Robert Cargill-a movie based on the classic The Outer Limits episode ”Demon with a Glass Hand. Next up for Derrickson, as a director, is Marvel’s sure-to-be-massive Doctor Strange, which he’ll oversee while also co-writing-along with fellow Sinister screenwriter C. His accomplishment hasn’t gone unnoticed in Hollywood, either. Produced by action movie icon Jerry Bruckheimer (the muscle behind films like The Rock, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and the Bad Boys flicks), it’s Derrickson’s largest work to date, and, thankfully, it doesn’t skimp out on what’s made his past horror films so effective.
With Deliver Us From Evil, Derrickson has successfully brought his acute genre sensibilities to the big show. In the midst of his domestic troubles, the un-religious and skeptical Sarchie links up with a priest ( Edgar Ramirez) to investigate a string of paranormal incidents throughout the Bronx, which lead back to the Iraq War and all things demonic. But, indeed, Deliver Us From Evil, is primarily a horror movie, and a no-bullshit, creep-you-the-hell-out one at that. There’s plenty of action, showing how Sarchie and his partner, Butler ( Joel McHale), must lump some skulls in order to uphold the law. In spots, Deliver Us From Evil also plays like an emotionally charged drama, spending time with Sarchie and his family, wife Jen ( Olivia Munn) and young daughter Christina ( Lulu Wilson), as his loved ones try to contend with his long hours on the job. At its core, Deliver Us From Evil is a police procedural, telling the story of real-life South Bronx cop Ralph Sarchie (played with a convincing “New Yawk” accent and bravado by the Aussie Eric Bana). Despite it’s thematic darkness and nightmarish imagery, Deliver Us From Evil makes perfect sense as an early July release.ĭirected by Scott Derrickson, it’s a lively, broadly accessible hybrid. “That doesn’t sound like a summer movie at all.” A fair response, but also a wrong one. “Wait, what?” you’re probably saying to yourself. It has demonic possession, horrific murders, an intense eight-minute exorcism sequence, and a cat that’s gutted out and pinned to a cross in tone truly sick Crucifixion tableau.
Deliver Us From Evil (in theaters nationwide today) has everything you’d want from a summer movie, especially the season’s big Fourth of July release.
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