Distraction

Russell Crowe Finds a Hidden Catacomb

The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)

Everything is redacted. 

"Our sins will seek us out." 

Fr. AMORTH :

[WHISPERING] : 

Are you okay? 

Yes. 

Fr. AMORTH :

You don't get to stay handsome 

in this business for too long. 

Please, hmm? 

Don't. 

AMORTH :

I once have a demon try to put 

a crucifix into my eyeball. 

You're always talking and talking. 

Enough. Please. Shh. [WHISPERING] They're sleeping. No more stories. 

AMORTH :

Did you consider why the demon does this? 

To scare us, hmm? For what benefit? 

Chaos. 

AMORTH :

[CHUCKLES QUIETLY] Distraction. 

The devil is the great deceiver. He can make you see things from your past. Apparitions, memories, always trying to deceive us. So we never know what he's thinking, what he's planning. 

If you do not believe me, just ask my friend. Come, I'll show you what I found. Amorth! I noticed this when I first arrived. What is this? 

AMORTH :

You recognize this? 

Yes, it's the seal of the Spanish Inquisition. S.

Fr. AMORTH :

 The darkest time in the history 

of The Church.

And they are...? 

Fr. AMORTH : 

The Victims. The ones 

who would not convert. 

There is something underneath this place. Something is hidden here. Come. 

[DEBRIS FALLING] Hold this. 

Two crossed keys. Do you recognise this? 

It's The Vatican Seal. S, s. 

[SNIFFING] Is it gas? 

Fr. AMORTH :

A little gas. 

A little sulfur. 

A little death. 

So, no smoking, huh? 

[CHUCKLES] Stand back. 

Fr. AMORTH :

[GROWLING] It's a door. Push with me. 

Okay. [WHOOSHING] Catacomb. 

This is how they would 

bury the dead. 

I understand the Vatican sealing this place off.

But why would they leave someone? 

Fr. AMORTH: 

(Indicates the hand of the skeleton)

The ring of the Cardinal Protector. 

He was the final hope. The last protector. 

It looks like he is a prisoner, but he is not. 

The cage is for his own safety. 

They do this when an exorcism fails. 

To protect against the demons escaped, 

to trap something they need to remain hidden.

Toms, see if you can open this gate. 

[PAPER RUSTLING] [IN ITALIAN] 

[GATE RATTLING] 

It's locked. 

Fr. AMORTH :

Then our friend here must have a key. 

(To the corpse) Where did you hide your key? 

[QUIET TAPPING] In the stomach. Forgive me. 

[AIR HISSING] [GAGGING] [AMORTH COUGHING] Try this. 

[CHUCKLES] Huh? Come. 

[SPEAKING LATIN] 

[SPEAKING ITALIAN] 

[GASPING] 

[GROANS IN PAIN] 

Gabriele. Gabriele. 

[SIREN WAILING] 

It worked. Ah. 

[GATE CREAKS OPEN] 

Fr. AMORTH :

Thank you, my friend. 

[MUFFLED THUMPING, SHOUTING] 

[AMY LAUGHING IN DISTANCE] Amy? 

[ESQUIBEL COUGHING] 

[CONTINUES COUGHING] 

The gases and the sulfur, it's getting stronger. We are getting closer to Hell. Cardinal Sullivan, is he all right? He collapsed. LUMUMBA: Holy Father. [SPEAKING ITALIAN] [BREATHLESSLY] Tell him. Tell who? Gabriele. Gabriele? S. Amorth? S. Amorth? What trouble has he got us into this time? AMORTH: The Friar de Ojeda. One of the greatest exorcists of all time. ESQUIBEL: The seal of the Spanish Inquisition. His journal. "Today, I was summoned to the town of Segovia." A possessed monk. "In the year of our Lord 1475..." "...while questioning the demon possessing the monk, "he answered me from the mouth of another. And then a third." Multiple possessions. It's a powerful demon. S. [BREATHING HEAVILY] Amy? [DEMON GROWLING] [AMY LAUGHING] [GRUNTS] The exorcist becomes possessed himself. Friar de Ojeda? You know he is the man who convinced Queen Isabella of the need for an Inquisition. So that means, from the time he is possessed in 1475, everything that happens after this... ...is the work of the devil. Centuries of persecution and torture, the worst abuses of the Inquisition, all started by the friar, and done in the name of God... by the devil. 

