A young woman who becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.
Alas, look is everything here and storytelling and characters are next to nothing, so what emerges is oddly ineffectual and uninvolving -- visually striking set pieces set loose in a void.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
6 Jan 2007
rotten:
The tedious storytelling sucks the life and soul out of the characters far more effectively than Satan ever manages.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
[An] unholy mess of a flick.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
22 Mar 2002
rotten:
With the original Exorcist back at the multiplex, you don't need this pale copy.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2001
rotten:
Odd camera angles, artfully dim lighting and showy tracking shots simply don't make up for suspense or intelligence.