About the movies:
A series of three films starring Christopher Walken as the archangel Gabriel. This is NOT
Touched By An Angel. These movies explore the premise of just how deadly the Biblical angels
would have had to have been, meting out punishments decreed by God. The first movie has a dark
indie feel to it and features amazing performances by the always chilling and challenging
Christopher Walken and the complex and layered Eric Stoltz, but the real discovery of that movie
was in seeing Viggo Mortensen (who would go on to play Aragorn in
The Lord of the Rings trilogy) as Lucifer.
The second film brings in the awesome Russell Wong and a very good Jennifer Beals and injects
some dark humor (the kind that so suits Walken) and romance into the series. The third entry in
the series, which the MovieGroupie thinks is the least powerful of the three, is still definitely
worth seeing for the continuing Gabriel arc. If you're only going to see one, see the first movie,
but if you like the story/genre, definitely check out the other two in the series.
Personal:
The WriterGroupie loves horror movies with religious themes and this series
is among the best. She saw the first one in the movie theater and the two sequels on TV and
definitely plans to own them all on DVD when she gets the chance.
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Release Dates: 1995, 1998, 2000
Credits:
The Prophecy
Written and Directed by Gregory Widen
Starring:
Christopher Walken as Gabriel
Eric Stoltz as Simon
Elias Koteas as Thomas Daggett
Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer
The Prophecy 2
Written by Matthew Greenberg & Greg Spence
Directed by Greg Spence
Starring:
Christopher Walken as Gabriel
Jennifer Beals as Valerie
Bruce Abbott as Thomas Daggett
Eric Roberts as Michael
Russell Wong as Danyael
Brittany Murphy as Izzy
The Prophecy 3
Written by Carl V. Dupre & Joel Soisson
Directed by Patrick Lussier
Starring:
Christopher Walken as Gabriel
Vincent Spano as Zophael
Dave Buzzota as Danyael
Related Links:
Neither creator Gregory Widen nor the movies themselves seem to have official websites.
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