Verdict: This annoyingly disjointed shocker stumbles badly after promising early scenes, and quickly devolves into a chaotic blur of underdeveloped characters, illogical transitions and standard-issue scary-movie tropes! Barely coherent at the best of times, 'Exorcist: The Beginning' in all fairness isn't quite the unmitigated disaster it could have been — but it's pretty darn close! Insipid, un-scary, half-assed, violent, tedious and gore-splattered, makes 'Alien vs. Predator' look like a classic!!