Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

kai ringler this couldn't have been a worse prequel if it tried, the only thing I really liked was the stuff about where he was made to choose which 10 people were to be killed at the beginning of the movie,, the father as it turns out is also into archaeology, and is on his 6 dig,, he's giving up on religion as he has lost all of his faith,, he finds a Christian Church buried to the roof in sand,, where the should not have been a Christian church,, apparently there is a lot of evil going on here and is transferred to a young handicapped boy,, thought Skarssgaard was weak and appeared to be bored in this one,, the action was dry, weak,, and the movie itself I thought was very boring,, nothing really scary about this only reason I gave it a 3 there were a few good things in the movie,, it was somewhat interesting..

olly-pop If you look this film up, you can read a wealth of information about how terrible the initial reviews were for it. It was re-released under 'Exorcist: The Beginning' which was essentially just a different edit and a desperate attempt to salvage the whole project. If you're a fan of the original 'The Exorcist' don't feel drawn towards this film as the two are unrelated. In fact, William Peter Blatty, the author/screenwriter of it, said that watching Exorcist: The Beginning was his "most humiliating professional experience." I love horror films and am totally open to anything low budget or a little odd. This is both with dire acting, scripting and special effects. I'm surprised it managed to reach the vote it did on IMDb and can only presume there are some very vocal die-hard fans out there. The film is poor in almost every way imaginable and my sincere advice, avoid like the plague!

Waerdnotte This is a truly risible movie. A cross somewhere between a Hammer Horror and a Carry On movie, Schrader has crafted a truly awful piece of cinema. My first thoughts after about three quarters of an hour were that it looked like a cheap made-for-TV movie, and the dreadful CGI effects merely compound this. The art direction is woeful, everything looks brand-spanking new, and the sets are so clichéd. Schrader's direction is clunky and uninspired, but worst of all is the acting from Skarsgard and Mann. Skarsgard chews the scenery for two hours whilst Mann seems to think he's in some Merchant Ivory epic.Two hours of my life wasted. This film should not be thought of as anything to do with Friedkin's masterpiece. It is a travesty that quite rightly the studio attempted to shelve. If people think this is better than Exorcist: The Beginning I'm just glad I haven't seen it.

Rodrigo Amaro It's really difficult to say something good of "Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist" considering that "The Exorcist" is one of the greatest horror movies ever made. And try to add something great to the background of an iconic character such Father Merrin is absolutely ridiculous. Forget about Renny Harlin's movie and forget about this one. William Friedkin is, was and always will be the story you must remember and watch over and over again. Although William Peter Blatty author of the book and the first film claimed to have enjoyed the film directed by Paul Schrader, I must say that this disappointing effort adds almost nothing interesting to the series and to the career of the person involved with it.Similar to "Exorcist: the Beginning" (2004) Father Merrin is played again by Stellan Skarsgard and again his first involvement with exorcisms begun during an archaeological expedition in Africa inside of the ruins of an ancient church. Suddenly strange events starts to happen and faithful Merrin tries to comprehend all this things. The vantage of this film towards the one released in 2004 is the good dramatic moments, involving Merrin and Father Francis (Gabriel Mann) quest for faith. The horror was very boring, nothing scary or memorable to see, and that is the biggest problem of the film besides some exaggerations concerning too much summary executions that happens throughout the film (the script proves a point with that but sometimes it's just too repetitive and annoying). Performances are okay, Gabriel Mann is very good in every scene he appears (very sexy dressed as a priest); Stellan is not much likable during some scenes but dominates greatly during the last moments. Morgan Creek the distributor of this film should be ashamed to release this film and the other one directed by Renny Harlin, it only trashed a good franchise and added nothing meaningful to it. Boring experience. 3/10