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Psalm 21 (2009)

Scifi | 114 minutes
2,12 30 votes

Genre: Horror / Drama

Duration: 114 minuten

Country: Sweden

Directed by: Fredrik Hiller

Stars: Jonas Malmsjö, Niklas Falk and Björn Bengtsson

IMDb score: 4,4 (1.238)

Releasedate: 1 January 2009

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Psalm 21 plot

Henrik Horneus is a beloved priest from Stockholm who recently has terrifying nightmares about his dead mother. One day after a service, he learns that his father Gabriel Horneus, also a priest, has mysteriously died from drowning. Henrik has not met him since he was a little boy when his parents divorced and his father returned to the village where he grew up. Henrik travels through the endless dark forests of northern Sweden to the desolate village of Borgvattnet to investigate the mysterious death of his father. His arrival turns out to set powerful forces in motion and opens the door to the past. Ghosts of the past enter the present world with only one goal: revenge.

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sinterklaas

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Well.... a nice film about a priest who, without his knowledge, possesses supernatural powers. The story is very vague and jarring quite often and the overacting is also very present here. The J-Horror elements that the film adds here and there are poorly placed. And what else I can say about it: A bit of an unclear film that is indeed very predictable. I thought that last scene in the church was justified and beautifully portrayed. For the rest, this is just nothing for a rainy Sunday afternoon.

2.5*

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Science Fiction/Thriller? I would rather make it something like Drama/Horror.
The makers seem to have had both in mind, but are only half successful in both.
The dead faces don't look scary due to the bad CGI.
Jonas Malmsjö does his best as a priest who tries to wrestle with his past and discover the true nature of his father. He clearly puts everything he has into it, but it's just not for me.
Especially during the ending in the church you should get some kind of sympathy or empathy for the character, but I felt neither.
In addition, they seem to have taken on a little too much with regard to the denouement of the plot.
It's presented in a bit of a confusing way and the flashbacks of the different characters make this a bit worse. The flashbacks at the moments when someone is really saying something concrete are clear. It is mainly the scenes of Jonas Malmsjö's character that make it a bit confusing.
Especially the switch between the scene with the devil/demon version of his father and the scene in which he wakes up is a bit too abrupt.
Yet it is precisely those confusing parts that keep you watching with attention, because you still want to understand the story.
Not always successful, but here and there also strongly invented. In addition, it is about the only film I have seen to date that focuses on the debacle surrounding the Catholic Church a number of years ago.

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Fransman

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You need nerves of steel for this film. Not because of the supernatural hocus pocus, which is also poorly done and serves no purpose, but because you get an hour of Bible and psalm texts poured over you from a pastor who has lost his way and from an orthodox Christian community in the ban from the 'God of Vengeance'. You have quite a few of those in the north of Sweden. Isolated communities with the church as the only source of relief and where incest is rampant. Then you have this film in a nutshell.

If this had been worked out razor-sharp, it could still be intriguing, but halfway through you get the idea that the director has lost his way a bit. Because what did he want to make? A horror movie? A psychological drama? A thriller? The ending is quite dramatic and unpredictable. But is it also credible? I venture to doubt it.

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