Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall
RyothChatty ridiculous rating
Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Python Hyena End of Days (1999): Dir: Peter Hyams / Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollack, Udo Kier: Title bears no spiritual truth and the story lacks total understanding of the Biblical in Revelations. Lame plot has the devil coming to earth possessing a human body and searching for a twenty year old woman who is suppose to be his bride. One could say that a mail order bride is out of the question. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a cop who stumbles across the case and attempts to protect her. He questions his own faith after his wife and son were murdered. Several religious groups try to kill the woman before it gets sidetracked into silliness. It uses action and special effects in an attempt to cover up its pathetic excuse for a plot. Directed by Peter Hyams previously made two laughable Jean-Claude Van Damme action flicks in Sudden Death and Time Cop. With Schwarzenegger grunting and groaning as if constipated, it would appear that a higher profile action star isn't working out for Hyams either. This easily ranks as one of the all-time worst films for either star or director. Gabriel Byrne is laughable as Satan. Robin Tunney plays the dense bride. Kevin Pollack plays Schwarzenegger's partner so that the star's name isn't the only one scarred by this nonsense. With absolutely no clue to its religious rants, this film becomes pointless junk at its overproduced worst. Score: 1 / 10
adonis98-743-186503 This film is so underrated probably the best film ever made that we get to see Man fighting the Devil and his design was amazing. Schwarzenegger was so great in this film and the whole rest of the cast did a good job as well Gabriel Byrne tho was kinda 50/50 for me his performance was great at moments and really crappy at others that scene when he pees and throws some weird lines are really weird and crappy i think the real problem with it it was the director if someone else was directing this film it would probably got a better rating but still is not as bad as people might tell you trust me there are worse horror movies out there. The film has good effects, some scary moments and Arnold going against the Devil in order to save mankind and Christine. A Pretty great film loved it!!!
bowmanblue You've got to feel sorry for poor old Lucifer. I mean, what are the chances? The Prophecy says that he can rule the world IF he can find a woman in a three hours window on New Year's Eve 1999. Then, when the moment finally arrives, Arnold Schwarzenegger shows up and kills the mood for his supernatural love-fest.Basically, it's Arnie vs the Devil. Let's face it, deep down, we all know who's going to come out on top in that one, but, hey, let's go along for the ride anyway.Arnie plays an alcoholic cop who... oh, forget it. Arnie plays Arnie. He beats up bad guys and he's damn good at it. You must know what to expect from him by now? As I've said, in this case he's got his sights set on the high prince of darkness. Along the way he uses big guns, many stunts, lots of grunting and more explosions than Wile E Coyote has seen in his life.If you like the sound of that, you'll probably enjoy End of Days. If you don't, don't rent this - you'll only complain about the CGI and pick plot holes.Two bonus points: Gabriel Byrne is cool as the Devil and, if you ever saw Blackadder II, you may 'Lady Whiteadder.' Well, imagine her kicking the hell out of Schwarzenegger. Seriously, she does. If that doesn't make it worth the watch then I don't know what does.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/
kols Always been one of my favorite Schwartz movies and I've always wondered why. At best, it's a piece of meaningless fluff adding nothing to the cannon of any of it's genres (action, horror, Satan looking for an excuse for some fun). And, in many ways, it doesn't really make a lot of sense.Nor should it - it's an action movie. Except for their internal logic, no action movies make sense. The point is to get on the roller coaster and enjoy the ride.And that's where I finally figured it out - for me, at least, this is an iconic roller coaster ride. Just watched it on MAX and was a little shocked at how good an action movie it is; everything just worked, even the most ridiculous bends in physical reality (which, after all, are signature to the genre).For me, the movie just flowed, beginning to end, aided by one feature that it does not share with many movies, regardless of genre. It uses dialog only when absolutely necessary. For me, this is what raises it to the level of 'favorite'. I've always regarded film as a visual media and The End of Days tells it story visually, the script is secondary. This, by itself, endears me.All movies require some degree of Suspension of Disbelief and The End of Days is no exception but, given the usual Suspension given to action movies, it becomes a virtually flawless example of its kind and a hell of a good roller coaster ride.Likes and dislikes being what they are and being tied exclusively to the individual doing the liking or disliking, I'd simply recommend 'give it a try' within the parameters demanded by its genre. You might be surprised.
