Pretty decent but Crowe carries the whole cast. I especially liked how Amorth puttered the 2000kms (1200 miles) from Rome to Castille, Spain on his moped wearing a trench coat, sunglasses and a hat.

not the 199 sequels tease

The exorcism genre certainly hits as generic these days and while I can't quite say this isn't generic, ***The Pope's Exorcist*** is a big upgrade from the recent schlock we've had in recent years. It's very self-aware and isn't afraid of bringing the story to ridiculous places, which is what's required at this point because who even takes these seriously anymore (*The Exorcist 2023*, please prove me wrong!). I was never bored, there's always something happening it's very entertaining. The comedy and cringe is on the menu, the set was nice, some twists I didn't see coming and so much ridiculousness especially in the third act. Russell Crowe plays one hell of a cool priest, cracking jokes and drinking whiskey. Liked his character and performance. The boy wasn't half bad for a kid playing being exorcised but the words never sync with his lips and that kinda takes me out of it. The sidekick priest was so generic I kept forgetting he was there. Lining up for a sequel it seems. I'd be up for it, as long as they keep doing crazy ridiculous entertaining stuff.

Lasted 6 minutes with this one. If the demon can’t foresee that the hunter with the shotgun is going to blow the pigs brains out when he posses it then they need to write better demons. Supposedly based on the true story of a Vatican priest that did over 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime? If he lived to be 100 years old and started doing exorcisms the day he was born that would be 3 exorcisms per day - every day of his life lol.