The vatican tapes review
Oh, and Djimon Hounsou? He’s completely underutilized in what is a throwaway role. Olivia Taylor Dudley, whom I most recently saw in The Barber, does well in what is a thankless role and for the most part looks kind of creepy Dougray Scott continues his skid in his career following Taken 3 playing the overprotective father while Michael Pena as one of the priests say a few lines but like the others, doesn’t really have much depth to his character. The performances aren’t all bad considering the material they had to work with.
Where it does deviate, and I kind of wish the film started at this point, involves the Book of Revelations and the Anti-Christ, unfortunately this portion only takes up a few minutes of quick clips before the end credits. She gestures him toward a window where he is faced with a raven, leaves the room and comes back to the hallway with two light bulbs and begins to gauge his eyes out, right in front of his partner played by Michael Paré in a small and insignificant role (he disappears after this scene).įrom here, the film, not that there’s much originality that came beforehand, delves into what other exorcism movies do in the third act with the priest commanding the demon to show itself, girl (most of the time) cursing or trashing about, etc. Stateside, Father Lozano (MICHAEL PENA) keeps an eye on Angela as stranger and deadlier activities begin to occur including, just one of a few outlandish moments, a scene where a detective is questioning Angela. Don’t ask me how he knows, they probably did explain, but considering two-thirds of this film was dreadfully boring, or at best laughable, it’s hard to remember what was what. Bruun, upon seeing the tape where the demon appears in a split second, travels to the U.S. Meanwhile, at Vatican City, Cardinal Bruun (PETER ANDERSSON) and Vicar Imani (DJIMON HOUNSOU), keep tabs on devilish activities around the world and come upon a taped session between Angela and Dr. Eventually, after she suffers serious attacks and even stops breathing briefly, is taken in for examination at a psychiatric hospital. When she returns, I guess something came with her. But life in general is good until she cuts her finger while cutting the cake, thanks to a balloon bursting (caused by the devil?) and she goes to the hospital to receive stitches. The story centers on generic good-girl Angela (OLIVIA TAYLOR DUDLEY) has a live-in boyfriend, Pete (JOHN PATRICK AMEDORI), whom her military father, Roger (DOUGRAY SCOTT), vehemently disapproves of.
The Vatican Tapes is no exception though there are some decent ideas though by the time we get them, the closing credits begin to roll.
Outside of The Exorcist, the exorcism subgenre has been done and tried numerous times and more often than not, and this includes Exorcist sequels, they tend to, pardon my French, suck. ** Click Here to Purchase The Vatican Tapes on Blu-ray from ** Martin (screenplay)Ĭast: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Michael Peña, Dougray Scott, Djimon Hounsouįeatures: Commentary, Featurette, Deleted ScenesĪudio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1) Writer(s): Chris Morgan & Christopher Borrelli (story), Christopher Borrelli and Michael C.
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The Movie | Special Features | Video Quality | Audio Quality | Overall Is it the worst of the bunch? Not quite but considering at least a respectable enough cast, and a lead actress who could have a future, it was still in some sense disappointing. The Vatican Tapes is the latest of the poorly made exorcism/possession films.