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Exorcist: The Beginning
Directed by
Renny Harlin
R
2004
1h 54m
Horror
,
Mystery
,
and more
5.1
11%
27%
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In 1947, having abandoned his faith, Father Merrin joins an archaeological excavation in Kenya, where an ancient church has been unearthed and something much older waits to be awoken.
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Cast of Exorcist: The Beginning
Stellan Skarsgård
Father Lankester Merrin
Izabella Scorupco
Sarah Lesno
James D'Arcy
Father Francis
Julian Wadham
Major Granville
Remy Sweeney
Joseph
Andrew French
Chuma
Antonie Kamerling
Lieutenant Kessel
Ben Cross
Semelier
Alan Ford
Jefferies
Ralph Brown
Sergeant Major
David Bradley
Father Gionetti
Eddie Osei
Emekwi
Israel Aduramo
Jomo
Patrick O'Kane
Bession
James Bellamy
James
Cecilia Amati
Little Dutch Girl
Matti Ristinen
Medieval Priest
Lydia Darly
Sebituana's Wife
James Paparella
Boy in Market
Silvio Jimenez Hernandez
Stricken Turkana Worker
Yemi Goodman Ajibade
Turkana Shaman
John Sesay
Turkana Warrior #1
Sayoh Lahai
Turkana Warrior #2
Alessandro Casula
Preacher with Pazuzu
Robert Davide
Corporal Finn
Rupert Degas
Pazuzu (uncredited)
Michel Leroy
Tribesman in Hospital
Exorcist: The Beginning Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
By the time the three or four false endings are finished and the credits roll, moviegoers will be left wondering whether Schrader's version will be released on DVD.
San Jose Mercury News
Glenn Lovell
It rates fairly high on both the Scare-O-Meter and Gross-Out Scale, with an early hyena attack guaranteed to have you flinching in terror.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
Plenty violent. And bloody. And gory. What it isn't -- not really -- is scary.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
It's not despicable. It is merely boring.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
If you're looking for groundbreaking badness, you needn't look much further than the new Exorcist prequel, which is one interminably grisly waste.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Despite a high body count, shock cuts and loud noises, this prequel to William Friedkin's 1973 horror film fails to deliver any palpable shivers.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
A perfectly mediocre horror film.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A lot of noisy tomfoolery that never coalesces into a solid horror yarn, lacking even the beloved pea soup 'n' rotating noggins that made us quake way back when.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Three directors, two distinctly different versions of the same film, multiple actors in the same roles, at least six writers (most unaccredited), the story behind Exorcist: The Beginning is almost more interesting then the movie itself.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The serious Catholic themes that made the original film genuinely disturbing have been flattened out into a cartoonish backstory pitting Merrin against Nazi storm troopers.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
As shocking as an Dokken album cover and, finally, as pious as The Passion of the Christ.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It manages a trifecta of pain: It's dull, it's grim, it's stupid. How's that for a recommendation?
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
The original Exorcist verged on being demonic child porn. This Beginning simply feels as if it has no end.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
This movie is no Exorcist, but it's no Alien vs. Predator either.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
The Beginning surpasses both sequels, yet it still feels like a potboiler that regurgitates reliable jolts as if it were sticking to its own rites.
Variety
Joe Leydon
This annoyingly disjointed shocker stumbles badly after promising early scenes, and quickly devolves into a chaotic blur of underdeveloped characters, illogical transitions and standard-issue scary-movie tropes.
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
This is the kind of film that mysteriously vanishes from most participants' resumes.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
Nothing in the movie is noteworthy, except for maybe its offensive treatment of children.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
The acting is serviceable at best, the direction unfocused -- and the special effects and makeup cheesy-looking.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
Mr. Harlin's helming is uninspired enough to remind you that he's the fellow responsible for such tankers as Cutthroat Island and Driven.
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