Gargoyle (2004) (V)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

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

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 goddamned flame thrower!

Movie Connections:

Features Maximum Risk (1996)

Half and half

Some CIA types travel to Romania to look into a kidnapping. What they find is an ancient evil reborn, in the form of a gargoyle. Not a bad plot, and the movie starts out with a sense of mystery and dread even though we know this resurrected gargoyle is the real culprit. Michael Pare is the lead, and he is as wooden as ever. The gargoyle itself is pretty effective, better than a lot of other CGI creations. The Romanian backdrops are used to decent effect, but in the end the movie proves yet another Sci-Fi Channel dog. There is a gargoyle movie from the 1960s or early '70s with Cornel Wilde that puts this baby to shame, even with far less sophisticated special effects (the gargoyle is a man in a rubber suit, for instance).