The Prophecy
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Movie Reviews of The Prophecy
Movie Review: One of my favorites
Summary: 5 Stars
I have the trilogy on VHS of this and just today decided to upgrade and bought the individual DVDs of this series.
The three movies are great entertainment (the first being my favorite - Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer is just totally creepy and to go from Lucifer to the King of Middle Earth is quite a feat). Christopher Walken is wonderful in his role as Garbiel. I personally was a fan of a book called "To Rein in Hell" a great Fantasy novel but is very similar to this movie in its content of how some angels are just unhappy with their situation in heaven. This movie and its sequels do capture the overall frustration of the angels and the helplessness of the humans in their wake. If you only see one of the three I do recommend at least seeing the first one to get the true flavor.
Movie Review: Worth your while movie
Summary: 4 Stars
The Prophecy plays of the Catholic Church beliefs. Which is a good thing. You find Gaberial, one of the archangels of heaven, searching for a evil soul of a General in the military. Which ends up in a little girls' body. And there is where the plot takes place. Fighting for this soul and the saving of the human race.Movie Review: Winged Fury
Summary: 3 Stars
Gregory Widen, the writer/director of this film has presented us with the marrow of a quintessential apocalyptic horror film. Mostly he has been a writer [HIGHLANDER series, and BACKDRAFT].
There is a fair amount of humor in the movie, but it is masked in terrific action scenes. One of the strengths of the film is its perverse view of angels. They are certainly not the winged cherubs of Hallmark and children's storybooks. These angels are formidable, and they rush about wreaking havoc. They can roar like lions, and they can slay like beasts. Widen had the temerity to choose Gabriel to be his villian. It was audacious, like casting the Pope as a drug lord, and making the Vatican a crack palace. And he has angels losing their faith, falling prey to the pitiful emotions of jealousy and envy. As one character said," A whole existence spent praising God, but always with one wing dipped in blood."
The film was dominated by Christopher Walken as Gabriel. He wore a long black frock coat, ala Wim Wenders, and those coat tails flapped menacingly as the strutted amongst us. He seemed to accentuate mannerisms and gestures from his own persona, creating a character that will live in cinematic infamy. He wore yellow contacts some of the time, making his eyes look demonic. He sported corpse-pale skin, and his eyes burned out of that white face. He had dyed his hair jet-black, swirled back in his trademark pompadour. Whenever on the screen the scene would ignite, swirling with his own special electricity. The other actors appeared dim in comparison. It has been said of him that Walken can be scary just whistling a happy tune.
Widen's plot, although vigorous and original, is full of holes. The angels have to become mortal, or partially mortal, to exist on earth. But Gabriel can't drive, so he needs a "familiar", an undead assistant. Several of the angel characters are killed, with their hearts ripped out of their chests. Supposedly, they do not have a soul, so what are we supposed to believe actually happens to their life essence? Our soul is just the spiritual energy that will return to Heaven, where they already reside. What do they need a soul for? They are already on the other side. The notion that countless centuries have passed without any human soul being able to journey to Heaven is a bit harsh to grasp. What about the Big Guy, God himself? It is very existential to assume that God just sat back in his cosmic corner, and was willing to let humans and angels and demons work this out. Where is even the tiniest bit of logic in Widen's premise? How could this situation ever manifest itself without divine intervention?
Viggo Mortensen gave a powerhouse performance as Lucifer. This was a complex cameo; one that could have been wasted on a lesser actor. He gave it tremendous gusto, power, and a creepiness that was unforgetable. He had to find the balance between consumate evil and inescapable logic. This role preceded the RING trilogy, but he was always stardom just waiting to happen.
Elias Koteas, a fine actor, did a pretty good job playing the tortured hero, failed priest turned cop, Thomas Daggett. He, initially became a spokesman for the faithless, but when the very skies opened up and the devil ravens swarmed all about, and his immortal soul was on the line, he clung to his renewed faith and his very human soul with the tenacity of a drowning man. Virginia Madsen, the sister of actor Michael, played the teacher, Katherine. She was dedicated to the education and safety of her Navajo students. Her part, although not strongly written, was an important piece of the puzzle. She gave it the feistiness and vulnurability that it needed.
Rounding out the cast was Eric Stoltz as the angel Simon. He had come to capture the Dark Soul, and to prevent Gabriel from retrieving it. When he was mortally wounded, and he decided to "deposit" that evil essence within the confines of a young Indian girl, things began to roll forward at breakneck speed; ala THE EXORCIST. Stoltz found just the right blend of gentleness and ferocity.
The staging of several scenes was quite memorable. Theology, horror, humor, and anthropology mixed very well. It is a film that sticks with you. Even at that, perhaps it did not merit the several sequels that it spawned. I was challenged and entertained in equal portions.
Movie Review: Walken wants your soul....you better give it to him or else
Summary: 3 Stars
Elias Koteas (Exotica, Fallen) plays Thomas...a was been preist who turned to become a detective instead. Koteas is investagating a murder in which a man was thrown out of a window by Eric Stoltz (Pulp Fiction, Kicking and Screaming) who plays the angel Simon, into the street and then hit by a car into the wall. The coroner says the guy is a hermaphadite and well you get the drift...he was a angel named Uziel. Koteas investages more into this reading a ancient bible. Meanwhile Stoltz transfers a dead colonel's soul into the body of a little girl named Mary and she becomes very sick. Enter Christopher Walken (Suicide Kings, Man On Fire) as the angel Gabriel who is pissed off becuase he wants that soul. He goes on a rampage looking for it. Koteas comes into town and meets school teacher Virgina Madsen (Candy Man, The Florentine) who is helping out little Mary in her situation. Madsen and Koteas drive out into the desert where they come into a reservation so they might find a cure for little Mary. Madsen encounters the devil himself and who in the form of you say, well none other then Aragorn himself mister Viggo Mortensen (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Hidalgo). Then the end has Mortensen coming and eating Walken's heart...yummy. The cast is top notch, especially Walken and Mortensen. Also starring Adam Goldberg (A Beautiful Mind, The Salton Sea) and Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction) as Walken's dead toadies. It does have some lulls but they are filled in with great acting.Movie Review: Not worth it
Summary: 1 Stars
As I watched the movie I couldn't help but feel that the director was just stabbing out at a few concepts, rather than character development and story line. 2 bad angels and 1 good, what kind of a war is going on here? Seems pretty week to me. How is one human soul going to help them in their great battle anyway? Is this war going to somehow change God's mind? Can these evil angels who are obviously acting against the the will of God, aka sinning really expecting to have things return back to the way they once were? What is the purpose of an angel, and even more important, What is the purpose and meaning of life for humans in this movie. What motive is there to be a good angel? There has to be some kind of reward. Why do we only get the perspective from the devil and evil angels? Where is the word of God during the movie, and what of his worshipers? Not worth your time or waste of thought.