Synopsis
Father Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to devote himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith.
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Cast
- Stellan SkarsgårdFather Lankester Merrin
- Gabriel MannFather Francis
- Clara BellarRachel Lesno
- Billy CrawfordCheche
- Ralph BrownSergeant Major
- Israel AduramoJomo
- Andrew FrenchChuma
- Antonie KamerlingKessel
- Julian WadhamMajor Granville
- Eddie OseiEmekwi
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
The material is right up Schrader's alley, and while his vision of the first "Exorcist" chapter isn't a masterpiece, it's far superior to the Renny Harlin prequel to "The Exorcist" released last year. - 70
L.A. Weekly
The strengths of Dominion, however, have been little diminished by its long shelf life and, in fact, may have grown stronger with age. - 63
New York Daily News
Not bad. It actually might have been considered pretty good had it been made 30 years ago, when people might have cared about the backstory of Father Merrin. - 60
Variety
Result is hardly a diabolical failure, if not quite a heavenly masterpiece. Schrader's intelligent, quietly subversive pic emphasizes spiritual agony over horror ecstasy, while paying occasional lip-service to the need for scares. - 50
Village Voice
The film will come to share the video store shelf with Harlin's infinitely stupider rendition soon enough, but it's a shame they couldn't have been released theatrically head-to-head -- a death match-cum-clinical trial that might've supplied some objective stats on how much condescension the American moviegoer actually enjoys. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Schrader, in Auto Focus, displayed a devious sense of sin, but in Dominion the Calvinist schoolboy in him insists on trumping sin with guilt. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Instantly forgettable. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Awfully dull, with scant evidence of the sort of things that make horror movies attractive -- like mounting suspense and spine-tingling creepiness and, oh yeah, the element of horror.
