Review of End of Days (1999) by Sidney S — 02 Sep 2011
From Peter Hyams (Capricorn One (1978), Outland (1981) and The Relic (1997)), comes this apocalyptic action-horror-thriller which was a comeback of sorts for it's star after heart surgery. It's a hard hitting film, but it's also quite silly in places, but it's good for the long run, and show's a more vunerable side to it's star that has seldom been seen.
In 1979, a newborn girl called Christine York is identified as Satanists as the one to give birth to Satan's child on New Years Eve 1999. 20 years later, with New Year's Eve fast approaching, Christine is now an adult (Robin Tunney), with no knowledge of what she's in for.
But, when the spirit of Satan possesses a Wall Street Banker (Gabriel Bryne), he's now in human form on Earth to ensure his plans go through without a hitch. When depressed retired cop Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger) encounters a priest who tries to kill the possessed banker, it leads Kane to Christine, who then learns of what danger she's in, with Satanists and Vatican Knights on their tail, they need to stay ahead of Satan and also stop him, all they need to do is have faith.
It's got so much going on, it's hard to keep track of what's going on, but it's good to see Arnie showing a human side to the film's hero, besheveled and hurt. And this benefits from good support from Kevin Pollak, Miriam Margolyes, Udo Kier and Rod Steiger.
This review of End of Days (1999) was written by Sidney S on 02 Sep 2011.
End of Days has generally received mixed reviews.
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