Movie; Incarnate (2016) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Incarnate

Came out; 2016

Time; 1 Hour 31 Minutes

Watched on; Amazon

Rating; PG-13 for intense sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images, brief strong language, sensuality and thematic elements.

IMDB Rating; 5.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score;

Tomatoemeter: 15%.

Average Rating: 3.4/10.

Reviews Counted: 26.

Fresh; 4.

Rotten: 22.

21% Liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; A scientist with the ability to enter the subconscious minds of the possessed must save a young boy from the grips of a demon with powers never seen before, while facing the horrors of his past.

Staring;

Aaron Eckhart as Dr. Ember

Carice Van Houten as Lindsey

Catalina Sandino Moreno as Camilla

David Mazouz as Cameron

Keir O’Donnell as Oliver

Matt Nable as Dan

Emily Jackson as Riley

Storyline;

In New York, the boy Cameron lives with his Dutch mother Lindsey that is divorced from his alcoholic father Dan. One night, Cameron overhears a noise in the kitchen and is attacked by a homeless; however he kills the man, breaking his neck. The Vatican representative Camilla summons the scientist Dr. Ember to help the boy that is possessed and the exorcism is not effective. Dr. Ember has the ability to enter in the mind of people possessed by demons and bring them back to reality in a dangerous procedure with the support of his team composed by Oliver and Riley. When Dr. Ember visits Cameron, he realizes that the boy is possessed by the insidious demon Maggie, who killed his wife and son in a car accident. Will Dr. Ember succeed in destroying Maggie and saving Cameron?

Thoughts;

The movie starts out with Aaron Eckhart’s character Dr. Ember in a bar, he walks up to a table and starts talking to a person sitting a booth drinking surrounded by beautiful women. He starts telling the man that things aren’t as they appear and starts reminding him of how his life really is. The man realizes that he is right and things go from there. He helps the man escape and we then find out that Dr. Ember is in a wheel chair and looks rough.

We then go to a mother and her son in an apartment, it appears to be in a bad part of town. During the night the boy is attacked by a homeless person and then kills him. After this happens we go to Dr. Ember’s office where a women who claims to be from the church comes to see him. She offers to pay him for his help with the boy. He at first turns her down but then decides to go anyway.

We find out shortly after this that Dr. Ember’s wife and son were killed in the car accident that paralyzed him and that the accident was caused by a demon. A demon he knows by name and has been looking to destroy for some time.

When Dr. Ember goes to the apartment he discovers that it is fact the demon he’s been looking for. He “does his thing” and comes out of it without the child. The movie goes on from here and in the end, Dr. Ember saves the boy and dies, the demon then jumps into the woman from the church.

All in all I’d say this movie was ok. I certainly haven’t seen anything like it before. The possession part yes, but this was different than the general run-of-the-mill excerosist movies you see. It wasn’t as scary as I’d hoped it would be.