Carly (Carly Pope) learns from her former childhood friend Martin (Chris William Martin) that her estranged mother Angela (Nathalie Boltt) is in coma in a state-of-art clinic and the doctors responsible for her treatment want to talk to her. Dr. Michael (Michael J Rogers) calls her and schedules a meeting with Carly on the next morning. She meets Dr. Michael and his colleague, Dr. Daniel (Terry Chen), and they explain that they need her in an advanced treatment using an avatar to enter into Angela's mind and learn how she is responding the treatment. Carly accepts to participate in the experiment, but she feels affected by Angela's mind and the doctors interrupt her journey. Affected by the experiment, Carly tells her best friend Sam (Kandyse McClure) how he was her journey. But the doctors summon her again on the next day and Carly learns why her mother became a killer on spree years ago. Now she wants to help Angela, but Carly is deeply affected by a demon and Martin tries to help her.
"Demonic" is a disappointing film by the cult Neill Blomkamp with a promising storyline and a messy screenplay. The plot is confused and never works, with poor development of characters. The viewer never knows where the plot takes place (Canada, South Africa?); what Carly does for living (does she work or study?); why the doctors / priests need Carly to enter in her mother's mind if they know how dangerous it would be. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "Na Mente do Demônio" ("In the Mind of the Devil")
