Review – The Prophecy

Cheap effects and comic book theology battle it out for prominence in this barker. From the outset the production creates such a low level of expectation that the only genuinely disappointing part is that buried under mounds of dreadful dialogue, pseudo-religious mishmash and the small scraps of scenery that manage to escape Christopher Walken’s voracious maw are odd, occasional, interesting details. For example, one of the minor sub-plots involves a Korean War vet who was involved in some sort of atrocity. That idea alone could have developed into a movie far more interesting than the main plot, a sappy tale of warring archangels. The subplots and the sheer spectacle of Walken’s emoting are all that save this production from the dustbin. See if desperate