Would you like fried ham with that?

Rating: 5/10 (18 February 1999)

I have to admit something; whenever movies get serious about the mystical parts of religion, I tend to duck for cover, with rare exceptions, and this movie ain't one of them. True, director Hackford did what he could and managed to milk some entertainment out of it, Pacino may have chewed the scenery, but at least he was entertaining at it, and Charlize Theron shows once again she's going places. But come on! The climax, as with most of the movie, was overwrought and melodramatic, and the whole time during the movie, I kept thinking, "If the devil's as powerful as everybody says, wouldn't he be more subtle?" I mean, really.