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If this film were even semi-critical of Sarchie's testimony, it would acknowledge that, in any other context, Sarchie's version of events is " Taxi Driver"-levels of deranged. These two tough (but fair!) men inevitably team up, but only after more children are threatened, pets are abused, and women are treated like accessories.ĭerrickson and Boardman's film is more than just a sympathetic representation of Sarchie's paranoia. In each case, rebellious, Sarchie finds that hard-drinking Jesuit priest Father Mendoza ( Edgar Ramirez) is already on the case, waiting to nudge skeptical Sarchie toward a no-man-is-an-island acceptance of his limitations. In each case, parents abuse their children while a mysterious string-bean of a man ( Sean Harris) hovers nearby, painting over ominously legible graffiti written entirely in Latin. Sarchie's supernatural radar leads him and wise-ass partner Butler ( Joel McHale) to a string of related domestic abuse cases. For example, Eric Bana's Sergeant Ralph Sarchie, a haunted member of the New York Police Department, simply knows when bad things are going on around him because he has an intuitive "radar"-like sixth sense. I'm seeing Deliver Us From Evil on Monday and I'm looking forward to it.Many of "Deliver Us From Evil"s creative shortcomings result from Derrickson and Boardman's lazy articulation of their film's interest in spiritual doubt and penance. Inspired by the book, which details Sarchie’s bone-chilling real-life cases. He joins forces with an unconventional priest (Edgar Ramírez), schooled in the rituals of exorcism, to combat the frightening and demonic possessions that are terrorizing their city. In DELIVER US FROM EVIL, New York police officer Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana), struggling with his own personal issues, begins investigating a series of disturbing and inexplicable crimes.

We've got a featurette on the real Sarchie's cases for you, one of which inspired the soon-to-be-released horror film from writer/director Scott Derrickson ( Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose). In the upcoming Deliver Us From Evil, in theaters July 2, Eric Bana plays real-life NYPD sergeant and demonologist Ralph Sarchie.