The Prophecy (1995)

Regisseur:

Gregory Widen

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Gregory Widen (written by)

Premierendatum:

1. September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | Fantasy | Mystery

Werbezeile:

This film outlines the exercise of faith in a real struggle for the ultimate and most glorious of heavenly prizes.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

First Of Series | Satan | Suicide Attempt | Good Versus Evil | Detective

Filmpreise:

2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A very impressive and inventive film about angels

Besetzung

Christopher Walken	...	Gabriel
Elias Koteas	...	Thomas Daggett
Virginia Madsen	...	Katherine Henley
Eric Stoltz	...	Simon
Viggo Mortensen	...	Lucifer
Amanda Plummer	...	Rachael
Moriah 'Shining Dove' Snyder	...	Mary (as Moriah Shining Dove Snyder)
Adam Goldberg	...	Jerry
Steve Hytner	...	Joseph
J.C. Quinn	...	Burrows
Emma Shenah	...	Grandmother
Albert Nelson	...	Grey Horse
Shawn Nelson	...	Indian Healer
Emily Conforto	...	Sandra
Sioux-z Jessup	...	Nurse

Alternativ:

God's Army (Europe: English title)
God's Secret Army (Europe: English title)
Seraphim (USA) (working title)
God's Army - Die letzte Schlacht (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and gore, and for some language.

Länge:

98 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Ultra Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-18 (2002) (uncut) | South Korea:15 | Iceland:16 | Hungary:18 | Finland:(Banned) (1995) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1995) (cut) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Denmark:15 | Germany:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Superior, Arizona, USA

Firma:

First Look International

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Simon's hair When he is killed.

Dialogzitate:

[Thomas has just killed Jerry]
Gabriel: Pest! You have any *idea*...
[shouts]
Gabriel: How hard it is to get one of those?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Click (2006/I)

Soundtrack:

Breakin' Down

A very impressive and inventive film about angels

I first saw this film on TNT some months ago (and, of course, it was edited for content) and my aunt got me this movie for Christmas. And as with the television version, I was entertained.

"The Prophecy" is about the Archangel Gabriel (Christopher Walken) who, believing that his Heavenly Master favors humans more than angels, decides to start a war in Heaven. He goes in search of an evil soul to carry out his dirty work, and Gabriel sets his sights on the spirit of Colonel Hawthorne, a Korean War vet. Gabriel, accompanied by his human lackey Jerry (Adam Goldberg), heads out to the Arizona desert where he digs up Hawthorne's remains, only to find that his soul has been stolen by Simon (Eric Stolz), another angel determined to stop the coming war. Gabriel soon discovers that Simon has hidden Hawthorne's soul inside a little girl named Mary (Moriah Snyder). Soon, it's up to police detective Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas) and schoolteacher Catherine (Virginia Madsen) to stop Gabriel from obtaining Hawthorne's soul, and things get a bit complicated when Lucifer (Viggo Mortensen) gets into the mix.

I really enjoyed this film, mainly because of Walken and his enjoyably off-kilter portrayal as a dark, evil version of the Archangel Gabriel, who, in the Holy Bible, was one of the good guys. (I wonder what the real Gabriel thinks!) In many ways, his performance is brilliant, yet at times, dare I say, laughter-provoking even though it doesn't mean to. All of the other performances by Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Adam Goldberg, and Eric Stolz are just plain fine (but not at all bad), but Viggo Mortensen gives one of the most accurate on-screen portrayals of the Prince of Darkness aside from Al Pacino in "The Devil's Advocate." All in all, "The Prophecy" is an entertaining and sometimes humorous apocalyptic thriller with an inventive (though what some very conservative Christians would probably call "unholy") concept about angels and God.

I give this film a 10 out of 10 on a scale of 1-10 in my humble opinion.