End Of Days (DVD)

...approach to the subject matter, End of Days take a more frontal assault approach. Somewhere in the back streets of New York Gabriel Byrne is enjoying a meal in a cafe; as he enters the rest room he is assaulted and possessed by an invisible creature (that just happens to be Satan). Immediately we see this character have a profound effect on those around him as his sexual presence becomes very evident. In ancient scriptures it has ...
...a sexual relationship and thus produce an heir on Earth. The event will take place just before Midnight December 31st 1999. (Although humans celebrate this as being a new millennium, the calendars were changed many years ago to align the human calendar with celestial events). Gabriel Byrne begins to scour New York looking for a pre-ordained woman (who was born on a pre ordained day and year) to impregnate. As he 'imagines' sexual encounters he sends ...

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...and films like the following, END OF DAYS. Having seen this film before, but missed half of it due to somebody inherently whittering down my earhole! This time however I was not to be perturbed! ~~CAST~~ Jericho Cane – Arnold Schwarzenegger Satan – Gabriel Byrne Christine York – Robin Tunney Chicago – Kevin Pollack DIRECTOR – Peter Hyams Running time approx. 118mins, rated 18 ~~A BIT OF PLOT~~ It’s New ...
...of the clergy, including a few cardinals, priests and the Pope himself are running around rather agitated. Why is this you ask yourself? Apparently Satan himself is going to return to find himself a wife, consummate their union, have kids, settle down and plunge the world into an eternity of darkness, despair and debauchery… ~~A BIT MORE PLOT~~ Whilst all what appears to be the clergy of New York is running around like headless chickens, ...

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...that mumbo-jumbo about the apoc...apoco...apololy...the end of the world occuring just because the calendar was suddenly about to sprout three zeros. As it goes the powers that be in Hollywood didn't make too much of baboon's arse about it and this turned out to be, if not a masterpiece, then something worth buying popcorn for. In terms of more plot revelation (but not too much in case someone out there hasn't seen it) I shall say thus: It all begins ...
...satan's true form towards the end (sha - we all knew we would) and low and behold he looks exactly like a great big ugly vulture with horns and icky bat wings and everything associated with cheese induced nightmares. Again this is nothing new unless of course you don't tend to watch this genre of movie, in which case your eyeballs may just fall out and create a bubbling puddle on the floor. The ending is of course in true Hollywood style and if you're ...

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End of Days was heralded as the return of Arnie to the big screen after a a few years absence. Unfortunately films like The Matrix had been released and the bar for action movies had been raised from the days when all you needed were some over the top bad guys and some heavy firepower and one-liners. That's not to say that this is a bad movie. Far from it, it sets out it's stall and does exactly what it says on the tin but you can't help but feel ...
...worry the un-trained eye. End of Days is an action film and the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound fits into your expectations. There is a good level of surround action throughout with some bass shaking moments. The music is mixed well into the fold and dialogue is clear. Flick through the simple but effective animated menus and you're greeted with a reasonable set of extras. Director Peter Hyams contributes an audio commentary to the film and at times it's ...

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...the film, don't worry. End Of Days is a film which was released in late 1999 to coincide with the beginning of the new millenium, as this is what the story revolves around. You see, the world is about to end at the stroke of midnight, Dec 31, 1999. And Auld Nick's gong to take over. Yes ladies and gents, it's the Devil against the rest, Good v Evil. And it makes for a pretty good film. The story goes something like this: the bible got it wrong. ...
...marking the apocalypse (or the End Of Days, hence the title). But things don't go according to plan, and Satan's plans are scuppered by a burnt-out ex-cop turned security guard, by the name of Jericho, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. He stumbles across this dastardly plan, and does his best to prevent it, eventually having to renew his lost faith in God to defeat the ultimate enemy. It's a good story, and it's quite well thought out. There are a ...

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End of Days begins in 1979, where a girl is being born in New York City. This girl will be the one Satan attempts to impregnate at the turn of the century. Yeah, it's not just an apocalypse movie, it's a Y2K movie - great. Fast forward to 1999, with the girl's parents killed off and she, now 20, is experiencing "hallucinations" and nightmares. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the role of Jericho Cane, a bodyguard who is hired to protect the man whose ...
...science fiction elements to it, End of Days comes off as an off-the-wall sci-fi flick with plenty of action. Many of the events and elements of the film are just plain stupid and poorly presented (the guy in the subway was overdone, don't you agree?). The film is completely shallow, with absolutely nothing to analyze other than the obvious things that have been touched upon countless times before (i.e., have faith, evil begets evil, blah blah blah). ...

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...is only one way to end this and this meant giving his own life, which he does. Im only listing the dvd's features for only one reason even though the dvd on its own is excellent the extras arnt that good for a recent release. Special features spotlight on location special effects(9 clips) Soundtrack presentation Everlast music video Superbeast music video theatrical trailer chapter select(19) Subtitles Dual Layered Cert 18 colour-pal Run time - 117 ...
...Arnold Schwarzenegger - Jericho Cane Gabriel Byrne - The Man/Satan Robin Tunney - Christine York Kevin Pollak - Chicago CCH Pounder - Detective Margie Francis Derrick O'Connor - Thomas Aquinas David Weisenberg - OB/GYN Rainer Judd - Christine's Mother Miriam Margolyes - Mabel Udo Kier - Head Priest Victor Varnado - Albino Michael O'Hagan - Cardinal Mark Margolis - Pope Jack Shearer - Kellogg Rod Steiger - Father Kovak ...

