Can't believe how such a great concept...was dragged to hell!!!

Rating: 4/10 (28 May 2009)

This film had it all going for it; good basis for a great story line and could have been a great film. The start was very promising as we were introduced to the main characters and the plot moved swiftly, an area where Sam Raimi did a great job. From then on it was all downside; although I genuinely jumped form my seat several times, the horror scenes that were plenty and formed the backbone of this film were just way over the top reaching the level of ridicule. Paranormal forces are of great interest to the audience and many of the general public believe them; this film just made the concept of paranormal look tacky. Furthermore I was surprised to see that the Church rushes to condemn film such as the Da Vinci Code and creations such as this, where the main character bluntly follows a route to salvation against any Christian principle causes no reaction from mainstream Christianity.