{"product_id":"the-rite-anthony-hopkins-blu-ray-2011-region-free-like-new","title":"The Rite - Anthony Hopkins [Blu-ray] [2011] [Region Free] - Like New","description":"\u003cp class=\"sc-item-remarks\"\u003eLike New - We have carefully checked this item for you. The cover\/inserts will be included. The box\/case will be included. The discs will be included. Like New Condition: 'To us' this means the case, inserts and discs will be in excellent condition and will be in full working order. It will show almost no signs of wear (or very little) and 'sometimes' comes partially sealed (torn seal) or e.g. the case with a slight dent or defect, but is still brand new. Ideal for collectors who want items in all-round great condition. Please presume that any reference to a UV\/digital copy copy will not be applicable. Comes with a 60-day warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eProduct Description      \nThe Rite is a supernatural thriller that uncovers the Devil’s reach to even one of the holiest places on Earth.\n\nInspired by true events, the film follows seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue), who is sent to study exorcism at the Vatican in spite of his own doubts about the controversial practice and even his own faith.  Wearing his deep skepticism like armor, Michael challenges his superiors to look to psychiatry, rather than demons, in treating the possessed.\n\nOnly when he’s sent to apprentice with the unorthodox Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins)--a legendary priest who has performed thousands of exorcisms--does Michael’s armor begin to fall.  As he is drawn into a troubling case that seems to transcend even Father Lucas’s skill, he begins to glimpse a phenomenon science can’t explain or control…and an evil so violent and terrifying that it forces him to question everything he believes.\n\n      Amazon.co.uk Review      \nAnthony Hopkins is a veteran exorcist who shows a novice the tricks of the trade, so to speak, in\nThe Rite, a decidedly sober supernatural thriller about demonic possession that stands in stark contrast to the gymnastic pyrotechnics of\nThe Exorcism of Emily Rose and\nThe Last Exorcism. Colin O'Donoghue is the new-minted priest with a truckload of familial baggage (as a boy, father Rutger Hauer showed him his mother's corpse shortly before preparation in the family's funeral business) and a sincere crisis of faith. His adviser (Ciarán Hinds) ships him off to Rome, where he studies under Hopkins, who treats the dismissal of evil forces like a not particularly strenuous therapy session. But when a young pregnant woman turns up with a nasty case of the Devil inside, the tables are quickly turned, and O'Donoghue is forced to ply his training in an actual confrontation with demonic forces. Director Mikael Håfström has an extraordinary visual eye for malevolence in architecture, and his pacing and restraint in delivering full-bore shocks are admirable. Unfortunately, the result is somewhat stillborn, never quite fulfilling its promise as a thinking person's exorcism film, and instead hoping that meaningful glances and mounting shadows will suffice as atmosphere. Hopkins is also restrained in his performance, which works in its early stages--his post-\nSilence of the Lambs roles have hinged so often on operatic rages that one forgets what a subtle actor he can be--but falters in his later scenes, which require him to deliver the film's central chills.\nThe Rite is a notable effort that simply doesn't translate beyond the page.\n--Paul Gaita\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warner Home Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42657393443034,"sku":"S55045579","price":4.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/7339\/7443\/products\/51jpXfluVhL._AC_US1500.jpg?v=1650525481","url":"https:\/\/atticdiscoveryshop.co.uk\/products\/the-rite-anthony-hopkins-blu-ray-2011-region-free-like-new","provider":"Attic Discovery Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}