So the crew were already in Eastern Europe, so why not bust out another unnecessary sequel?
Prophecy 5: Still flogging a dead horse!
This one flips the bad Angel, now Tony Todd as Stark who is tall, skinny and more imposing, though he allows (orders) his undead human lackey Dylan (Jason Lee) to do most of the leg
work.
Allison remains on the run in a disguise that makes her look like a 40 years older Kim Cattrall - that would have her at around 40 - Stark and the naughty angels are still after the book, Allison still hears voices and they still end up at the same mysterious house where they can all share visions and flashbacks, the same ones that padded out 4.
Same as the first 4 films now, Armageddon is looming. Some want it. Some don't. And some poor humans are stuck in the middle of it to be unwilling pawns in the action because of whatever tenuous reason the writers can conjure.
It must be said that it is not the acting that does in these two films, Jason Lee, Sean Pertwee, Tony Todd and Kari Wuhrer do the best they can to not just throw up their hands and exclaim "Didn't I just say that exact same thing in the last scene? And the one before that? And the..."
The filmmaker obviously didn't have the budget, hence the location, dodgy CGI, the doubling up of meaningless dialogue and the flashbacks upon flashbacks. They didn't even use the Angel's abilities much, no superhero stuff at all here. Which all brings me back to my original rhetorical question: WHY TWO FILMS? The two films could easily have been condensed into one 100 minute flick that still wouldn't have been awe-inspiring, but would have been far less disappointing than the dull replica that picks from all of the first three films without retaining any of the truly cool - not always expensive - parts.
Final rating - 5 / 10. Not terrible, but definitely not good, merely a product that justified the release of a couple DVDs and perhaps put some actors' kids through another year of school.
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September 24, 2011
