La profezia prima della fine

Well, this 5th film continues from the 4th - and parts 4 and 5 has very little to do with the original trilogy.

This film is a time waster - watch it on TV if it comes on but don't bother renting or buying this one.

2/10.

They were made back to back and are basically one story. Just told in two parts. One of the things I like about the post Christopher Walkin Prophecy movies is that they are not a replica of every other Stephen King inspired "Devil in our back yard" movies. I'm not saying that is bad. Its just over done. The antichrist is always in a medium sized American suburb with nice normal middle class parents. Its nice to see a more global perspective. Not everything happens in middle class America. The underlying question of these movies is whether there can be such a thing as blind faith. The devil puts it best by saying you always have to ask why. The movie is cool. It is spooky in a way. But it will not scare you. It isn't trying to. So if you are looking fora horror film this is not for you. I would still suggest you see it, just to realize that the subject of revelations isn't just there to scare us. It can inspire us too.

In Bucharest, Allison (Kari Wuhrer) is protecting the mysterious bible, "The Prophet Lexicon", where the last chapter about the apocalypse, called Revelations, discloses the name of the Antichrist in its last page. Meanwhile, the evil and jealous leader of the renegade angels Thrones, Stark (Tony Todd), forces the hit-man Dylan (Jason Scott Lee) to kill Allison to get the information about the Antichrist, but Dylan mysteriously feels attracted by the woman, protecting her against the Thrones. Allison seeks John Reigart (John Light) for help, but Satan tell her that he is interested in the apocalypse to gather millions of souls to Hell. Alone and betrayed, Allison discloses the truth about her origins, while protecting the Lexicon.

"The Prophecy: Forsaken" is a reasonable sequel of "The Prophecy: Upraising", but could be better and better. The story gives a perfect sequence to "Upraising", but it is too brief with only 75 minutes running time. There are good ideas that are not well explored or developed, like for example the story of Allison's parents, and indeed I was quite disappointed with the weak and confused conclusion of this good series about the war of angels. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Profecia - Renegados" ("Prophecy - Renegades")

Filmed back-to-back with the last Prophet sequel, this one picks up right where "The Prophecy: Uprising" left off. Kari Wuhrer is still in possession of a mystical book that both angels from heaven and demons from hell want. I found the previous sequel mildly diverting, and Wuhrer is a b-movie actress ("Anaconda" "Beastmaster 2" "G- Men from Hell") who I've always liked, but I found this sequel rather dull. The low- budget film is competently made from a technical standpoint, but the story here wan't all that clever or interesting. No real reason to watch this film unless you feel compelled to watch all five of The Prophecy films. Jason Scott Lee and Tony Todd also appear in the film.

This film picks up exactly where "Prophecy: Uprising" left off. Given the fact that this film is only 1 hour 15 minutes, I'd be willing to place a bet that this was filmed originally with Uprising as one movie. Anyway, Kari Wuhrer now holds the Lexicon, a book that tells who the anti-Christ is and when the apocalypse will take place. Jason Scott Lee is the righteous cop sent by the seraph Stark (Tony "Candyman" Todd)to kill Wuhrer and retrieve the book. Naturally, he cannot do it and the two try to escape the wrath of Stark and his minions. Jon Light returns as Lucifer, who ironically aids the two heroes in their quest. I thought this film was better than "Uprising," but still not great. Casting Tony Todd was a great choice and I liked Lee's explanation of the celestial hierarchy, but I became ultimately confused with who's good and who's bad. Do you help Stark prevent Armageddon, which will result in humans remaining in wormy earth after they die yet save billions of lives? Do you help Lucifer bring about Armageddon, which will result in good people being reunited with God in Heaven yet end life on this planet as we know it? God seems to want it to happen as does Lucifer. I guess the majority rules. I don't know, you figure it out for yourselves.