O Mestre dos Desejos 4

It seems John Novak has a better handle on being the Djinn than he did in the previous movie. Wishmaster III was horrible, so I had serious reservations on watching this one. However, it wasn't too bad. Not as good as the first two (Andrew Divoff was amazing), but I quite enjoyed this one. The heroine is nice eye candy and the dialogue isn't too hammy. Even a Djinn can find love!

Better than #3. Well,that isn't saying much. It still stunk, with gratuitous nudity thrown in to maybe try and save it??? What a joke. The only reason that I saw this after #3 was that a friend rented it and I got to see it for free.

Wishmaster #1 was a 9+

Wishmaster #2 was about a 7

Wishmaster #3 was a big fat 0.

And this one was about a 2, only in part because they got rid of the actor(Connery) who played the Wishmaster in #3, and it was a little bit better storyline, even though they didn't stick to the previous ways that the people received their wishes. Hell, the leading lady may have just as well wished for a steak dinner, a new pair of shoes and a weekend at Bernies for all that mattered to the story.

JUST PLAIN BAD.

I see that most other reviewers of this series seem to rate the third one as the worst. And for the most part they're probably right, not that the fourth installment is much better. It's got all the same problems as its predecessor: horrible acting, boring subplots that go nowhere, almost no action to speak of, yet somehow it's not quite as aggressively dull. This time around we have some schlub playing the Djinn in disguise instead of Sean Connery's son, though it's still the same guy in make-up, for all the good that does. He's still going on and on about "the prophecy", and now even has phantom genies showing up to tell him to get a move on with his quest. There's also a bizarre bit of contrivance where some other immortal being shows up just so something can happen. In conclusion, still awful, just not most awful.

I didn't have too many expectations about this movie, having just recently seen Wishmaster 3. I just found out that the original Wishmaster was a Wes Craven flick, that was likely better this sequel, but I haven't seen it yet, nor have I seen Wishmaster 2. They probably would've ruined me for this one, but since I'm likely starting at the bottom of the barrel I can't complain. I loved this one, and Wishmaster 3. No, not really all that scary, either of them. But good fun, I found myself laughing thoughout much of it. Treat it as a comedy, you'll enjoy it more.

I loved some of the ideas they brought in to this sequel. The evil djinn is actually a bit of a good guy in some cases here. He has to actually win the heart of a girl in the old fashioned way: flowers, candy, and sex. And on top of it all, he must protect his love from being murdered by the equally evil agent of heaven. You can't tell who's a good guy and who's bad sometimes. Interesting twist on the good vs. evil plot -- I liked it.

Since the third wish is never granted, or the Djinn dies before, I thought that this would be awesome because we finally get to see what happens when the prophecy is fulfilled. But I was so wrong. The prophecy wasn't even fulfilled, so the title is pretty much wrong.

Out of 90 minutes, this has about 15 of unnecessary sex scenes which don't really add anything to the story. Not that I hated it, but it just wasn't needed and the time could've been spent on the story, like the Hunter thing, which I had no idea from where and why he came.

Another bad thing was the special effects. They were just awful. I mean, this movie was made 4-5 years ago and it was like watching an 80s horror flick. Nightmare on Elm Street had better special effects than this load of rubbish.

Just stay away from this horrible movie. If you were unlucky enough to waste money on renting the third, don't make an even worse mistake.