The Vatican must have known this. 

The Church covered it up, and 

they buried the truth here. 

"Your sins will seek you out." 

The construction work must have freed the demon. [AMY LAUGHING] 

JULIA: Amy? Amy? [LAUGHING] Henry. AMY & HENRY: It's okay, Mommy. Henry's okay. Oh, that's great. Listen, Amy, why don't you come downstairs with me? BOTH: I'm sorry, Mom. I don't know what got into me. Well, that's okay. That's okay. I just... I just need your sister for a minute. Amy... BOTH: Can you forgive me, Mom? 

"The great dragon was hurled down. Hurled into the earth, where he was bound." "And his angels with him." Revelations. 200 rogue angels buried into the earth. This abbey is one of those godforsaken places. This demon, he was trying to find them. To raise an army and destroy the Church. Amy, come here. 

BOTH: 

What's in your hand, Mommy? Amy, come here right now. AMY & DEMON: What's in your hand, Mommy?! [SNARLING] [SCREAMS] [GROWLING] [GLASS CRACKLING] [GASPING] Look. 

DEMON: Watch me, Mommy. [GASPING] Watch me. [ROARING] [GASPING, CHOKING] [ROARING] 

Fr. AMORTH :

His name... the king of Hell. Asmodeus. [THUNDER CRASHING] [ROARING] [GASPING] [THUNDER CRASHING] [MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY] Quickly! [DEMON GROWLING] JULIA: Amy, use the sedative. [SNARLING] JULIA: Tie his arms. [THUNDER CRASHING] 

We have his name. "Bring me the priest." What did you say? Those were the first words the demon said. "Bring me the priest." It didn't mean me. It wants you. This demon feeds on exorcists. He had a plan once. To lure the friar here... ...hide amongst the righteous and commit heinous acts in the name of God. It wants to do the same thing again. Using me to infiltrate the Church. What greater victory for the devil... than to claim the soul of the Pope's exorcist. Maybe, but we know his name now. So we have what we need to beat it and to save the child. The only thing that can defeat us is ourselves. He will use your sins against you. I need to make confession. To me? You are a priest, are you not? Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. Trust in the Lord. 

Fr. AMORTH :

I want to talk to you about 

things I have confessed before, 

but they still burden me. 

In 1942, during the war, I joined the Resistance. 

I became a partisan and I fought against the fascists. 

So many of my friends would die to German b*ll*ts. [MUFFLED g*nf*re] Why them and not me? [SOLDIER SHOUTING IN GERMAN] 

Their dead bodies would talk to me in my dreams. 

To die in a w*r is heroic. To survive a w*r... complex. And then I begin to see that my life had been spared. It was my responsibility to give it purpose. And in my case, that meant to serve God. [BIRD CHIRPING] In all of my years, I have tried to embrace what is said in Matthew. "What you do for the least among you, you do for me." [BIRD CHIRPING] But when it mattered... I failed. [BIRD CHIRPING] I did not help her, I did not believe her. I did not listen. Rosaria? S. Rosaria. ROSARIA: At night, the devil fucks me. What does this devil look like? You. [BIRD CHIRPING] [BIRD SCREECHES] She was not possessed. She was mentally disturbed. So I let someone else handle her case. Again, my pride. I was an exorcist. 

The mentally disturbed, 

it's not my job. 

Do you believe me now? 

AMORTH: 

But that all changed because of her. 

To hear after her death the rumors 

of the sexual abuse, the cover-up 

within the walls of 

The Vatican City. 

That innocent girl. 

I did not help her when 

she needed me. 

Her soul is my burden. 

And this demon, 

he knows that. 

I know you as a humble man 

of God, Father Amorth. 

It's time to lay down 

that burden. 

Fr. AMORTH :

Forgive me, Father. 

I absolve you of your sins in the name 

of The Father, of The Son and of 

The Holy Spirit. Amen. 

[INHALES DEEPLY] 

[EXHALES] 

[LIQUID POURING] 

[THUNDER RUMBLING] 

I give you the Miraculous Medal. 

