Sin Eater – Die Seele des Bösen (2003)

Sin Eater – Die Seele des Bösen: Directed by Brian Helgeland. With Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann, Mark Addy. A young priest is sent to Rome to investigate the troubling death of the head of his order.

“The head of the Carolingian order is killed and one of the last members is called to investigate the death. The Carolingians fight demons, apparitions and perform exorcisms. Can he stop a murderer who is not human?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eApparently all that is required to banish the most powerful denizens of hell is a small wooden Crucifix and the Chantu0026#39;.I order you back to Hell!u0026#39; Well I order you to save your ten dollars. Ledger, Sossamon and even Addy are not the problem in this film. The borderline special effects are also not the problem in this film. The problem is this filmu0026#39;s trailer (the preview for the film) that promises a horror thriller with a mysterious supernatural killer, involving rogue priests. The problem is the trailer writes checks that the plot canu0026#39;t cash. Now I know we have enough rogue priests in our regular everyday life, but these rogue priests have cool black crucifix tattooed on their legs. The entire cast which, seems to be little more than a Knightu0026#39;s Tale reunion all turn in great performances. The first Forty-five minutes make me think of Stigmata with a taste of The Exorcist. After that it becomes boring, predictable and criminally unimaginative. Not only is it not scary or suspenseful after that, but it wastes what was shapping up to be a fine plot. Originally scheduled to release Jan 17, 2002 it was postponed to redo the special effects, maybe the plot should have received a rework as well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThough not big box office fare, the special effects werenu0026#39;t completely horrible. The sets were actually very nice and I liked St. Peters in particular. Maybe a Hollywood clone would do the justice that this movie couldnu0026#39;t, or even a direct to video movie about the Carolingians in which we pretend the first movie didnu0026#39;t even exist.”