's always something happening it's very entertaining. The comedy and cringe is on the menu, the set was nice, some twists I didn't see coming and so much ridiculousness especially in the third act.

Russell Crowe plays one hell of a cool priest, cracking jokes and drinking whiskey. Liked his character and performance. The boy wasn't half bad for a kid playing being exorcised but the words never sync with his lips and that kinda takes me out of it. The sidekick priest was so generic I kept forgetting he was there.

Lining up for a sequel it seems. I'd be up for it, as long as they keep doing crazy ridiculous entertaining stuff.

Lasted 6 minutes with this one. If the demon can’t foresee that the hunter with the shotgun is going to blow the pigs brains out when he posses it then they need to write better demons. Supposedly based on the true story of a Vatican priest that did over 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime? If he lived to be 100 years old and started doing exorcisms the day he was born that would be 3 exorcisms per day - every day of his life lol.

They could make a good movie, but failed. They got everything to do so. Good: the story, mr russell, some scary parts, gory ones.
Bad : the script, support actors.

They could focus on the inquisicion instead, more detective history, less traditional exorcism parts.

If you're a horror fan, this movie is "chill" movie night. There's no real jumpscares, just some gore and scary visuals.

I watched it in the middle of the night 12AM-2AM in the dark and my heart rate was consistently under 70bpm.

"See thee beneath God."

Cool little B-movie feel to it, something my father would've put on when I came round to stay the night as a kid.

It's a casual modern spin on The Exorcist where it goes for a much more cartoonish style. My favourite part was when the two priests are standing over a demon they had just killed with their arms extended holding crosses and saying a prayer in unison and it's identical to that Ezekiel 25:17 scene in Pulp Fiction where Jules and Vincent are both holding their guns out after having just commit murder ... only this is more badass since they are out here defeating evil.

Honestly, such a based movie for sticking to its Christian core too.
It even features a flat earth map :airplane: :eyes:

I don't really ever watch movies like this, but I love Russell Crowe.. so why not? I enjoyed listening to him speak in Italian and ride around on a Vespa. I don't really have any major complaints about the film but I never felt like I'd have felt like I missed out on something special if he wasn't involved.

not the 199 sequels tease

Nothing more than William Fridkin's 1973 film The Exorcist, other than the special effects.

Russell Crowe is a chad :moyai::wine_glass:

Questions - What renovations was that woman planning on a mostly derelict cathedral without any money? and did he really ride that scooter from Rome to Spain? LOL I couldn't take the rest of the movie seriously after that! Really lazy screenplay .... wished they'd worked harder. Best thing about this movie ... the young girl playing "I'm Stranded" by the Saints!

Very poor execution, mediocre script lazy acting. Russel needs to retire he just doesn't care anymore. Half way through the movie I was on tiktok. "The Rite" was the last great exorcist movie.

Not bad for a satanic storyline, good 'bump in the night' special effects. Russell Crowe definitely made the character his own, I just can't see him agreeing to do a sequel.

**Listed in: Satanic Stories - Supernatural Horror**

I’m just keeping it simple it’s not good and it’s not bad it’s OK something to kill time

Rated a Connor 10, normal 8.3

I really struggled to stay awake watching this .

Another same exorcist copy, with the slightest of changes, and a bigger budget.

The only good bit was the disembodied knocking around a room (which sounded great) not looking forward to 199 sequels doing the same exact thing with a different demon. (I liked the Spanish inquisition retcon , but I'd rather see that story, as a series)

annoyances - The kid's make-up looked stupid, the demons voice sounded terrible.

Ok, another Exorcist-Movie, but excellent acted by Russel Crow. A lot of classical but working effects and a story which is based on books of a former real exorcist.

remember, french is the devil

Unfortunately it is indeed a lazy movie that turns into a pilot episode for potential tv show. But the latest Exorcist tv show was so much better than this action flick. Mr Russell Crowe is great and clearly doesn’t mind much what projects he joins now. And that is perfectly fine. Supporting characters had no story, character development. I did not care about them at all. That is a one thing you will note - you just don’t care about any of the characters. Well maybe Mr Russell Crowe character, since he is a major star and does a good accent.
Also. Nothing scary about this movie. The only controversial part is the twist about [spoiler]true leader/powers behind the church.[/spoiler] That was clever. And that makes up a little for this “waste of time”.

Shlocky, pulpy and aggressively pulling from The Exorcists hymn sheet, The Pope's Exorcist is a fun ride with one of Crowe's better characters and performances in years. More thriller than horror, this movie seems to swing for a Marvel-esque ending that opens it up to many sequels and spin-offs. If they're all as punchy as this, I'm all for it. Just bring back Ralph Ineson as more demons, his voice is iconic and somehow fit so so well.

Not scary at all and pretty boring with repetitive scenes involving the exorcist and the demon. Cant recommend this movie.