|
 THE
SIN
EATER
(aka
The
Order)
With
Heath
Ledger,
Shannon
Sossamon,
Peter
Weller
Directed
by
Brian
Helgeland
For
some
reason
I
had
this
one
mixed
up
with
the
Exorcist
prequel.
Anyhow
it
also
deals
with
priests
and
a
battle
with
faith
and
evil.
Ledger
plays
Father
Alex
Bernier,
one
of
the
last
members
of
an
ancient
Christian
Order.
His
mentor
is
mysteriously
murdered
and
he
heads
for
Rome
to
investigate.
Sossamon
is
the
woman
he
loves
but
cannot
consummate.
Weller
is
the
next
in
line
to
be
Pope
and
puts
Bernier
and
his
colleague
on
the
trail
of
the
"sin
eater",
an
ancient
man
who
imbibes
the
sins
of
those
who
had
been
excommunicated
by
the
church
before
they
die.
Throw
in
a
dark
sect,
a
plot
of
domination
and
more
coinciding
(seemingly
ritual)
deaths,
and
you
have
another
flick
to
add
to
the
occasional
religiously
based
thriller
that
swings
by
every
year
or
so.
In
this
particular
addition
the
characters
are
bland
and
blasé,
even
after
violence,
death
and
supernatural
happenings
-
as
if
it's
an
everyday
occurrence.
This
makes
the
whole
deal
that
much
harder
to
swallow,
slotting
it
in
more
with
the
likes
of
The
Prophecy
sequels
than
The
Omen
or
Exorcist.
3
/
C
-
PB
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
-
B
-
C
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