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Summary: The Final Chapter...
Review: A fantastic third chapter. The movies really need to be taken in context of one another. As a trilogy, the Prophecy is outstanding...granted, the threat and character of pyriel was not built up nearly enough in this movie...The plot holes are made up for by examples (not bad ones either) of humor, of symbolism, of excellent dialogue and special effects (sparse but well done...angelic grace etc.) All around a classic ending to a classic series.
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Summary: The Best of the Set!!!
Review: After having seen Prophecy II I was greatly disappointed by this, the worst installment of the series and probably one of the worst films we have ever seen. Looks like it was done with no artistic interest just to make a buck from direct to video release. Where Walken was great in the other Prophecy films, here he camps it up completely to take home a paycheck. The lead character who is Eurasian in the first film, as he should be as the child of Russell Wong and Jennifer Beals, is now white. Beals' character is killed off in the prologue in ridiculous fashion (A lookalike for Beals is substituted in this scene--I don't blame her or Eric Roberts for not returning to this piece of garbage). The acting is horrendous, particularly by the lead and his girlfriend, both of whom look like they are preening in a TV commercial for toothpaste. No chemistry at all! Many of the scenes and images in the film are derived from or repeated exactly from its earlier predecessors. Boring scenes of driving around for long periods of time are not suspenseful. The dreaded villain, whose idea of threatening is pouting in makeup like a Eurotrash glam rocker and mincing like a dance instructor,is slain easily in anticlimactic fashion. The other villain is a one-dimensional pretty-boy photocopy of Christopher Walken's villain from Prophecy II (who incidentally rehashes the same lines and scenes). I recommend that you buy this DVD only to use it as a drink coaster.
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Summary: Disappointing is an Understatement
Review: After having seen Prophecy II I was greatly disappointed by this, the worst installment of the series and probably one of the worst films we have ever seen. Looks like it was done with no artistic interest just to make a buck from direct to video release. Where Walken was great in the other Prophecy films, here he camps it up completely to take home a paycheck. The lead character who is Eurasian in the first film, as he should be as the child of Russell Wong and Jennifer Beals, is now white. Beals' character is killed off in the prologue in ridiculous fashion (A lookalike for Beals is substituted in this scene--I don't blame her or Eric Roberts for not returning to this piece of garbage). The acting is horrendous, particularly by the lead and his girlfriend, both of whom look like they are preening in a TV commercial for toothpaste. No chemistry at all! Many of the scenes and images in the film are derived from or repeated exactly from its earlier predecessors. Boring scenes of driving around for long periods of time are not suspenseful. The dreaded villain, whose idea of threatening is pouting in makeup like a Eurotrash glam rocker and mincing like a dance instructor,is slain easily in anticlimactic fashion. The other villain is a one-dimensional pretty-boy photocopy of Christopher Walken's villain from Prophecy II (who incidentally rehashes the same lines and scenes). I recommend that you buy this DVD only to use it as a drink coaster.
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Summary: A great Conclusion
Review: being a big fan of this tril, I can honestly say this is about a thousand times better then the second one, though I thought it was okay, this is more deserving of the name... well worth the buy
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Summary: Three's the Charm
Review: Christopher Walken has done it again. Gabriel has returned to the screen, and now we are introduced to a more human and amiable Angel of Death. The film itself is somewhat of a repeat of Prophecy I, but not annoyingly so. Walken injects memorable humor into his role, and some of his lines are hysterically unforgettable. This film proves that the third in a series does not always mean certain death. I highly recommend!
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Summary: The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Review: Disappointing! I was going to add it to my DVD collection when I first spotted it because I loved 1 and 2, but after having watched it... very glad I didn't. It's like they threw in a sequel because 2 ended like there HAD to be a sequel... but they didn't give any thought to it! If you haven't seen the first two movies in this trilogy, you'll find yourself lost... or at least left wondering, "What's the big deal?" The story (not much there) cannot stand on its own. Very bad character development... about as much depth as wallpaper. You couldn't care less about them. For example, Danyael's girl friend... what role was she exactly supposed to play other than the "monkey" driving Zophael in the one lame car chase in the movie? I trust she's supposed to represent Danyael's vulnerable, "human" connection in the middle of all the heavenly hoopla but the writers totally failed to accomplish it. And as any good writer knows, if the characters don't work, the story and theme won't be enough to involve your audience. So, you can't even blame the acting because the actors really had nothing to work with. The only good thing about it is Christopher Walken's Gabriel, who added some comic relief but, again, even that would be lost on someone who's being introduced to this trilogy for the first time. He's a fantastic actor... but it's not enough to save the whole movie. For me, it held none of the awe and wonder that a movie like this should inspire. ANY movie that promises God, angels and all-of-creation-in-peril kind of things should move you in a big way. The Prophecy 3 could definitely have been done better. Can they PLEASE do a re-make! So, see it if you're a die hard fan of 1 and 2, buy it even, but it's not going on my shelf.
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Summary: Good ending and Christopher Walken does it again ! ! !
Review: Excellent movie, excellent ending of a trilogy of movies, of course I *think* part 2 is out of print after I bought it but I did see a box set so hopefully all isnt lost :)
Again, Christopher Walken plays Gabriel the former leader ov the angelic rebelion in Heaven which Ill stop and not say anymore as not to give it away for any who have not seen this, but there is a super nice twist to the ending which really makes you think :)
Enjoy!
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Summary: "Prophecy 2 rocked. This one sucked"!!!!!!!!!
Review: I expected a much better ending. "Prophecy 2" was good, but this one sucked royally in my opinion. I am a Christopher Walken fan, and I must say that the angel Gabriel was nothing nice, but in this film is almost like Gabriel wasn't an archangel or anything, it seemed like he was more so rapped up in being a human. To top it off, I expected a much better showdown at the end between the nephlim and the other guy ( "other guy" that should tell you right there how much I liked it because I don't even remember his name).
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Summary: Movie great, DVD lousy
Review: I like the movie, I hate the DVD. I have never seen a DVD where, upon insertion, you are forced to watch four full-length previews. Menu is disabled, fast-forward is disabled, even the Stop button is disabled! I hope this is not the way of the future!
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Summary: Movie great, DVD lousy
Review: I like the movie, I hate the DVD. I have never seen a DVD where, upon insertion, you are forced to watch four full-length previews. Menu is disabled, fast-forward is disabled, even the Stop button is disabled! I hope this is not the way of the future!
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