![]() ![]() He smokes, drinks, checks out women's backsides, and wears a leather jacket. His faith isn't in question as his past mistakes force him, like a recovering addict, to keep his s**t together. Exorcists are almost always depicted as old European men whose faith must be tested Father Mendoza is a hip, younger man with a dark past and his own fair share of inner demons still lurking. Bana is his usual reliably everyman self as Sarchie and does a fine job as the audience's skeptical surrogate, but this movie belongs to Edgar Ramirez. That said, the cop movie tropes ultimately mar the overall film. Sarchie's remark about needing an HIV test after one such bite (yes, he gets bitten more than once and in the same arm!) is a reminder of the very real sort of anxieties guys like Sarchie have to face. A scumbag or a nut biting your arm is almost scarier than some of the demon stuff because it's all too real a horror cops have to face every day. Play The cop stuff works best when you see the, well, horrors of being a street cop in the Bronx. ![]()
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