David Gordon Green co-wrote "The Exorcist: Believer" with Danny McBride but ultimately directed this attempt of horror that deals with spiritual/demonic possession. It's a subgenre that he hasn't been too. This film has a simple plot where overall kids skip school, go to the woods and decide to do a ritual and BOOM- possession. This film is a bit more more than what I just described. It lightly explores the whodonit scenario especially when you put parents in the mix. It all becomes about parents trying to save their kids. We see family dynamics and how it ties into their beliefs, or lack of. It's interesting that Green decided to put that out there because the whole film just becomes about locking themselves down, uniting all religions together practically, which the film goes into how all religions all have one goal, and try to get the demons out of their children themselves. It gets that real which to me is the highest mark of the film. The screenplay has so much room to play with but decided to stay a bit safe and relatable for our general audience. Even though it's quite different from the first film of this iconic franchise, it likes to reminds us from the music to the most iconic characters. Throughout, it gets melodramatic, almost too much to take serious but it's horror show, what more do I expect?

two out of four tokes.