Deliver Us From Evil (2014)

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Movie
German title Deliver us from evil
Original title Deliver Us from Evil
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2014
length 118 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Scott Derrickson
script Scott Derrickson,
Paul Harris Boardman
production Jerry Bruckheimer
music Christopher Young
camera Scott Kevan
cut Jason Hellmann
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Deliver Us from Evil (original title: Deliver Us from Evil ) is an American horror - thriller from the year 2014 . It was directed by Scott Derrickson , who co- wrote the script with Paul Harris Boardman . The film is based on the 2001 novel Beware the Night by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool . In the United States, the film was released on July 2, 2014. It started in Germany and Switzerland on September 4, 2014 and in Austria on September 5, 2014.

action

The film begins in 2010 with a gun battle in the Iraqi province of Diyala . Three soldiers discover an underground cave. When the light of their lamps goes out and their helmet camera shows a black image, you can hear screams.

In 2013, police officer Ralph Sarchie and his partner Butler investigate a number of crimes. A dead baby is found in an alley. Then they drive to a domestic violence incident . The man, Jimmy, is said to have beaten his wife and is fleeing when the police arrive. Sarchie and Butler arrest Jimmy. At the zoo, a woman, Jane, threw her baby into the lion enclosure, where the animals were fortunately locked away for painting. Sarchie wants to speak to the painter and goes into the enclosure. The painter is gone, but two lions appear. Sarchie can barely save himself. Jane is taken to a mental institution and accompanied by the priest Mendoza at her family's request.

Sarchie and Butler drive to a house that residents say they are "owned". A ghost has lived in the basement since painting work was carried out there. Sarchie finds a painter's body, Griggs. In his apartment they discover photos that also show Jane and that he was in the military with Jimmy and a certain Santino. Sarchie returns to Jimmy's apartment one more time and finds the videos from the helmet camera in Iraq. The scene from the beginning of the film shows a swarm of bats, then some characters on a wall. Santino stands stoically in front of this wall and looks at the signs. Sarchie discovers that these characters were also painted on Jimmy's apartment, in the possessed house, and in the lion enclosure, and were painted over by Santino and Griggs. The characters were written in Santino's blood and eventually lead the policemen to his apartment.

As the investigation continues, Sarchie teams up with the unconventional Mendoza, who is well versed in exorcism , to shed light on the darkness. According to his own statement, the priest knows the “true evil”, which is inexplicable for “human standards”, it is a “gate” through which evil can enter the earthly world. After initial skepticism, Sarchie lets himself in with the priest. They ambush Santino in front of his apartment, but he can outsmart them. Sarchie and Mendoza arrest Jimmy, who is also there. Santino can overpower Butler and kills him. Meanwhile, Jane escapes from the asylum and falls to her death.

Sarchie's daughter and wife are kidnapped by Santino. He faces Sarchie, but does not reveal the whereabouts of the two. Santino is possessed by a demon. With Sarchie's help, Mendoza carries out a major exorcism. When the demon is cast out, Santino reveals the whereabouts of Sarchie's daughter and wife, who can be saved.

background

The film is distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment .

On its premiere weekend in the United States, the film grossed just under $ 4.75 million. Total US revenue is over $ 30 million. Worldwide, the film grossed around $ 88 million on a budget of $ 30 million.

In Germany, 88,902 visitors saw him on the opening weekend. The film has a total of 122,583 visitors in Germany.

reception

The film received mixed reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , only 28% of its 115 reviews are positive. At Metacritic , the film received an average rating of 40/100 with a total of 32 reviews.

Jörg Gerle from film-dienst spoke of an "impressive horror film that appears like a crime drama for a long time, but then develops into an exorcism thriller". Although the "question of the origin and function of absolutely evil is only touched on superficially", the "intense horror experience with goosebumps and lingering fear of the demons in the basement" promotes the film "into the top division of the genre". Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine wrote, however, that the film provided "little more than a series of seemingly arbitrary, often creepy shocks designed solely to serve the audience."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Deliver Us from Evil . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2014 (PDF; test number: 146 415 K).
  2. ^ Based on the novel: "Beware the Night", information from Moviepilot.de
  3. ↑ Cem Topçu: Deliver us from evil. Blogbusters, accessed May 7, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Deliver Us From Evil. Sony Pictures Entertainment , accessed February 18, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Interesting facts about the film at Filmstarts.de
  6. ^ Deliver Us from Evil . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ Deliver Us from Evil - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 12, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Deliver Us From Evil. Metacritic , accessed December 12, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Jörg Gerle: Deliver us from evil (2014). film-dienst , 22/2014, accessed on December 12, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Ed Gonzalez: Deliver Us from Evil. Slant Magazine, July 1, 2014, accessed on December 12, 2014 (English): "[…] Deliver Us from Evil largely passes by as a series of seemingly random, if frequently creepy, shocks to the audience's system."