Holy fire insurance. Very powerful. 

To defeat the King of Hell, 

we require the armor of God. 

[THUNDER CRASHING] 

To defeat the king of Hell, 

we require the armor of God. 

[THUNDER CRASHING] [DEMONIC ROARING] Remember, the demon will use your sense against you. Do not believe everything you see or hear. We have work to do. We must save this child. [THUNDER RUMBLING] [LOW GROWLING] [SNARLING] All done confessing? Padre. Did he bare his soul to you, Toms? Like your little whore bared her breasts? [SNARLING] Ignore it. Pray for Henry. No amount of prayers can save Henry. Let me in, Gabriele. You know what I want. AMORTH: Our Father... [GROWLING] who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name... [PRAYER CONTINUES] Was there really any point confessing to your god, Gabe? Give us this day our daily bread... Shouldn't you be confessing to her? [THUNDER CRASHING] [CHOMPING] [BIRD SCREECHING] You... are not there. You are only in my mind. [SNARLING] I burn in Hell because of you! You are not there. [LOW GROWLING] You are only in my mind. [GROWLING] Father. ASMODEUS: Join us in Hell, Gabe. Take me in. ADELLA: Don't you want me, Toms? Tell me to get on my knees and say my prayers. f*ck me, Toms. Deceiver. f*ck me, Toms! Deceiver! f*ck me, priest. Oh, God. [AMY CRYING] AMORTH: Toms, focus on the prayer. Asmodeus! [GROWLING] Asmodeus, king of Gehenna, this is the Cross of the Lord! [SNARLING] Release this child and flee from the light of God! See thee beneath God! Never! Get out! Get out of my house! This is the house of God! Not without my son! ASMODEUS: Your son is gone! His soul burns and rots in Hell. Admit to thy name, Asmodeus! Never! And bow to the power of God Almighty! Take me in, Gabe! Oh, Mary, Most High Queen of Heaven... The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among... AMORTH & ESQUIBEL: ...and of the Angels, and Mother of God... ASMODEUS: I am king! You are under my dominion! We humbly beseech you... And here you will remain, damned forever! ...the power and the mission... ...now and at the hour of our death. To crush Satan's skull! I am Asmodeus, king of Hell, and I command you! We beseech thee to send thy holy angels... [GROWLING] ...that under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold att*cks, and drive them hence into the abyss of woe! [THUNDER CRASHING] [BREATHING HEAVILY] [THUNDER RUMBLING] HENRY: Mommy? Mom, help me. Speak to him, Julia. Speak to him. A mother's love never fails. JULIA: Henry! Henry, I love you. Call to him. Henry, come back to me. Henry, please talk to me. [CRACKLING] [PANTING] Mommy, they're hurting me. Oh, God. Henry, we need your help. You must resist. I can't. You must resist. [PANTING] Mom? [CRYING] Henry. [GASPING] What's happening? Oh, my God. Holy shit. The omnipotent. [LOW, DEEP GROWLING] It's in them both. [SNARLING] JULIA [WHIMPERING]: Amy. [SNARLING] [JULIA WHIMPERING] [GROWLING] [WHIMPERING] [GROWLING] ASMODEUS: Give me what I want! No! [GROWLING] [GRUNTING] Surrender yourself to me! [GROWLING] [GROWLING] Julia! [ROARING] [CHOKING] [GROWLING] [JULIA WHIMPERING] [GROWLING] ASMODEUS: I told you, b*tch. You're all gonna die! Amy, please. Amy's gone. [STRAINING] Julia, resist! Don't lose faith! Give me back my children! Your children are gone! Please. Amy, please. I love you. [JULIA SCREAMING] [LAUGHING] [SNARLING] AMORTH: It's me you want. Let the children go. They all suffer because of you. Say the words, piggy. Be the martyr you dreamed of being. [STRAINED GRUNTING] Be my piggy. AMORTH [STRAINING]: Take me.

Give me The Daggers :

Give me The Daggers : 

The Sleeping and The Dead

Are but as pictures : 'tis the eye of childhood

That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed,

I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal;

For it must seem their guilt.

