Thomas(Koteas, determined) was going to be a priest, but he saw a horrifying vision(I won't give it away here), and became a homicide detective instead. But he might still cross paths with the divine. Simon(Stoltz, kind) hides something important from fellow angel Gabriel(Walken, as usual letting loose and stealing the show). And he wants it back... can our lead stop him, perhaps aided by a young girl(Snyder, brave - one of the numerous funny aspects, and I won't give away why) and a small-town teacher(Madsen, gutsy)?
This is immensely creepy. That atmosphere engulfs it from start to finish. The darkly comic elements fit well within that, allowing us to laugh without breaking the gloom. The dialog is where a lot of the humor comes in. This has a warped ruleset that builds upon its religion, such as using someone recently deceased as a right hand man(abusing him all the while) by not allowing them to actually die, blasphemy being the worst thing(ever), etc. The effects vary some but tend to be pretty good. This is 90 minutes not counting the end credits, and 94 with them.
There is a lot of disturbing, bloody, violent content in this. The DVD comes with trailers for this, Seduction, Children of Corn IV and Split Second. I recommend this to fans of thrillers. 7/10
This is immensely creepy. That atmosphere engulfs it from start to finish. The darkly comic elements fit well within that, allowing us to laugh without breaking the gloom. The dialog is where a lot of the humor comes in. This has a warped ruleset that builds upon its religion, such as using someone recently deceased as a right hand man(abusing him all the while) by not allowing them to actually die, blasphemy being the worst thing(ever), etc. The effects vary some but tend to be pretty good. This is 90 minutes not counting the end credits, and 94 with them.
There is a lot of disturbing, bloody, violent content in this. The DVD comes with trailers for this, Seduction, Children of Corn IV and Split Second. I recommend this to fans of thrillers. 7/10