![]() ![]() ![]() And if you want to care about the film's testosterone-fueled heroes, you have to care about grief-stricken bro Luke ( Rafe Spall), and his ongoing quest to forgive himself for doing nothing while best friend Rob ( Paul Reid) was killed during a liquor store robbery. This is a problem since "The Ritual" is a character-driven piece, and then a scare delivery system after that. But screenwriter Joe Barton, adapting Adam Nevill's source novel, uncharitably distills many of his working class alpha-male characters' motives to pointless yelling and brooding. ![]()
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