Gargoyle (2004) (V)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Ion Ionescu (written by)
A.G. Lawrence (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 October 2004 (Russia)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Once thought banished forever, winged, fire-spitting creatures are resurrected and immediately begin wreaking havoc on a port city.

Plot:

Two CIA agents are sent to Bucharest, Romania to solve a high profile kidnapping. But what they discover is something inexplicable. An evil gargoyle, once thought dead and banished forever, has returned with a vengeance. |

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Gargoyle | Romania | Bucharest Romania | Kidnapping

Cast

Michael Paré	...	Ty "Griff" Griffin
Sandra Hess	...	Jennifer Wells
Fintan McKeown	...	Father Nikolai Soren
Kate Orsini	...	Dr. Christina Durant
Tim Abell	...	Lex
William Langlois	...	Inspector Zev Aslan
Petri Roega	...	Father Adrian Bodesti
Rene Rivera	...	Gogol
Arthur Roberts	...	Bishop
Jason Rohrer	...	Richard Barrier
Mihai Bisericanu	...	Gregor
Bogdan Uritescu	...	Zero
Claudiu Trandafir	...	Boris
Cristi Groza	...	Ionut
Lewis Cojocar	...	Yuri

Also Known As:

Gargoyle's Revenge (International: English title)
Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness (USA) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | Romania | Canada

Language:

English | Romanian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | USA:R | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Avrio Filmworks

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Fr. Bodesti is about to give a plane ticket to Fr. Soren, Soren is drinking from a glass liquor bottle. As Bodesti approaches, the bottle is uncorked, but when the camera cuts away and returns, the bottle is mysteriously corked again.

Quotes:

Ty "Griff" Griffin: [to Wells] I wounded it. But, I want that thing dead. Now
[turns and points to someone off camera]
Ty "Griff" Griffin: get me the god damned flame thrower!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Popatopolis (2009)

A Real Hoot!

I gave this film 7 stars out of a possible 10 -- not because the film is good if compared to really good films -- but it is good for this type of film--ye olde formula monster flick.

You get exactly what you expect with this film. If you like these types of films then you'll enjoy Gargoyles.

The characters are basically just there in order to supply some insipid dialog and keep the story rolling along. They are the typical characters found in these types of films.

There's the big, old, gloomy, spooky Catholic church, two priests involved in one way or another with the gargoyle problem, some suitably gloomy, spooky tunnels underneath a monastery, and an old, old graveyard.

The gargoyles are well done, neat special effects, and the right people always get snatched by the monster, but except for one scene where we see a headless body still standing with some blood on the end of it's neck and shoulders -- the rest of it is done off camera.

There's really nothing in this film that I would think anyone would find disturbing.

Its just a film to have fun with on a Sunday afternoon.