The Prophecy: Uprising (2005) (V)

Director:

Joel Soisson

Writers (WGA):

Gregory Widen (characters)
John Sullivan (story)

Release Date:

7 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Action | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Ritualistic Killings Lead To An Manuscript Of Evil.

Plot:

A woman (Kari Wuhrer) must protect an ancient manuscript from renegade angels.

Plot Keywords:

Fall From Height | Romania | Shot In The Forehead | Heart In Hand | Shot Through The Mouth

Cast

John Light	...	John Riegert / Satan
Sean Pertwee	...	Dani Simionescu
Kari Wuhrer	...	Allison
Jason London	...	Simon
Doug Bradley	...	Laurel
Georgina Rylance	...	Calra
Stephen Billington	...	Ion
Dan Chiriac	...	Serban
Boris Petroff	...	Father Constantin
Alin Cristea	...	Cantor
Florinel Popescu	...	Priest Hitting Wood Plank
Dan Astileanu	...	Hardy
Catalina Alexandru	...	Carmen
Ichim Luceafarul	...	Homeless Man
Flori Truscan	...	Woman in Police Station

Also Known As:

Prophecy: Revelation (USA) (working title)
The Prophecy 4 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, disturbing images and language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Romanian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (2008) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | USA:R | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

When Allison's mother phones, it is the wife of Joel Soisson.

Quotes:

Laurel: Sorry I'm late. We had to stop for petrol and sweets.

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005) (V)

No Walken, no good movie

A series of grisly ritualistic murders transpires in Bucharest, Romania. Gruff cop, Dani Simionescu (Sean Pertwee from "Dog Soldiers" and "Equilibrium" ) teams up with Interpol agent, John Riegert (John Light) to track the killer down. Meanwhile, Allison (new B-movie mainstay, Kari Wuhrer) is a church worker, who, after her priest drops dead, gets to be in possession of an ancient manuscript called the Lexicon, that is still being written by an unseen hand and holds the key to turning the tides in the war against God's army and the army of Satan depending on who gets to it first. Now she is being pursued by both in this movie that has tenuous links to the previous three films at best. Entering this film I was very skeptical about a Prophecy film with no Christopher Walken in sight and to it this film set on the shelf for some time before getting a release and my expectations were low to non-existent. I was surprised then that the film was better than the atrocious part 2. Sean Pertwee in no small part, helped with the enjoyment of the film with his excellent acting, even if the story itself is lacking. The metaphysical pseudo-religious mumbo-jumbo does tend to try one's patience before the film is over, and the lack of any real ending still makes this one pretty bad, it's just better than I had expected.

My Grade: D+