ItвЂ™s an incredibly interesting setup for a priest (especially in an exorcism movie, where one might expect him to employ his previous training in some active fashion), but Neveldine and writing team Chris Morgan and Christopher Borrelli instantaneously abandon this backstory. For starters, Lozano is established as a war vet who took up the cloth when he had seen too much killing. Yet, his role as Father Lozano is both perplexing and disappointing. This leaves the incredibly talented PeГ±a to carry the film. So we donвЂ™t get much of him at all, which is a shame. Hounsou plays a Vatican-based vicar who remains behind in Europe when another church official flies to the States to perform the exorcism. The film is billed as starring Michael PeГ±a and Djimon Hounsou, but thatвЂ™s far from the case. Lionsgate has employed some tricky marketing in bringing The Vatican Tapes to the public, because clearly the powers that be there know it needs whatever help it can get. Can they save her soul? It doesnвЂ™t really matter the film isnвЂ™t worth watching. OliviaвЂ™s father, beaux, and a priest-Father Lozano (Michael Pena), who catches on all too quickly that sheвЂ™s possessed-do what they can to spring her from her hellish captor, including committing her to both a hospital and a mental institution. On her birthday, she becomes the unlucky recipient of a demon seeking out a new soul to corrupt. Director Mark NeveldineвЂ™s addition into the subgenre, The Vatican Tapes, misses every opportunity it has to distinguish itself and rapidly disappears into the pack.ДЄngela (Olivia Taylor Dudley) is a young woman living with her boyfriend. Because of how ubiquitous theyвЂ™re becoming, exorcism movies need to do something different to stand out from the growing herd.

They require minimal cast, basic special effects, and can be shot in essentially a one-room set. My point is if youвЂ™re going to make a scary movie, then go big and scary or none at all.Movies about demon possession seem poised to replace vampires as the latest in-vogue horror movie craze. I heard that director Mark Neveldine wants to make a sequel that would have Michael Pena and Djimon HounsouвЂ™s characters team up as action team hunting down the antichrist. Again, as I said earlier, THE VATICAN TAPES offers almost nothing that could make us believe that weвЂ™re watching the next great exorcism film. Everything is just theatrics, paper thin, only on the surface and itвЂ™s so predictable, you feel like youвЂ™ve seen it a thousand times before. I think director Mark Neveldine focuses too much on the set pieces, the ideas and the concepts, that thereвЂ™s no depth to the characters. Granted, it was more of a worrisome feeling than scared, which also speaks about the ineffectiveness of THE VATICAN TAPES as what it claims to be, a horror film.

They'd get thrown from one side of the room to the next, for example. ItвЂ™s such a physical role, which is expected of any actors who play possessed characters. I do have to give some credit to Olivia Taylor DudleyвЂ™s performance, hers was so convincing that I felt genuine concerned for her. evil and the fate of the world is at stake Turns out, itвЂ™s more than just a case of possession, itвЂ™s good vs.

Until things worsen and the Vatican is informed about it. Michael Pena plays Father Lozano who has his suspicion about AngelaвЂ™s condition but isnвЂ™t sure at first. Olivia Taylor Dudley plays a normal 27-year old woman named Angela Holmes who begins to show weird symptoms that have affect on anyone around her, causing serious injury or death. For this genre, THE VATICAN TAPES is as formulaic as it gets. Despite it being PG-13, THE VATICAN TAPES fails to give me anything that stands out or anything that separates itself from other exorcism movies.

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