The Prophecy 3: The Ascent **** (2000, Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano, Dave Buzzotta, Brad Dourif) – Classic Movie Review 837

Director Patrick Lussier’s welcome 2000 sequel to the 1995 and 1998 hits completes the trilogy in style.

Christopher Walken is back again for a third time as the extremely bad and dangerous fallen Archangel Gabriel, continuing the eternal battle between good and evil on Earth and this time battling Zophael.

Vincent Spano plays Zophael.

Dave Buzzotta takes over from Russell Wong as Danyael (Daniel), who was born of an angel and a woman, but is unaware of his purpose until he runs into Gabriel, who became a human in The Prophecy II and is acting as his secret guardian.

It’s Danyael’s destiny to confront Pyriel (Scott Cleverdon), the Angel of Genocide, who plans to destroy all of mankind. ‘Genocide,’ he says, ‘it happens now and then.’

This second sequel is another enjoyable, often compelling and eerily bizarre supernatural horror-fantasy thriller, with another engagingly outrageous performance by Walken, compelling bursts of action and effective low-budget special effects by Ultimate Effects.

Original Prophecy director Gregory Widen has a cameo as ‘fanatic blind gunman’.

Brad Dourif co-stars as Zealot. Steve Hytner returns for a third time as Joseph.

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