The Seventh Day follows the well-worn path of demonic possession movies, pairing up a relatively new priest with an older, experienced exorcist to fight an increasing tide of cases. The major mid-movie 'twist' reveal that gives the movie a narrative edge is unfortunately rather obvious to spot early on, but it nevertheless provides some slight variety in plotting to play out in the second half. This whole dynamic was covered to greater effect (and performed better) in the first season of the recent TV reboot of The Exorcist, as even an actor of the calibre of Guy Pearce here rarely hits full form in this occasionally lively but often grindingly familiar movie.
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