The Vatican Tapes (2015)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Beautiful, moving film.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

I thought that using the "Vatican" name in the title of the film would of been seeing how good over comes evil, especially with the twist of the plot, but this film was bad. The acting was mediocre, to much happy feeling from the cast, but Micheal Pena was not that strong in this film compare to his other work. The story gets you into the film, but not much in depth in how the church prepares to do battle with the anti-christ, where other exorcist like "The Priest(korean)" shows how the demon became and it's methods of defiance. There's hardly no bloody gore, it's not the type that has you closing your eyes so you will not see the "horror"parts. Very bad film for its genre!

I went into this movie feeling pretty skeptical, and… sadly those doubts were completely justified (not that I expected much from a director otherwise known for Jason Statham action flicks). It feels like there have been a million possession movies over the years and, honestly, it's rare that I find one that I really love, and that isn't just a cookie cutter version of the same story (which, in itself, IS interesting and scary as hell, it's just rarely portrayed in a way that I find to be genuinely chilling).As if I really need to tell the plot, but… Angela (Olivia Taylor Dudley) visits the hospital for a cut finger and, later on, for a related infection. On the way home she violently takes the wheel and crashes the car, winding up in a coma for 40 days (see what they did there?). Right as they are about to pull her off life support she wakes up, seemingly none the worse for wear. Her father (Dougray Scott) and boyfriend Pete (John Patrick Amedori) — who partake in some of the most predictable banter and relationship clashing ever — are very concerned as she starts to exhibit signs of demonic possession and is subsequently admitted to a psychiatric facility, where things just get crazier until the inevitable exorcism when her true form is revealed.It's just… meh. The acting isn't bad, by any means, but it's nothing special, with Dudley being the standout but not by much. The scene where she "forces" the detective to smash the lightbulbs into his eyes is admittedly pretty awesome, but it's fleeting (not that I want to see more footage of eyeball-lightbulb-smashing, just saying it's a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise mediocre pool of movie). They use every trick in the book — Angela speaking in Aramaic, furniture moving on its own, the sudden bursts of violence by the other patients. The scene with her spitting up the eggs — apparently representing a perverted Holy Trinity — was pretty neat, as was Angela pulling on her chains so hard that she breaks her own back and arms.But they really missed the mark on most of it — they barely showed Vicar Imani (Djimon Hounsou) or Cardinal Bruun (Peter Andersson), who you would THINK would be more central characters given the name. I was hoping for a bit more backstory but instead they relied a bit too much on tired stereotypes, a fairly bland script, and unimpressive effects. Womp!

I do like the concept of possession, often it results in a decent horror movie, think Emily rose and the exorcist. This however..... I don't even know where to start.The story moves too slow. There is no jump scare and no real psychological horror aspect to it. The characters has no dimension.I just feel that they gave up before they started. There is nothing interesting about this movie and frankly i was so friggin bored. If i hadn't watched it at a friends place I Would have turned it off after 20 min.Save yourself and watch something else.

Review: This is one of those typical Exorcist movies, with a straight forward storyline, which wasn't that great! Basically, an everyday young girl, Angela (Olivia Taylor Dudley) gets possessed by a demon and is hospitalised, with her dad, Roger Holmes (Dougray Scott) and boyfriend Pete (John Patrick Amedori), by her side. As there is nothing that the doctors can do, she is released from hospital but the on sight preacher, Father Lozano (Michael Pena), knows that there is something suspect about her. Soon after she is released, she causes car crash which puts her in a coma, and when they decide to turn of the life support machine, she comes back alive, to everyone's amazement. While she is in hospital, she wakes up in the night and nearly kills a baby, so they put her in a psychiatric hospital, so she can be under 24hr watch. After a few extremely weird events, which are caused by her, the hospitals psychiatrist, Dr. Richards (Kathleen Robertson) decides to release her, and her father gets help from a Vatican priest, Cardinal Bruun (Peter Andersson), to perform an exorcism with Father Lazano, to release the demon. After an epic showdown, which goes totally wrong, Angela escapes from the exorcism and later on her life, she starts to perform miracles around the world, with Father Lazano and Vicar Imani (Djimon Hounsou) closely watching her from the Vatican. So basically, the devil girl is roaming the streets getting the public thinking that she is a miracle worker when she is really the devil. Sounds great but it really wasn't! Because the movie broke even, there might be a part 2, which will see the priest go after the devil girl but I won't be rushing to see it. The acting was quite poor from Olivia, because she didn't really play the role convincingly. The rest of the cast wasn't bad but I would have liked to have seen more from Djimon, who was perfect for his role. The storyline also wasn't that great because none of the strange events were investigated by anyone, which I found a bit strange. If they would have looked into her past, they would have known that the random miracles that she was performing were suspect, especially after the police officer killed himself, and I'm surprised that no one looked at the recordings that were made in the hospital. Anyway, the film was badly put together and the sketchy storyline, really needed some work. Disappointing!Round-Up: As I'm quite a fan of Michael Pena, 40, who usually stars in some decent movies like Ant- Man, The Martian, Vacation, Fury, American Hustle, Gangster Squad, End Of Watch etc, I thought that I would give this movie a chance, and when I saw that Djimon Hounsou also was in the cast, I was quite looking forward to it. How let down was I! Djimon was only in a couple of scenes but Michael Pena put in a good performance, even though the script was awful. This movie was directed by Mark Neveldine, 42, who wrote and directed the funny Crank, Gamer, Crank: High Voltage, and the awful Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance. He really didn't make the most out of the decent cast and the sketchy script became predictable and quite boring after a while. Budget: $13million Worldwide Gross: $13.5millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their horror/thrillers starring Olivia Taylor Dudley, Michael Pena, Djimon Hounsou, Alison Lohman, Kathleen Robertson and Dougray Scott. 2/10