Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

zzoaozz This is one of the best television dramas I have ever watched. I sincerely wish there were more episodes. The acting is superb. The characters are believable and well fleshed out, even the seemingly unimportant ones come across as real. This show evokes emotion and makes you care deeply what happens next. It also beautifully filmed. The locations and sets are rich and engaging, the use of light and sound to evoke mood masterful. The attention to even small details is astounding. I cannot fathom why this show did not have a long and rich run. I believe if its creators were to revive it for American audiences it would be a smash hit.

Critical Thinker Acting: Well Done. Story-Line: Disappointingly unrealistic and seemingly bias. It requires significant "Suspension of Disbelief" for those who are more Objective and less Dogmatic. The program itself is not frightening in and of itself. The only "scary" bit in it is that it seems like a religious propaganda video. I can only speak toward the first episode, but It very much seems as if it is written by a fundamentalist that is writing for viewers with the same religious context: scaring them with atheists and homosexuals, as tools of Satan.If you like religious bullying, this storyline is framed for you:---SPOILERS FOR EPISODE ONE START HERE--- 1. A nun talks of Miracles regarding the healing of Leprosy - When a child asks why God's Miracle healed the Leprosy but not the fingers the boy had lost because of the Leprosy, the nun talks down to the child as if she was a fool for believing God would do that, too. (Hmmm, they WERE talking about "Miracles". Seems a fair question from anyone, especially a child.) 2. The priest(main character) tries to black-mail a Richard-Dawkins- reading father into undergoing an Exorcism because the father slapped his child and was not talking nice about Jesus, meanwhile the church is holding the man's daughter at the Church until he complies. When the father's access to his daughter is regained with the help of the police, he fulfills the claims of the priest by seemingly expressing an intent to kill his daughter. But just then the Super-Priest swoops in, quotes some Latin and saves the day by exorcising the demon from the Oxymoronical "Satanic-Atheist". (For those not getting this reference - Atheists are WITHOUT-Religion; the key here is "WITHOUT". Satanism, being inherently religious removes any "WITHOUT" from any religious status, thus allowing ONLY for WITH- Religion titling such as Satanic or Satanic-Theist). 3. A homosexual seminarian whose Leprosy most other characters believed was cured by Mother Theresa, was actually cured by Satan. He's kicked out of the Seminary because of his sexuality, even though he never acted on it. Depressed about being kicked out, a demon talks him into acting on his sexuality so he goes to a bathhouse, meets a man and the ex- seminarian is subsequently de-fleshed to death.---SPOILERS END HERE---Apparitions MIGHT make an interesting storyline IF it portrayed BOTH the church and the traditional church "villains" (atheists, gays, etc.) as each being imperfect in their own ways; To it's downfall, however, the storyline seems very-much framed for that Middle-Ages, as if the clergy is all knowing and everything the church does is justified. Therefore the program is thus more disturbing as by what is implied in the Framing of the story, rather than any actual 'suspense or horror' that may have been intentionally written into the story.

phast2000 I have seen only two episodes so far, but it looks as if this show is more like "The Godfather" than "Exorcist". It has all the elements of a classic gangster movie. We have two sides, priests and demons, fighting each other (cops and gangsters). There is a new chief exorcist in town (new chief of police), and the demons start attacking people close to him. First victim of "the shootout" is a certain priest who used to be a leper, but the demons cured him (a cop on mafia payroll, I guess he got an offer he couldn't refuse). The demons want him to return the favor, torturing him all the while for being gay (and we all know how gays are treated in mafia).There is also a pious little girl, who comes to the chief exorcist asking him to help her father. Her father is a second victim of the demons. She noticed that he talks to himself, threatens to molest her, and reads atheist books by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens (atheist books, an OBVIOUS sign of demonic possession). The exorcist decides to have a look into the matter, but doesn't want to go to the police or social services (the Feds always ruin the fun, plus there would be a HUGE jurisdiction problem – are we dealing with a regular atheist molester or a possessed person??), so he visits the girl's father personally. He discovers that the man really is possessed (works for the mafia), and with a little bit of praying and a lot of shouting and some persuasion finally banishes the demon. So now that the girl and her father are safe, they need to be hidden someplace safe, away from the demons (a witness protection program?). Quote from the show: Little girl's mother (worried and angry): "Is that what this is? God and Satan in some kind of pissing contest, with us in the middle??" Priest (deeply troubled and concerned): "The police can not protect you...wherever you go, Satan will find you. There is only one place demons can not enter." (zoom in on the church)The actors are very good, no doubt about it, but the story is quite silly and a total cliché. I give the show 3 stars, only because of the fine acting.

brianwoodward77 Martin Shaw first came to my notice in the Professionals back in the 80's (action cop/spy drama cheasy version of Spooks), he is a very respected and accomplished Shakespearean and TV actor here, of late the BBC have constructed a number of easy on the eye and brain dramas for him eg Judge John Deed and George Gently and I expected this to be another of the same, however I was pleasantly surprised.It had grit, good acting, a fairly good plot and scampered along nicely, I missed the initial airing and watched it on the BBC's iPlayer facility online, I will tune in next week to watch it live.Give it a go you might be pleasantly surprised.