Synopsis
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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Cast
- Eric BanaRalph Sarchie
- Olivia MunnJen
- Edgar RamírezMendoza
- Joel McHaleButler
- Sean HarrisSantino
- Chris CoyJimmy
- Dorian MissickGordon
- Mike HoustonNadler
- Lulu WilsonChristina
- Antoinette LaVecchiaSerafina
Recommandations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Buckle up for the ride that is Deliver Us From Evil, a highly intense and effective mash-up of police procedural and horror show. - 63
Boston Globe
Though Derrickson offers some new twists on old tricks, and evokes a mood of menace with rainy streets, gloomy interiors, and the transformation of comforting everyday objects into something horrible, the story soon devolves into variations of many movies we have seen before. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Half the time, Deliver Us From Evil is genuinely interested in Sarchie's all-too-human demons, and half the time we're marking time until the big exorcism and an ending that keeps the door open for a sequel, should the market demand it. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
While the supernatural side of the film suffers a flaw or two — continued references to The Doors are superfluous and sometimes chuckle-inducing — its central conflict works. - 42
The A.V. Club
The action scenes are clumsily filmed and choppily edited. - 38
Slant Magazine
A jump scare isn't just a jump scare in the films of Scott Derrickson, which isn't to say this wannabe master of horror has entirely perfected the art of sudden dread. - 38
USA Today
Even horror neophytes won't be spooked by a film that looks as if it were shot with a smartphone and an Itty Bitty Booklight. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
This rote exorcism-is-real claptrap.
