Exorcist: Believer marks the latest installment in the long-running franchise. See how it fares in our list of the Exorcist movies ranked.
The Exorcist: Believer marks the latest installment in the long-running Exorcist franchise, for better or worse. With David Gordon Green at the helm, I rushed to the theater eager to witness a new spin on a classic tale. And, well, um … yeah.
Too bad. I like Stellan Skarsgård, but the actor struggles to evoke the same sense of gravitas and emotion that Max von Sydow brought to the original. More glaring is the disjointed plot that falls back on clichés and fails to provide any real insight or depth into the themes of good vs. evil. Avoid it like the plague.No Exorcist sequel has fully justified its existence, and that theme holds true for David Gordon Green’s Exorcist: Believe. On the plus side, the film looks great.
Anyways, Believer isn’t all bad, just incredibly dumb. The best bits occur early on when two young girls go missing. Their parents search through the woods, and their panic intensifies as they stumble upon backpacks and other items littered all over the ground. Leslie Odom Jr. is excellent in these sequences, quietly observing the precarious situation. At this point, I wondered why this story had to connect with The Exorcist.
Overall, I’d rank Believer above Exorcist II and The Beginning because it at least looks like a completed film. Still, at this juncture, let’s find better stories to tell.Better than Exorcist: The Beginning — even though it’s essentially the same picture — Paul Schrader’s prequel attempts to shed light on the origins of the Exorcist story and Father Merrin with mixed results.
It also earns high marks for its fascinating exploration of good vs. evil, faith, and the consequences of past actions. George C. Scott delivers a quiet, nuanced performance that grounds the outlandish proceedings, while director William Peter Blatty stages a few impressive set pieces and jump scares, notably a creepy finale chock full of wild imagery.
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