End of Days (1999)

At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.

Director:

Peter Hyams

Writer:

Andrew W. Marlowe

Stars:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Jericho Cane
Gabriel Byrne	...	The Man / Satan
Robin Tunney	...	Christine York
Kevin Pollak	...	Bobby Chicago
CCH Pounder	...	Detective Margie Francis
Derrick O'Connor	...	Thomas Aquinas
David Weisenberg	...	OB-GYN
Rainer Judd	...	Christine's Mother
Miriam Margolyes	...	Mabel
Udo Kier	...	Head Priest
Victor Varnado	...	Albino
Michael O'Hagan	...	Cardinal
Mark Margolis	...	Pope
Jack Shearer	...	Kellogg
Rod Steiger	...	Father Kovak

Storyline

On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride, a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. [If he bears her child between 11:00 PM and midnight on New Year's Eve], the world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist ex-cop named Jericho Cane, who no longer believes in God because of the murder of his wife and daughter.

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Plot Keywords:

millennium | atheist | ex cop | priest | new year's eve | 

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Taglines:

Prepare.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for intense violence and gore, a strong sex scene and language

Details

Official Sites:

Universal [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Latin

Release Date:

24 November 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

El día final

Filming Locations:

Altadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$83,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,370,017 (UK) (10 December 1999)

Gross:

$66,862,068 (USA) (3 March 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beacon Communications

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last American studio film of Rod Steiger.

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Goofs

Father Kovak writes down '666' on a sheet of paper to illustrate how it is '999' when upturned. In the next shot it is quite clearly a different piece of paper with a different '666' on it.

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Quotes

Chicago: I didn't realize you knew where the public library was, let alone had a library card.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Danny DeVito/R.E.M. (1999)

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Soundtracks

"So Long"
Written by Danny Lohner, Erik Schrody
Performed by Everlast

User Reviews

Arnold's Last Great Movie

After "End Of Days" Arnold had not really made a hit. "The 6th Day" was a decent SCFI movie, but was a little too corny. "Collateral Damage" was also just a decent action movie, that suffered from some bad writing. Finally "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" was a pretty big letdown with way too much humor that just felt so forced.

"End of Days" is for sure his last great movie. "End of Days" takes place right around when 1999 was coming to an end and many people thought the world was too. Well in the film the Devil(Well played by Gabriel Byrne)must mate with a chosen woman who could bring the earth to an end. So, it's up to burned out cop Arnold to stop this plot from happening.

The movie has a very goofy story only teenagers would find brilliant, but the movie does have lots of big loud action,great performances,and is well directed by Peter Hyams(Sudden Death,A Sound Of Thunder).