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...not for the faint hearted. End of Days is a movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger playing Jericho Cane has to prevent the devil from getting his bride and bringing the world as we know it to an end. It's age old story of good fighting evil, but this time its the opposite ends of the spectrum - God against the Devil. Much of the action is based in a church and in a vast underground subway with all of the usual bangs and explosions that we expect from ...
...Devil he must first discover his own faith, and this is developed exceedingly well throughout the film. Most of the biblical references are very accurate and some startk realities of life are brought to our attention. The acting is, in my opinion, very good especially from Arnie, an actor who's acting skills I do not rate very highly. With some extremely thought provoking scenes, particularly when the Devil trys to tempt Jericho to give him his ...

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...up somewhat but at the end of (the) day, thats not the viewers concern, watching an entertaining fresh film is. The film appeared quite dark but turning the lights down didn't quite do it for me this time.I couldn't get scared by a Devil who pees petrol and can be knocked back by a few extra big bullets.What (probably in 1999) started out as a decent enough plot became very predictable and somewhat rushed. One thing I expected which didnt happen ...
...One particular scene at the end when she does an emotion (awe/respect/thankfulness/relief ?) was almost as cheesy a some of the emotions in the 3 star wars prequels. Satan - wasted! Byrne is normally pretty good but he has quite a few footsteps to walk in. Pacino cant really be topped in my opinion (devils Advocate). Not one of his finest roles but considering the plot he didn't do too badly Cane - I think they only cast Arnie so they could do ...

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This is a great film. It is a different sort of Arnie movie in that he doesn't rely on huge guns all the time. This fact makes for interesting viewing. The film follows Jericho(Schwarzenegger) a former New York cop. He is now a security agent that is assigned to protect Garbiel Byrne. It soon becomes apparent that it Byrne isn't a businessman but the Devil. He has come to earth to claim his bride Christine (Robin Tunney) so that he can unleash his ...
...all and protects Christine in the fight of his life. The acting is superb from all the cast in this film. Christine Tunney is great as the "chosen one" as she really makes you believe she doesn't have a clue what is going on. Arnold too does a good job and he even gets beaten up by an old lady in this film and he crys too - a whole new side to Arnie. Gabriel Byrne is the best actor in this film and he manages to give heartless glances or stares ...

elspeth334 27.01.2001 · Read full review
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...the bible. Supposedly at the end of every millenium, the devil can come to earth and impregnate a woman chosen at birth to bear his child. When the child is born he will have power over the earth and, basically, Earth will become part of the kingdom of hell. If you buy the DVD version then there are, as normal, lots of wonderful extras to play with. There's two documentaries on the making of the film and two rarely-seen music videos: Rob Zombie's ...
...to, you can see the original trailer for the film (why bother? you've just seen the actual film!) Anyway, back to the point: this is a pretty good film; if you see it you should probably buy it. The acting's good and the soundtrack's alright (strange how Satanism is always associated with Goth rock). Look out for the devil's wonderful sense of humour ("Nice Shirt, kid"). ...

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It's the dog end of the Millennium and it's a very prophetic time as the devil rides out. The film kicks off with an ominous sign in the sky and scenes reminiscent of The Omen. The Pope tells the bringer of bad news that they cannot kill the girl (whoever she is) and minutes later we see a strange ceremony where a new born girl has rattlesnake blood wiped on its mouth. Suddenly, it's 20 years later, three days from the end of the Millennium, and ...
...child and bring on the end of days, the coming of a slightly different regime from the previous couple of thousand years. Byrne looks like he had a wonderful time making this film and revels in his role as the Dark Angel, a cynical, swaggering, pretty nasty egg all round. It's very serious and earnest stuff for the most part but Byrne plays it with a twinkle and black humour that one would struggle not to find funny. There's a lot of echoes of The ...

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I thoroughly enjoyed this film! It contains your ever-popular fight between good and evil, but in its traditional, basic form of God against the Devil. Addressed in much the same way as in the Exorcist (not that I'm comparing the two films, they both include priests and Beelzebub in one shape or another, that’s all!). Arnie or Jericho Cane, the ex-cop about to kill himself, gets involved with the devil character by saving his life! He spends ...
...with the chosen one, and, might I add, no romantic involvement ensues between Arnie and she, thank goodness! The body being used by the devil in this film happens to be the priest from Stigmata, a very good actor, unfortunately I can’t name him! Needless to say good wins, following an almighty millennium eve struggle. Good acting even from Arnie, some blood and guts, and a happy ending! Perhaps I’m too easily pleased! ...

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...vodka and sucking on the end of his gun, never getting round to pulling the trigger. It’s the end of the century in a couple of days, something that has got the Pope pretty agitated - for he knows that Satan himself is somewhere at large in the world, back to claim the woman ‘chosen’ for him 20 years earlier. Rather conveniently, Satan has taken the form of a man, whom Jericho is in charge of protecting. But when a tongue-less priest ...
...does cry, once! End Of Days is a fun, all-out action movie with tons of action, and a fairly good, yet very complicated plot. If you like arnie's style, this is no different, but Terminator 2 is better, with a similar plot. Still a good watch though! ...

Danbuckley5 17.03.2001 · Read full review
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...this day has come in End of Days… We watched this film the other night, after we gave up on The Beach, and I was not too impressed, to be honest. Because of its different ‘slant’ I had expected something better. Instead, we got Arnie action misplaced within the scripts of a horror movie. Arnie was badly miss-cast here and his films are just getting steadily worse over the years. Being a fan of horror, I have seen this plot unfold ...
...books. So there was nothing new here for me at all. It has been done so often before, and there have been much better interpretations of the story of the coming of the devil. So... the plot… It is New York 1999 and Lucifer, played amicably by Gabriel Byrne is on earth looking for his ‘chosen one’ – a lady who was born and is destined to be his lover. The resulting child from their prophesised union shall be the anti Christ ...

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