O Mestre dos Desejos 4

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.

Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002)

** (out of 4)

The fourth and (so far) final film in the series has Djinn (John Novak) taking over the body of a lawyer so that he can make his client Lisa (Tara Spencer-Nairn) ask for three wishes, which will fulfill the evil one's prophecy. It appears there are fans out there of the first WISHMASTER movie and it appears some of them are lukewarm when it comes to the first sequel. After that, it appears those same fans hate parts three and four with a real passion so perhaps my not liking the first film made these direct-to-video sequels seem not as bad. I'm not going to sit here and say that this film is a lost masterpiece or some sort of classic that people from all walks of life should seek out. This film is very far from being good but when you compare it to the majority of the direct-to-video films from this era I think this film offers quite a bit. For starters, those who hate fake looking CGI blood will be happy to know that this film offers real special effects and quite gory ones at that. The gore level here is quite high so blood fans should at least be entertained by this aspect of the film. We're given a couple really graphic death scenes including the highlight of the movie where a lawyer is forced to pretty much torture himself and this leads to all sort of gore. Another major plus going for the film is that the lead actress isn't afraid to take off her clothes. These type of horror films never deliver heart-warming stories or Oscar-winning performances so it's good that this delivers in other ways and that is the gore and nudity. I also didn't think the performances were all that bad with Spencer-Narin making for a good lead and at least she's watchable. The supporting players aren't too bad either with Novak once again doing a good job with the lead of the demon. The problems are what you'd expect to find in a film like this and that's the unoriginal story, too long of a running time and the fact that there's just really not much going on. Still, fans of gore and nudity should at least find enough of that here to keep the film entertaining.

There are so many things wrong with this film it's hard to even begin. The first two Wishmaster films were quite good, the third was sub-par, but still not terrible. I was thinking maybe there was hope that this one would be somewhere online with the first two films. Was i ever wrong, this one is truly pathetic even as far as sequels go. The first scene is a graphic sex scene, and then they play some MTV "Happy Song" ... first bad move for a horror movie, trendy pop songs ruin the whole atmosphere early. The "Demon" voices of the Djinn and the Guardian (or whatever the idiot angel with the sword was) makes it laughable. I mean, they sound like childish attempts at making normal vocals into demonic vocals. In closing, the first third hour of the movie is the worst, the second third of the movie is tolerable, and the last third of the movie is just plain moronic. I'll bet Wes Craven is glad he had nothing to do with this disaster.

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.

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!