“The Exorcism of God” opens with the possession of Magali (Irán Castillo), a nun at an orphanage in Mexico whose nipples get at the least as a lot on-screen consideration as her face. As quickly as Magali and Father Peter Williams (Will Beinbrink), the priest performing her exorcism, are left alone, he rapes her. Such is the character of this soulless movie, directed by Alejandro Hidalgo and written by Hidalgo and Santiago Fernández Calvete.
Eighteen years after that exorcism, Peter, nonetheless a priest, lives in a village the place the residents imagine he’s a saint. When youngsters begin dying from what seems to be an incurable sickness, he worries it’s “a punishment from the Lord.” Certainly it’s a demon — the identical one who possessed Magali has reappeared at a close-by ladies’s jail. Peter calls upon his colleague, Father Michael Lewis (Joseph Marcell) to assist him defeat it as soon as and for all.
There’s only one hiccup: Peter, who dodged excommunication by by no means telling his bishop about the entire raping-a-sister factor, can’t vanquish the spirit until he comes clear. A wiser movie would possibly take this chance to dissect its corrupt main man. “The Exorcism of God” doesn’t. As an alternative it makes Peter an antihero — primarily by throwing a whole lot of imperiled ladies and youngsters into his path to save lots of.
At one level, Michael explains the idea of an “auteur exorcism” to Peter, insisting that as a way to actually outsmart a demon, one should not imagine in God — he should imagine he is God. It appears like a unconscious confession from Hidalgo, who should assume fairly extremely of his personal directorial chops to create such misogynistic nonsense within the first place.
The Exorcism of God
Rated R for rape, carnage and carnal ladies. Operating time: 1 hour 38 minutes. In theaters and accessible to lease or purchase on Google Play, Vudu and different streaming platforms and pay TV operators.