While the one star is for the mostly original setup, the inanity of the plot and the ridiculous plot twists (put mostly to try to shock the viewer, in a very lazy way) made me take away the rest of the stars.
So basically the new Pope is the devil himself, as is revealed to the main character in the end, when he licks his lips on the television. Wow, that's subtle! How I wish it were so ridiculously easy to identify demons.
And the fact that the devil can apparently possess anybody so easily, including the Pope (who himself is a master exorcist) will essentially make it omnipotent.
Essentially, if you make the antagonist omnipotent and somebody to whom no rules apply, then there is hardly anything of interest left in the story. That's lazy plot-writing and not very intelligent.
So basically the new Pope is the devil himself, as is revealed to the main character in the end, when he licks his lips on the television. Wow, that's subtle! How I wish it were so ridiculously easy to identify demons.
And the fact that the devil can apparently possess anybody so easily, including the Pope (who himself is a master exorcist) will essentially make it omnipotent.
Essentially, if you make the antagonist omnipotent and somebody to whom no rules apply, then there is hardly anything of interest left in the story. That's lazy plot-writing and not very intelligent.