The Prophecy
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.
- Director: * Gregory Widen
- Genre:Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
- Runtime:97 minutes
Cast
Christopher Walken : Gabriel
Elias Koteas : Thomas Dagget
Virginia Madsen : Katherine
Eric Stoltz : Simon
Viggo Mortensen : Lucifer
The film opens with a brief prologue in a desert where Simon (Eric Stoltz), an angel, stands over the skeleton of another angel. In voiceover, he reveals that a war has broken out in Heaven and the angelic host is divided, much like in the first angelic war in which Lucifer was cast out of heaven. The introduction of Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas) follows, as he is about to be ordained as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, but is stricken by horrific visions of angels engaging in war against each other. Several years later, Thomas, having lost his faith and abandoned the church, is now a detective with the LAPD.
Arriving at his apartment, Thomas is startled to see Simon perched atop a chair like a bird, reading a Bible. After Thomas demands to know who he is, Simon tells him that he was with him the day he lost his faith and he knows what he was shown through the visions. Following a brief conversation about faith, Simon leaves Thomas, and Thomas does not know what to make of Simon’s presence or claims.
That evening, another angel falls to Earth somewhere within the city. Assuming human form, he locates a scent (presumably Simon’s) and waits all night beneath an apartment window. When Simon arrives at the apartment the next day, the angel attacks, leaping up several stories through the window. A bloody battle ensues, with Simon sustaining a serious wound and almost having his heart ripped out. After disabling the angel and removing his sunglasses to reveal empty, pitch-black eye sockets, Simon tosses his attacker back into the alley below. After crashing onto a parked car, the angel is smashed into a nearby wall by a moving car. After seeing his foe slain, Simon leaves the apartment.
Hours later, Thomas arrives at the crime scene. After examining the angel’s body, he ventures up to the apartment where he finds a local newspaper from Chimney Rock, Arizona, with an obituary for Colonel Arnold Hawthorne circled. Thomas also finds a copy of A Thesis On Angels In Religious Scripture, a book he wrote while studying for the seminary. He is unable to explain why a copy of his book is at the crime scene. Read more
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