Jordan Peterson - The Truth About Auschwitz Prison Guards

Minister of Defence :

Two dead, two in hospital, and 

Koskov probably back in Moscow, if not dead. 

We're the laughing stock of The Intelligence Community. 

Our first major coup in years, snatched 

from right under our noses 

by the KGB only hours after he defected!

No trace of him?

M :

Nothing. Then there's 

this Pushkin matter.

Minister of Defence :

Well, I must be off. Meeting 

with the PM this afternoon. 

We have to nip "Smiert Spionom" in the bud. 

Pushkin should be in Tangiers in two days' time. 

A termination warrant has been issued for him. 

007 :

This plot to kill agents sounds 

rather far-fetched, sir.

I know General Pushkin.

M :

Do you think I don't? 

007 :

I've dealt with him on several occasions! 

Our paths have crossed over the years. 

He's tough and resourceful, but...

I can't believe he's a psychotic.

M :

Neither did I until today. 

This arrived from Gibraltar. 

It was found near 009's body. 

Your name was on 

Pushkin's List, too, 007. 

007 :

There are a few things I'd like 

to check out first, sir. 

That sniper, for instance. 

M :

Yes. I've read Saunders' report --

You jeopardised The Mission, to 

avoid shooting a beautiful girl.

007 :

I had to make a split-second 

decision. It was instinct.

M : (nods)

I'll recall 004 from Hong Kong. 

He can do it. He doesn't know Pushkin. 

He follows orders, not instincts. - 

You can take a fortnight's leave.

007 :

No! Sir. If it "has" to be done, 

I'd rather do it.

"....back when I was 20, something like that -- 20....

I started studying atrocity, right? 

And so, I've always been interested in The Holocaust, in particular, but it's a very particular interest, like -- 

Evil Nazi Germany Auschwitz Prison-guard -- 

Prison-guard who enjoyed his work, right..? 

Because My Question was, 'How could you be 

an Auschwitz Prison-guard who enjoyed his work....?' 

Now,  one answer is, "Well, You're just like a Demon from another planet who's so unlike Me, that I don't even have to worry about it.", and that's a very convenient answer, but it's not True -- many, many many many of the people not all many of the people who were involved in the Nazi atrocities were perfectly Ordinary People they were just like you and you think no I wouldn't do that it's like that's not what the evidence suggests the evidence suggests that the vast majority of people in Nazi Germany went along with it now not all of them were dragged into The Abyss-itself but plenty were and if you think you wouldn't have been one of them that just means it's highly likely that you would have because you have no idea what you're capable of there's a great book about that terrifying book called Ordinary Men and it's about the initiation of a police Battalion from Germany who went to Poland after the Germans marched into Poland now these were ordinary men they were policemen middle-aged who had grown up before the Nazi propaganda Mill got going okay so they weren't indoctrinated Nazis from like the time they were four they're just ordinary middle- class guys plus their Commander told them in Poland when they were starting to do military work even though they were civilian policemen that they could go home that they didn't have to do this job and that there would be no repercussions and in in fact out of the Battalion a number of men right at the beginning said I'm not doing this and they went home Mo the vast majority went along now why okay so now these policemen are in Poland and they've been told a story which is that you know German at War and the reason for that is that evil Jews have conspired up a you know a conspiracy and they've United the Western World against us and they're a fifth column within the country and your patriotic duty is to root them out now that we're in Poland and you're saving the Fatherland and there's going to be Dirty Work associated with it and do you really want to leave all that to your compatriots you know your companions your your guys cuz like if you and I are together and someone that we're working for presents us with a dirty job and I say well I'm not doing that well then I leave it to you so there's a kind of betrayal that's built into that now the guys that left thought I don't care I'm not doing this but most people didn't and part of the reason they didn't do it is because they were loyal to their to their peers by the end of this which took months these guys were taking n naked pregnant women out into the middle of fields and shooting them in the back of the head like and be becoming violently ill because of doing so and tearing themselves into shreds internally like sick sick at heart but doing it and that's a it's a terrible thing to look at and I started looking at that like it's 40 years ago now you know was shocking and so what did I discover well I discover a lot of things I discovered that the ro road to totalitarian hell and atrocity is paved with lies like lies are the pathway to Hell really like practically and metaphysically