1995 Directed by Gregory Widen
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.
Christopher Walken Elias Koteas Virginia Madsen Eric Stoltz Viggo Mortensen Amanda Plummer Moriah 'Shining Dove' Snyder Adam Goldberg Steve Hytner J.C. Quinn Emily Conforto Shawn Nelson Patrick McAllister Emma Shenah Sioux-z Jessup Sandra Ellis Lafferty Nick Gomez Jeff Cadiente Clark Hunter Albert Nelson
God's Army, Boží armáda, Seraphim, Пророчеството, Proroctví - Boží armáda, God's Secret Army, God's Army - Die letzte Schlacht, Η προφητεία, Ángeles y demonios, Soldados de Dios, La prophétie, הנבואה, Angyalok háborúja, L'ultima profezia, 신의 전사, Armia Boga, Anjos Rebeldes, Anjos Rebeldes I, Пророчество, 魔翼杀手, 魔鬼軍團
Not exactly what I was expecting in a story! I did find it quite entertaining. Awesome cast. My favorite performance was Viggo Mortesen’s. Who would have ever imagined a movie in which Viggo Mortesen performance is more over the top than Christopher Walken. Go figure!... Check it out!
Even though there’s way better mid 90’s offerings out there, I can’t help but feel like The Prophecy is a perfect example of mid 90’s dimension films standard issue that would barely be in theaters and always end up on cable at 2am when I was refilling my parents vodka bottles of with water or doing whippits instead of sleeping for school. The Prophecy features ok (if a little bland) direction and a heavy handed allegory/metaphor filled fantasy horror story that sounds a bit run of the mill at this point, but this movies secret weapon is its cast, obviously Walken shines but the ensemble is the glue that holds the shaky moments of this thing together.
Plus there’s a scene…
Horroroktober die Zwanzigste (20/3) feat. DuBFal-Horrorweeks - 2nd Round - Film Nr. 20
So sprach Gott, erblicket Mich wie des Schäfers Lämmer, und der, der meinem Antlitz entgegenblickt, wird zum Propheten Meiner Worte. Die, die Ich führe zu Meinen Herden und mit ihnen zum gesprochenen Worte Meiner Anwesenheit, tragen Mich in die Köpfe derer, die gewillt sind zuhören.
Aber auch die, deren Abkehr Meines Antlitzes sie zum Abgekehrten Meiner Worte macht, ward unter Meinem Schatten. Ein Schatten den sie in sich tragen werden, heilige Schriftrollen ihre Schädeldecke zierend. Und blicken sie von da an hoch zum Himmelreich, werden Schriften stehen.
Aber selbst Meine Lenden Ursprungs, zum Neide verdammt Mich als Vater zu haben, suchen die Meinige Nähe einer nie bekommenden…
a creepy, wild and bat-shit catholic horror movie that takes itself a bit too seriously in long stretches but is saved by it's fair share of goofy moments and scenery-chewing acting. christopher walken as the archangel gabriel is the main reason to watch this, he's absolutely going off on all cylinders, definitely up there in his top "wacky walken" performances. you also get a drop dead sexy viggo mortensen playing lucifer, always a win-win. if you're a fan of End Of Days, then this is right up your alley.
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cinema has a lot of perfect moments, magic that lasts for minutes or hours or, in this case - the blink of an eye in which viggo mortensen licks christopher walken's forehead
This is not the kind of horror film you come to for the scares. On the contrary.. you come here for Christopher Walken and to have one hell of a good time!
Kick ass cast includes: Chrispher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz and last but certainly not least Viggo Mortensen!
One of these days I'm gonna write a comprehensive critical essay on Not-Fun, a quality I've found in even the most promising genre entertainments, like a tumor it tends to start small but it can also metastasize throughout the entire structure, draining it of any excitement or pleasure it may have had. This is a great example of Not-Fun whenever Christopher Walken isn't hamming it up, it could have been a great Biblecore thriller with angels and demons battling over a soul-Macguffin trapped in a little girl's body but instead it is that but without the great part. No one knows what Not-Fun looks or sounds like and it can't be isolated from the entities it attaches itself to, but its effects are unmistakable as well as fatal. If you've ever been watching a movie and asked yourself "why aren't I enjoying this?," you've felt it for yourself.
A 90s home video/cable staple for genre fans that I somehow missed or worse forgot. Had I seen it back in the day, I might have more appreciation for what's considered a cult favorite. What saves it from complete mediocrity, is a really solid cast that includes Elias Koteas, Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer himself, Virginia Madsen and of course the great Christopher Walken, among others.
While the four sequels didn't get a theatrical release this one did. No doubt the cast helped. On a technical level I found it bland cinematically, though I enjoyed the special-effects in all their cheesiness. A bigger budget might've benefited the ambitious story of Heaven battling it out on Earth. Still more money didn't necessarily help the similar themed Keanu Reeves starrer, Constantine, rise above average.
based solely on his performance here, entirely convinced that Christopher Walken is, indeed, an angel
Day 11. Watch a horror movie with Elias Koteas in it. He's great!
I remember watching this a lot when I was a young un. Gruesome deaths, and I mean that is a very sick thing to do, plant a heinous soul into an innocent child. It was giving me a temperature just thinking about it.
Gabrielle played by Christopher Walken is such a twisted charmer. A watch in itself, but stop the bus cause when Satan played by Viggo Mortensen gets on oh girl, I'm fanning myself. THUD!
You! gimme a kiss
This movie makes more sense when you realize it was written and directed by the guy who wrote Highlander—just a bunch of all-powerful beings stuck on Earth raging this age-old war against one another.
It's a silly Catholic-horror-fantasy with some decent performances floating around between Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, a whacky-yet-creepy Christopher Walken, and a totally rad Viggo playing the wound-licking, heart-chomping Lucifer.
I'm not sure how the Catholicism is supposed to jive with the vague Native American beliefs and rituals shown at the end—that appear to be cribbed straight from Poltergeist II btw.
Points for Banya as the goofy coroner and Eric Stoltz as Simon, the kissiest of all the kissy angels.
Also, so that Colonel was supposed to literally be the most evil soul on the planet? And he lived in Arizona, you say?
