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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best of the Set!!!
Review: I liked this one best out of all three. Christopher Walken as Gabriel was at his best. I liked Gabriel in the other two, I loved him here. The premise behind the story was a bit cliche, but its delivery was incredible! The action scenes were also much better, "borrowing from "The Matrix," but then again, who doesn't these days." They were much more what one might expect from angels.

While delivering on the action and gore started in the first two movies, this one leaves you actually thinking. This is what sets this movie apart from all the others of its genre.

Some people have commented that the questions left at the end might indicate a sequel.

The questions this movie leaves you with can't be answered by a sequel. They're answered in this movie, but you half to look for them. (That may be a problem for some.) If being left thinking bothers you, don't watch this movie. For the rest of you, this movie delivers on the questions raised in the other movies about Angels, The Word, and God in general. This movie was the perfect conclusion to the trilogy.

"Get used to it!"

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great!
Review: I loved this movie! I found it far better than the second one and about equal to the excellence of the first. I liked Scott Cleverland as Pyriel in particular! Love them pretty boys!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good ending
Review: I loved this whole series of a second war in Heaven for the lives of Humankind. And this movies does deliver for the most part.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I'll be Dammed!
Review: I must say I was pleasantly surprised when I finished Propecy III. The story for the first time in the series was actually easy to follow.Walken was Great as Gabriel he always seems to approach these roles very tongue in cheek, none more than this one. The picture and sound quality are both adequate. Although to many previews for upcoming Dvd's and no extras will keep me from buying it. I think some commentary from Walken would have been a selling point.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Unexpectingly Good
Review: I only rented this movie because I was feeling bored but as it
turned out, it was a very good movie after all. The story line is original and already familiar caracters from the first two episodes show up as well with rather surprisingly twists. I enjoyed the first two very much but I have to say that number three was so far far the best one yet. I made me hopeful that they will actually produce a part four since there were many questions left unsanswered. I can only recommend this movie to anyone who loves this genre.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Yup :-)
Review: I'm speaking of the 3 movies I've seen in this series of movies, Christopher Walken is one of the best actors I have seen and this roll is his apex in my mind, totally funny + he gets weirder as the movies go along, the writers know what they are doing + christopher playes it perfectly + adds his amazing performance in a perfect roll for him. Top Rate!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: well, 4 and 1/2 stars
Review: ok, I got to say i was pleasantly surprised by this movie. After the lame prophescy 2, i thought this franchise was over. But they came back with a nice movie. The best part of this is not knowing which side is the good and which is the bad. THey keep you guessing. THe retrun of certain charecters from the original is a nice touch. IT is a worth seeing. though i don't think you need to see it on dvd, vhs is fine.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Why Did They Make this Stuff?,
Review: Okay, I enjoyed the first one, and got through the second one but this one is just kicking a guy in the groin. Walken is reduced to a silly bum and hardly has any screen time. He was so wicked and charismatic in the first two. The plot, if you call a contrived story that, is about some new human that is supposed to fix everything up. The editing is bad, the story is confusing and not even worth our attention and people come and go like an all night bus stop. What was even stupidier that all that was the goth-inspired angel that is the bad guy in here. I was really trembling in my pants as I saw him, gheeze. He was some jerk in long hair with too much bad make-up. If they think about making a fourth one they might want to bother getting a decent director and writer.



Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Final Chapter - God's Successor
Review: Prophecy 3 is a much more worthy sequel to Prophecy than # 2 was, and it adds the charm of bringing back familiar characters from the original story. It makes up for that charm with a convoluted story that is a bit difficult to grasp, and will have you checking which side you're on from moment to moment. The new kinder/gentler Gabriel is no longer the mankind-hating angel he once was (aawww... still you gotta love Christopher Walken: like the scene when he's driving and disgustedly switches off "Earth Angel" on the radio). We are given some idea that God's successor, Pyrael, is about to ascend to God's throne and he plans on starting things fresh with an instant genocide of mankind. The Gabriel of old would've welcomed this since this would herald a new era in heaven I guess, but now that Gabriel's learned to drive and gotten a bit more in touch with humanity he's not as down on "the monkeys" as he used to be. Enter newly-dead-again angel Danyael, who Gabriel has been guiding towards some cloudy destiny for eons that even Gabriel claims not to know. And the match is set: will Danyael stop Pyrael from becoming God ? That's the story, take an educated guess as to how it all ends. Ok, it's a tiny bit deeper than that... figuring out the simplistic storyline with the scant provided dialogue took the most effort here. And how many movies can claim that they are a good vs. good story anyway ? You just can't top the original Prophecy but at least we've been treated to another cool extension of the Gabriel/Christopher Walkin character (could've used more Gabriel scenes, like everyone says), which was worth the price of the movie for me. And the concept of a "new God" as a new threat character is a great addition to the old "God vs. Satin" battle of old. The slip cover says this is the "final chapter" of the Prophecy series... aawww. No more direct-to-video releases ? Too bad, maybe someone will carry on with a book series. Speaking of which, I'd like a copy of the angel catalog that everyone refers to in this film. Gotta give Prophecy 3 a passing grade for the effort. Nothing can touch the original and the lame ending will have you going "so ?", but for Gabriel/Walkin fans, 3 is a keeper.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I prophecie a better sequel may fly out of my...
Review: Prophecy and Prophecy II were both terrific films - Prophecy was filled with interesting touches that made the angels seem real, and Prophecy II swiped entire storylines from Terminator and The Crow and made them hugely entertaining (tremendous credit to Chris Walken as Gabriel). Prophecy 3 on the other hand is impossible to enjoy because there is no perceptible evolution of the characters. We know nothing about our teenage hero except that he is the nephilem conceived in II. Technically, his character does evolve, but since we never knew him before it is not really perceptable - the first and worst failure of the storyline. Several other characters are introduced, none of whom can be related to any better, they are so thinly drawn. As for the villain, Zophael is supposed to be an evil angel out to kill the teenage hero, but he looks more like he'd be on a mission to find some mousse and a good blow dryer. He falls flat. So much for the characters - can the story make up for their lack? Nope. Another God is about to show up and wipe the earth clean. It is not entirely clear why this other God was waiting around for a showdown with the hero. But he was. Before I condemn this film I want to add that Chris Walken returns, and is in the film a good amount, adding some cheer (I'm serious). But he is wasted in a film that has no central character, and doesn't define the characters it does have well enough to care about them. Throw in a random showdown, and you have a pathetic sequel to a great film series. Stick with I and II.


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