Deliver Us From Evil (2014)
You know when a movie claims to be based on true stories and you can’t help rolling your eyes? That’s Deliver Us From Evil . Bar some effective spooky imagery, the movie itself is very average. A cop (Eric Bana) uncovers a case that quickly reveals itself to be centred around possession and otherworldly interference, and it becomes an obsession. It’s slow paced and not in a way that feels intentional; it’s a horror movie bottled in a crime drama, and as such it can't quite figure out whether to pace itself over episodes or to keep the action up. The lighting suffers a similar condition, where the whole thing is lit in the same way as those “gritty” tv shows that really need to ease up on the blue tint and maybe turn on a lamp or two. The performances are fine, mostly - Eric Bana carries the whole damn movie, and you need it in contrast to people like the Jesuit priest who is…cringe-worthy. It’s so close to nailing the tone - it could go full cop drama or full...