The Prophecy
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Movie Reviews of The Prophecy
Movie Review: The Master Walken
Summary: 5 Stars
ChristopherWalker is a master in this work. Don't miss the first.Its the best,but you will hunger for Prophesy two and three just to rejoin him. Buy the premise buy the flick.I Love them all.Movie Review: The Prophecy does not disappoint
Summary: 4 Stars
Just before The Prophecy was released, there was a lot of excitement about it in certain circles I was a part of. That excessive hype led to my initial disappointment with the movie. Over time, though, as I have watched it over again a time or two, my appreciation of the film has grown. Biblical prophecy and apocalyptic discourses are fascinating to me, and this movie plays off of some of the more far-fetched ideas in the realm of speculation. As the movie opens, we see Thomas Daggett lose his faith in God at the very moment in which he was to be confirmed as a priest; his loss of faith is interestingly a result of having been shown too much of heaven rather than too little. The movie then jumps to the present, where Daggett is a police detective investigating the death of a man-like enigma with no eyes and fetus-like cell structure. We have already seen how this being attacked the angel Simon and lost the fight. The injuries Simon sustains in the struggle upsets his plans, plans which consist of retrieving the soul of the recently deceased most evil man on earth before "the enemy" seizes that soul for their continuing nefarious purposes. Before Simon dies, he gives the soul to a young Indian girl named Mary, and the plot revolves around the enemy's attempts to retrieve the black soul from her and the efforts of Daggett, Mary's teacher, and a medicine man to release the black soul from within Mary's body. The enemy, as Daggett learns by translating a Bible found on the body of the initial victim, is none other than the archangel Gabriel. An unknown 23rd chapter of Revelation in the ancient Bible describes a second war going on in heaven, a war led by the archangel Gabriel who refuses to bow down to the "monkeys" of humanity whom God gave souls and thus elevated above the angels. This is not a "Left Behind" type of story about the end times; it is a saga of the second war in heaven, a war among God's angels themselves. Naturally, such a conflict cannot end without the original fallen angel Lucifer involving himself in the action, and all of this makes for a quite satisfying conclusion to the movie.This movie is blessed with terrific acting. Christopher Walken in particular delivers a powerful portrayal of the tortured archangel Gabriel. There are some pretty good special effects, particularly those showing the horrors of the fighting among the angels in heaven itself. Most religious individuals should have no real problems with The Prophecy because it never portrays itself as representing some kind of truth or challenges its viewers' own beliefs. While the movie has its flaws, it succeeds in presenting a problematical storyline with the required seriousness it requires in order to be effective. It is also improved by small bits of humor along the way, such as Gabriel's dislike for human tears and his inability to drive a car. This is definitely a must-see for Christopher Walken fans.
Movie Review: campy apocalyptic fun
Summary: 3 Stars
Conceptually it's a mishmash of half-baked pseudo-theology, and the semi-coherent climax pretty much defines the term 'deux ex machina'. But whenever the film flatlines under the weight of its leaden pretenses and lousy dialogue, alien iguana Christopher Walken show up to rescuscitate it, much like his character Gabriel raises the dead so they can drive him to his next appointment. He gets most of the best lines, though Adam Goldberg as one of his rotting zombie-chauffeurs, and Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer himself get in a few zingers as well. Eric Stolz is affecting too as God's doomed errand-boy Simon. The two romantic leads are inert by contrast, and on re-viewing this film I found myself fast-forwarding through their scenes. The gargoyle-like crouch adopted by the angels is one of several nice stylistic touches to this otherwise rather low-budget affair, but in the end it's Walken's fascinating goth-camp performance that will keep grown-ups watching.Movie Review: Rises above the genre
Summary: 4 Stars
Okayyy... So as we know, the movie stars Christopher Walken, who (given a serviceable script) can turn any B-film into something approaching high art. By having Gregory Widen (of "Highlander" fame) direct it, that possibility is removed instantly, but we're still left with a strangely addictive movie.It's got (as my co-worker put it) the Canadian Robert DeNiro--Elias Koteas, Viggo Mortenson (underused, but still great to see in action), and Eric Stoltz, all showing more than enough conviction to pull the film out of mediocrity.
Never mind the low-budget; it's alternately campy and (don't laugh) thought-provoking, and of course, Chris Walken walks away with the film's best lines. It's worth owning just for his performance alone.
Movie Review: Powerful story at a whole new level
Summary: 5 Stars
This is most definitely the most amazing and underrated movie I have seen in all my life. Walken performs amazingly as the Archangel Gabreal and he brings a humor to the despairity that fills this work of art. The story is of cataclysmic proportions and the score is to die for. I have yet to see a movie based religiously that compares.