🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #theexorcist #theexorcistbeliever #exorcist #exorcistbeliever Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Creator 15. The Flash 16. Fast X 17. Asteroid City 18. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 19. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 20. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 21. M3GAN 22. missing 23. The Machine 24. Barbie 25. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 26. Scream VI 27. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 28. Dumb Money 29. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 30. Renfield 31. The Equalizer 3 32. Blue Beetle 33. Evil Dead Rise 34. The Pope’s Exorcist 35. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 36. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 37. Knock at the Cabin 38. Insidious: The Red Door 39. The Nun II 40. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 41. Plane 42. Haunted Mansion 43. Cocaine Bear 44. Knights of the Zodiac The Exorcist: Believer ups the exorcism ante by giving us not one possessed little girl, but TWO possessed little girls. It follows the original Exorcist film’s true to life approach, honing in on the human drama of the characters and using this knowledge to heighten the intensity of the exorcism scenes. But does it go far enough? Not quite. Like Creed III, the final fight feels just a beat short of truly earning its payoff. And that payoff was designed to come down to a simple choice that the odd team of exorcist superfriends (a witch doctor, a catholic priest, a baptist minister, the parents, etc) were forced to make, only that choice was written as to be stacked in the favor of one of the girls over the other, thereby weakening the emotional significance and intended tragedy of the climax. So just like The Creator, the movie is very effective and creepy up until the third act where it comes off as rushed and contrived, and therefore doesn’t hold a votive candle to its predecessors. Speaking of which, they brought back the original characters and for some stupid reason did absolutely nothing with them. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message