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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305268819
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305268819
Label: Dimension
Manufacturer: Dimension
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Dimension
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 09, 1999
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 7616
Studio: Dimension
Theatrical Release Date: September 01, 1995
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Description:
Big-screen favorite Christopher Walken (PULP FICTION, BATMAN RETURNS) heads an all-star cast in this chilling and suspenseful thriller! At the scene of a bizarre murder, L.A. homicide detective Thomas Dagget (Elias Koteas -- EXOTICA) discovers a lethal heavenly prophecy now being fulfilled on earth! Yet in his fight to stop the forces of evil -- led by the powerful angel Gabriel (Walken) -- Dagget finds an unlikely ally in an elementary school teacher (Virginia Madsen -- CANDYMAN). Together they race against time and terror to save the world as we know it! Also starring Eric Stoltz (PULP FICTION) -- critics everywhere praised THE PROPHECY for its high-powered thrills and knockout performances -- don't miss it!
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A prime candidate for cult status (it even spawned a sequel), this apocalyptic 1995 horror flick belongs in the darker corners of the comedy-horror sub-genre that includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mimic, and Phantoms--and like those movies it's a mixed blessing with some highlights worth savoring.
This one's got Christopher Walken in its favor, starring as the Angel Gabriel, who's really mad at God for allowing humans into heaven (because, you see, humans have souls and angels don't, and God plays favorites). Gabriel takes his anger out on the human race, coming to Earth to capture the soul of the most evil human alive in an effort to defeat the 'good' angels that remain in God's good graces. One of the good angels is played by Eric Stoltz, who captures the evil soul before Walken does and transfers it into the body of a little girl. Are you with us so far? Don't worry if you're not, because writer-director Gregory Widen filled The Prophecy with so many wild ideas that he didn't bother to connect them to a coherent plot.
Add Viggo Mortensen as the devil and Elias Koteas as a priest-turned detective who's tracking Walken and it's clear that Widen was attempting something ambitious here. He nearly succeeded, since The Prophecy jumpstarts its heaven-and-hell rivalry with enough action, humor, and intelligence to make the movie sufficiently entertaining. It was enjoyable enough to entice Walken back for the sequel, so if you're into this kind of thing, this one's a keeper. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - Disappointing
It's not a horrible movie, but after all the good things I heard about it, like it was one of Christopher Walken best movies, I can only be disappointed. So yeah, Mr Walken is great in this movie, but you only see him for about 20 minutes. The rest is just boring. I'm not the kind of person who needs explosions and special effects to be entertained, but there really is not much going on. The plot isn't deep and it's stretched over an hour and a half.
I wonder how that movie got three or four sequels. I heard the quality got worse every time... I'm glad I only got this one.
Well, if you want some great Walken, get the Kings of New York or the Deer Hunter
Rating:  - Who Says An Angel Has To Love Mankind
I bought this a couple of months ago and finally bought the last two to complete my collection of this great storyline saga. The story is an excellent concept I think a lot of people are taught to believe that angels are created to love and protect mankind but could jealousy and anger ever cause an angel to rebel against these doctrines. That is pretty much what you have here the arch-angel Gabriel dissatisfied that God has put mankind before angels has decided to rebel against the other angels who are still loyal to the doctrines. Gabriel now comes to earth to capture a dark soul to help him with his battle in Heaven but some of the loyal angels are also on earth and are trying to stop this plan. The actors for this movie were incredible Christopher Walken as Gabriel was the perfect choice and Eric Stoltz played as a great angel who seemed tired of both fighting his fellow brothers and the war in Heaven. The story technically ends in the third movie where you finally see what God was truly trying to do but the first movie again is great if you just want to get this one.
Rating: - Two Hells ain't gonna fly with Satan!
The Archangel Gabriel (Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter) is dissatisfied with his lot so he elects to forsake God and branch out on his own, gathering up a few evil souls from people for whom Heaven was likely not an option. One mean old U.S. Army Colonel who once perpetrated a genocide seems a good starting point.
A good angel (one of God's army) is out to stop the traitorous Gabriel but he's not quite personally up to the task. Still, he manages to indirectly recruit a cop who was once up for Catholic Priest ordination until he lost his faith following a vision of the ongoing war between the good and bad angels. And the cop is aided by a small town lady school teacher who doesn't quite understand the entire picture but stays in the game to heal a Native American Indian student who has, through a comedy of errors, become an unwilling repository for all the old Colonel's evil souls.
Gabriel goes on the hunt but, as an angel, he comes up short in one department: he can't drive a car! So he has to enlist the aid of loser humans (attempted suicides, etc.) to chauffer him from place to place.
Gabriel draws closer and closer to his goal but, sometimes, war makes for strange bedfellows and the old line, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend," comes to fruition here. In other words, a new player, Satan (Viggo Mortensen, The Lord Of The Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Widescreen Edition)), does not savor nor is he much tolerant of the idea of two Hells!
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Rating:  - Entertaining quasi-religious movie
Walken and Viggo pull out awesome characters in this semi-religious film about angels at war with each other. Low-key special effects make us focus more on performances, which is a good thing I think. I am a sucker for religious films like this an Constantine (which I think is a slightly better film).
Over all I think they did a decent job here creating a decent story with some great actors...making an all around entertaining movie.
Rating: - "Ohhhh, Gabriel don't you blow, Gabriel don't you blow..."
"Jeezus H. Christ, people! Christopher Walken as a vengeful, none-to-happy Archangel?! Nuff said....Oh, and the dude from 'Killing Zoe' also rocks." PILATE: A Brutal Bible Tale
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