films seen
3
average score
3.00*
nationality
status
Alive and kicking

Movies


Son of a Gun

2014 / 108m - Australia
Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5*/5.0*
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The Pope's Exorcist

2023 / 103m - USA
Horror
3.0*/5.0*
The Pope's Exorcist poster

Just another exorcist film. The fact that it is based on a rather colorful character (Gabriele Amorth - he actually existed and wrote some books on his profession) is a nice bonus, but it doesn't really change all that much. All the clichés are present, and having someone like Russell Crowe in the lead just adds to the cheese.

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The film benefits from a decent budget and a cool location. The finale is pretty spectacular and Crowe had a lot of fun playing Amorth, but the film neglects to be scary, gory, or horrific in any other sense. It's a defect many exorcism films are facing and one The Pope's Exorcist fails to overcome. Decent horror fodder, but nothing more.


Overlord

2018 / 110m - USA
Action, Horror
2.5*/5.0*
Overlord poster

A decent attempt to do Wolfenstein: The Movie. Sadly there's a bit too much war stuff going on and the horror bits aren't all that impressive. Avery does his best to keep it interesting, it just gets a little dull after a while. Frankenstein's Army this isn't, though there is some fun to be had if you persist and ignore the rest.