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DVD : End Of Days [1999]starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollak, CCH Pounder directed by: Peter Hyams
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: After a two-year hiatus that included recovery from heart surgery, Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to the big screen at the end of 1999 with End of Days, a Christmas turkey if ever there was one. Overcooked and bloated with stuffing, this ludicrous thriller attached itself to the end-of-the-millennium furore. The prologue begins in 1979 with panic in the Vatican when a comet signals the birth of a child who will, 20 years later, become the chosen bride of Satan, destined to conceive the devil's spawn between 11 p.m. and midnight on December 31, 1999. It's hard to decide who has the more thankless role--Robin Tunney as Satan's would-be bride, or Schwarzenegger as Jericho Cane, the burned-out alcoholic bodyguard assigned to protect the girl from Satan, billed as "The Man" and played with cheesy menace (and an inconsistent variety of metaphysical manifestations) by Gabriel Byrne. With kitsch character names like Jericho and Chicago (Arnie's partner, played by Kevin Pollack) and lapses in logic that any five-year-old could spot, End of Days is a loud, aggravating movie that would be entertaining if it were intended as comedy. But Schwarzenegger and director Peter Hyams approach the story as an earnest tale of redemption and tested faith, delivering a ridiculous climax full of special effects and devoid of dramatic impact. You're left instead to savour the verbal and physical sparring between Satan and Jericho, resulting in the most thorough pummelling Schwarzenegger's ever endured on screen. Of course he eventually gets his payback, just in time for New Year's Eve. Perhaps he was touched by an angel? --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - you're a fxxking choirboy compared to me!End of days is a film that has had alot of criticism thrown at it and clearly some of it has stuck,it isnt a perfect film,there are flaws and holes in the storyline and the odd trick doesnt work but in terms of being dark and sinister this film has it nailed on. Arnie pops up as a beaten down drunk who has lost his faith and much more besides,gabe byrne plays the devil who needs to concieve the spawn of satan and unlock the gates of hell,both forces are sure to meet. The film has some ... Read More Rating:  - Good FilmI like arnie's films but i dint lke this one to much, it was ok! He has dont better films. Rating: - Throughly EntertainingI think this is one of Arnie's best films - it ranks alongside the terminator films and the ones he made when he was at his acting peak - Commando and Predator. Rather than the comic book hero or the unstoppable machine, here Arnie plays a very human, very flawed man. He is full of pain, remorse and anger. He is suicidal and alcoholic. A desperate man in desperate times, searching for some kind of meaning in what he does. Arnie is not only fighting the devil in this film, but the darkness within ... Read More Rating:  - COMPETES WITH "KILLER TOMATOES"This may be the movie that inspired Schwartzenneger to change his career to politics! My son dragged me to END OF DAYS. He loves Schwarzenegger action advernture and so I was a "good Dad" and we saw it. Halfway through the movie, he apologized to me. I told him, not to worry ... it may become a cult classic that competes with the 1950s "ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES;" considered such a lousy film it's badness is fascinating. However, once in awhile END OF DAYS has a few interesting ... Read More Rating: - Much better than constantine!Wow, End of Days is an explosive treat with all the supernatural dazzle. Arnies character thrilled me as a good guy with a "black heart", you never really know what hes gonna do. Gabriel is perfectly cast as the cool sexy Mr. Satan. Polluk does his usual brillant acting. If you were dissapointed with Constantine then this is the film to see. Browse for similar items by category:
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