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      The Prophet's Game

      R 1999 1 hr. 48 min. Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 22% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A retired detective (Dennis Hopper) investigates a serial killer who murders those who cannot solve his riddles. Read More Read Less

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      peter s Imagine if you will the first production meeting for this movie..."Ok guys, we've got the big star. Hopper has agreed. Now, who else do we really want? I know, Sondra Locke and Don Swayze!" Don't worry I can't imagine it either. An awful movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Dennis Hopper carried the film!!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review dave j Monday, November 18, 2013 (1999) The Prophet's Game THRILLER/ HORROR/ SUPENSE MYSTERY At the first few minutes has father-in-law forbidding a young boy and his little sister from playing an offensive board game called "the Prophet's Game", and rips up a bunch of celebrity pictures. It is then the present time, and homicide detective Vincent Swan(Dennis Hopper) is forced for an early retirement for it has something to with the Prophet's Game serial killings in which he purposely killed the person thought to have killed his daughter. Calls then come back to haunt him telling him that he's going to go on a killing spree with clues and if he fails this person is going to dismember some well known people. The boss Walter (played by Joe Penny who was the star of a show called "Riptide") of this new homicide group thinks that Swan is still somewhat connected while he has only one cop who doesn't think he's nuts who is Homicide Francis Aldobrandi played by Stephanie Zimbalist who once made a name for herself by playing detective in the syndicated show "Remington Steele". Meanwhile, the Prophet's Game is being played on-line for viewers are oblivious how that came about for it's just is and stalking a particular student of a university. Both the student and Swan are eventually going to team up to catch the killer. After the revelation toward the end, the movie still didn't make any sense since police man are supposed to help each other rather than fight against one another. Also, viewers are still oblivious how a single person are able to get away for such a long time, for we are still oblivious about the killer's motivations for doing the killings in the first place. 2 out of 4 stars Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member With some better editing and higher production quality, this would have been a much better film. The overall idea is really interesting, and it's definitely good enough to hold your attention. But there is just something lacking visually, and it hurts the movie as a whole. For the most part, though, I enjoyed this. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A rather terrible Dennis Hopper film that has all the flair of a late '80s 'B' movie.... and this was shot in '99. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Bit stupid at moments, but fine enough to be thrilling, don't get to much criticism anyhow. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dan Jardine Apollo Guide Rated: 38/100 Apr 4, 2011 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 1.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A retired detective (Dennis Hopper) investigates a serial killer who murders those who cannot solve his riddles.
      Director
      David Worth
      Screenwriter
      Carol Chrest
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 23, 2017
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