The film starts off in Iraq, where 3 soldiers find the chamber with the demon. Problem is they could cut this scene as I was half expecting Bana's character to have been there, but no, it's about the soldiers. I commented that it held nothing revelatory. That all of it was explained throughout the film since there's no tie to the main characters.

And the poor kid is freaked out all the time, yet they never have her sleep with the mother (Munn) in another part of the house. You'd think after a couple of times, they would do keep her out of that room.

And the largest problem most had was the scene between Bana and Edgar Ramirez. I understood they needed to help bridge the connection for those two characters, but in a time of urgency, having these two share a drink and a game of billiards wasn't the proper way they could have had it. Think of it as the moment Merrick explains things to Karras.

The exorcism itself was long and gruesome.

Brooklyn accent.