CHRISTOPHER WALKEN makes the most of his meaty role at the center of THE PROPHECY, an offbeat horror fantasy about good and bad angels and a war in heaven that involves Walken's desperate search for a dark soul on earth.
VIRGINIA MADSEN is effective as a schoolteacher protecting a girl who inadvertently has the dark soul implanted in her by a stranger she trusts. ELIAS KOTEAS is the intense young man who abandoned his plans for the priesthood and has become a detective on the hunt for a killer of souls. VIGGO MORTENSEN does a sinister job as Lucifer, whispering his lines with a rasping intensity and making a vivid impression in a brief role.
Like THE DA VINCI CODE, it takes religious elements and weaves them into a story of good vs. evil using angels in a way that is seldom ever done and making an intriguing tale of suspense based on the darkness of the human soul.
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN has a great time as the Archangel Gabriel, ruling over everyone with a number of nasty lines and knowing winks, with overtones of humor throughout his devilish performance.
Strictly for horror fans who want their imagination to turn on a different sort of fantasy with religious motifs--the sort of horror film that some will find offensive and other will enjoy tremendously.
Summing up: Good, intense performances from the entire cast.
VIRGINIA MADSEN is effective as a schoolteacher protecting a girl who inadvertently has the dark soul implanted in her by a stranger she trusts. ELIAS KOTEAS is the intense young man who abandoned his plans for the priesthood and has become a detective on the hunt for a killer of souls. VIGGO MORTENSEN does a sinister job as Lucifer, whispering his lines with a rasping intensity and making a vivid impression in a brief role.
Like THE DA VINCI CODE, it takes religious elements and weaves them into a story of good vs. evil using angels in a way that is seldom ever done and making an intriguing tale of suspense based on the darkness of the human soul.
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN has a great time as the Archangel Gabriel, ruling over everyone with a number of nasty lines and knowing winks, with overtones of humor throughout his devilish performance.
Strictly for horror fans who want their imagination to turn on a different sort of fantasy with religious motifs--the sort of horror film that some will find offensive and other will enjoy tremendously.
Summing up: Good, intense performances from the entire cast.