Once again Michael Pena wastes a potentially interesting character role, while Alison Lohman creates a character totally unsympathetic to the viewer. The narrative is clichéd and the dialogue pretty rotten, so solid actors like Dougray Scott and Djimon Hounsou are given very little to do other than show up. THE VATICAN TAPES half wants to be a realistic found footage movie, although it isn't for the other half, it just adopts random shaking camera-work in order to portray the unfolding events. Neveldine's quirky direction undoubtedly drags down this film's enjoyment level from the start. You may - or may not - remember Neveldine as one of the pair behind such delights as CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE and GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, two of the dumbest films made in the last decade. Although this film bags some interesting character actors in support, it also has in director Mark Neveldine one of the lamest guys in Hollywood behind the camera. Hollywood seems to be content to churn out one cookie cutter possession movie after another at the moment.
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