don not get me wrong and i love most of paul schrader movie and so it be with sheer excitement i be able to attend at the roll thunder screening at the parisian french cinemathèque with surprise movie on the 17th dec 2004. of course the surprise movie be the exorcist and most people be there for that ( i be too ) . the film be then finish but the score and so p schrader use excerpt from the return of the king and some other movie i forget ( be it conan . ) . anyways and apart from that the movie be finalize . the happy few there ( maybe 200 people ) be tell to please not write about the film on the internet or magazine since it may have jeopardize it chance of get select to the cannes film festival . then come the film and then come the realization that the film might not get select for the festival because of it quality represent never in my life have i experience such a feeling of awkwardness in the audience a people go from be skeptical to plainly laugh out loud at the pity full spectacle . i couldn not believe how low the author of light sleeper and mishima and blue collar and affliction have sink . force over the top acting thorough and stupid end and black and white moral and awful fxs and bad take on christianity from schrader ever and not even suspenseful and just boring a hell ( no pun intend ) and unsurprising at all . some good location but sadly miss use or at least not fulfil the initial hope . in the end i be 100 time more satisfied by the schrader pen roll thunder and wish my 2 hour back . don not believe the hype and even the john boorman movie be more exciting and original . oh and and the billy crawford casting and the poor guy do his best and but what where you expect . he now part of the small club of bad cast mistake ever . i give the movie a 1/5 just because i do not leave the room and but i should have .