Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe) is the Chief Exorcist to the Vatican and must face one of his most perilous cases when a young boy in Spain is apparently possessed by a demon. 

Julia (Alex Essoe) takes her children Amy (Laurel Marsden) and Henry (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney) to an Abbey in Spain that she has inherited following the death of her husband. Unfortunately it seems that this Abbey has some history with the Church and demons and Henry falls foul of one. Local priest Father Esquibel (Daniel Zovatto) calls the Vatican for help and Amorth is called in. 

The rest of the film follows the sort of bumps and scares that all exorcist films have followed since 1973’s The Exorcist, whilst a hidden backstory to the demon’s history tries to tap into the fact that Amorth is a real historical figure in the same way that The Conjuring movies do with the Warrens. 

The whole thing is executed well by Overlord director Julius Avery and Crowe seems to be having a lot of fun as the rogue priest who likes to tell jokes because the devil does not like it. Although ultimately depending on how many films in this genre you have seen you may find yourself underwhelmed in terms of originality or invention. 

The absolute epitome of “fine”.