This marriage of police procedural and possession genres is faithful to both but does not quite gel convincingly. The frequently very noisy soundtrack cannot disguise the thinness of the writing here, which makes the film a very long haul to watch, and it is shot like a poor man's Seven (rainy, glum and lots of torchlight), but the film does manage to pull off one hugely effective shock-shot about half-way through. Eric Bana and Joel McHale actually work well on screen as the hardbitten NYPD duo (even if they are not the sharpest or most efficient pair on the force), creating a hint of reality - on which the film purports to be based - amongst the supernatural nonsense and soapy home-life theatrics. As the various plot strands come together awkwardly for the big exorcism finale, ultimately, Deliver Us From Evil is an earnest but rather long-winded affair.
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