Incarnate (2016)
8/10
Fate worse than death
28 August 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This production pulls out all the stops by employing top "B" lister Aaron Eckhart to play Dr. Ember. Since childhood Ember has had the ability to enter people's minds and "expel" the "demon" or "mental parasite" as he prefers. He chases the demon who caused an auto accident which killed his wife and child (doesn't care so much about the child) and put him in a wheelchair. He works with a team of scientists who perform "exorcisms." Meanwhile little Cameron Sparrow (David Mazouz) becomes possessed by touching a homeless woman on his ceiling. (I didn't make this film.) Ember, who is flirting with retirement is coaxed into the job when he believes it is the demon Ash aka Plague, aka I didn't write them all down, that killed his wife. The demon is toying with Ember... "let the games begin." This is a slightly different type of exorcism film because it does not use both a young and a washed up priest, although Catholics do find their way into the film. The rest of the formula is the same. Sigh. Now if I was living my dream, and someone told me it was a dream and I had to leap from a high up window to "escape" it...I am pretty sure I wouldn't do it. That's just me. I am open for possession.

Good "B" film acting. Story seems well crafted although it feels like they cut a scene or two...like how did they move and examine the kid without touching him? Guide: No sex, or nudity or even a reference to sex. Even in the bathroom scene a man is washing his face. Early bar scene with pretty women acting sexy. There is one F-word usage claimed by IMDb that I missed.
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