Review of The First Power (1990) by Carlos I — 19 Oct 2014

A combo of a crime thriller and a supernatural horror movie.

This review of The First Power (1990) was written by Carlos I on 19 Oct 2014.

The First Power has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 12 Jun 1993

A disposable intermixing of son-of-Satan and cop-thriller cliches, featuring the requisite string of murder victims (with bloody pentagrams…

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By James H (4,675) on 25 Jun 2010

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By Girlonwhyte N (45) on 30 Sep 2006

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By Justin M (1,525) on 19 May 2006

Lou Diamond Phillips get kicked in the cajones an awful lot in this. Decent action/horror movie…

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By Joanna P (72) on 27 Mar 2010

Even though it is bad, that didn't stop me from watching it over and over :)…

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I didn't really like this. I remember my friends thinking it was cool though - but that was back in middle school…

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Resnikoff fails to sustain the tension established in the opening sequences, and the plot quickly degenerates into a repetitive pattern of…

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By Otherone 7 (83) on 20 Nov 2006

Cool horror flick of a cop battling a dead serial killer sent back to Earth by the Devil. Psst: Tracy Griffith is Melanie Griffith's half-sister…

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