Stigmata

This religious thriller came out at the end of the Nineties when everybody in the film industry seemed hellbent on ripping off THE EXORCIST and cashing in on the millennium. Who can balme 'em, that's their job but what is interesting is how a guy who used to direct M.C. Hammer and N.W.A. could pull off such a stylish and genuine creep fest. Gabriel Byrne excels as the priest who travels the world to verify or debunk miracles and is matched in whole by the talents of Patricia Arquette who of late has been making a living of of this sort of thing with the MEDIUM series. Jonathan Pryce rounds out and all around spaced and spooky bunch of robed dudes and all of this is driven by an amazing techno-house score which is solid enough to buy the CD. They try their best to infuse some reality by discussing the Gnostic texts of the Gospel of Thomas and toss in all kinds of obscure references from Catholicism but really...you want to leave the thinking cap off and just enjoy the ride with this one.......it's a fast paced a bumpy one!