The Apostate

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The Apostate ★★ Michael Angel 1998 (R)

A young Jesuit priest, whose gay prostitute brother has been murdered by a serial killer, heads home to Puerto Rico and offers his assistance to his police inspector uncle in catching the killer, who seems driven by religious torment. But the priest himself is torn by spiritual doubts about his calling and is plunged into a world of temptation and vengeance. 94m/C VHS, DVD . Richard Grieco, Dennis Hopper, Kristin Minter, Frank Medrano, Michael Cole, Efrain Figueroa, Bridget Ann White; D: Bill Gove; W: Bill Gove; C: Reinhart Pesche; M: Thomas Morse. VIDEO

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