The Prophecy

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Fred n A great movie. Watched it over and over again. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/13/24 Full Review Justin T This is much more of a thriller in the vein of Se7en (1995) than a horror. This is also a good enough film. It is not too long and not too short but feels a little unoriginal. The acting is excellent as are the effects and so on but just misses the edge it was looking for because of its lack of originality. It is basically a middle of the road dark religious thriller. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/16/23 Full Review Steve D A little too warped up in its own mythology but entertaining as hell. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review sean s They made 5 of these in this series. I recently watched all of these, because one of the pay channels had them all in a row. Christopher Walken is in the first three and is always fun to watch. The first one is ok. The second, third and forth are better, and the fifth is pretty bad. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Kinda boring, half way I wish it end fast Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Thomas Dagget (Elias Koteas), a Catholic seminary student, loses his faith when he sees visions of a war between angels. Years later, Thomas is a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Two angels fall to Earth: Simon (Eric Stoltz) briefly enters Thomas' home and warns him of coming events, while Uziel, a lieutenant of the Archangel Gabriel (Christopher Walken), is killed in an altercation with Simon. Investigating the disturbance, Thomas finds in Simon's apartment the obituary of recently deceased Korean War veteran Colonel Arnold Hawthorne, and a thesis about angels which Thomas himself wrote in seminary. Meanwhile, in Chimney Rock, Arizona, Simon finds Hawthorne awaiting burial and sucks his soul out of his body. The medical examiner informs Thomas that Uziel's body has no eyes, hermaphroditism, and the blood chemistry of an aborted fetus. His personal effects include an ancient Bible, with an expanded Book of Revelation that describes a second war in Heaven and prophecy that a "dark soul" will be found on Earth and used as a weapon... Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads: "The Prophecy has its moments, but any fantasy thriller starring Christopher Walken as a murderous angel should be a good deal more engaging than this." Eric Hansen of Variety called it "daring and unique on the one hand, but hard to swallow on the other". Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that the film is bad enough to end the recent proliferation of religious thrillers. David Kronke of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Though Widen proves himself capable enough behind the camera, his script here is simply too loopy for him to render it in any credible fashion." Mick LaSalle of The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "Yet for all its goofiness, director Widen has made a film with some genuinely creepy moments." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly rated it D− and described it as "an occult freakshow so inert it seems to have been pasted together out of stock footage". It has since gone on to become a cult film. There´s something I do like with this fantasy thriller and the war in heaven between angels. Christopher Walken is solid as the Archangel Gabriel and so is Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer. But, to be honest the acting and direction is quite wobbly most of the time. "The Prophecy" is quite frankly a b-movie and nothing more. Trivia: The film was originally filmed in 1993 and released two years later in 1995. This was the Weinstein's M.O., as they would film a movie before editing them, reediting them, and finally releasing them a year or two later. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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