The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
R | 14 March 2000 (USA)
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The conclusion to The Prophecy Trilogy. Once again, Christopher Walken returns as the Arch-Angel Gabriel. As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending to destroy all of mankind. The only one who stands in his way is Danyael, who was born of an Angel and a woman.

Reviews
Pluskylang Great Film overall
Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
healthfusion I love him as a good guy, finally he is in this third installment.I just wish the younger actors can act, but oh well, Christopher Walken saved the movie.I made sure I watch Prophecy I & II before I watched this one.The movie made sense except when the Doc said Thomas was not in a monastery, because in Prophecy II, it was clear he said Thomas became a Monk, and died in the monastery.Other than that, the movie flows properly, the special effects is also much better on this one.I am happy I finally saw all 3 of them.
disdressed12 in my opinion this final film in the original trilogy is the weakest of the three but still not bad.i like what they did with Christopher Walken's character Gabriel.and Walken himself is great as usual.in fact he's the best thing about the film.i also liked the ending.more on that in a bit.i didn't particularly like the main villain.i thought he was just too ordinary and not worthy of the material.i also found this installment a bit too preachy for my tastes.now back to the ending.the thing i liked about it was that it brought everything full circle.i thought that was a very fitting way to end the trilogy.definitely not as good as it could have been,but still watchable and had some good points.for me,The Prophecy 3: The Ascent is a 6/10
Kromando33 The Third film in 'The Prophecy' series sees Danyael Rossales as a grown up adolescent, seemingly unaware of his origin as a human-angel hybrid. This film has several great things about, but it also isn't without the inevitable flaws. One of them being bad acting on the part of of the character Maggie, played by Kayren Butler. I can see the reason for the character existing, someone for Danyael to play off, an ally and friend to our main character, but it just seems that the majority (if not all) of the bad lines that bring the movie down come from her, she fails to make the movie believable from the point of her character. But the good points far outweigh the above criticism, the best thing being the return of the now former angel Gabriel, played in his new humble and friendly human form to absolute magnificence by Christopher Walken. Him taking human form seems to have given him an appreciation for our kind, which he so hated in the previous two films, he finally gets what being an angel is about. "Any angel, however powerful, can ever be anything but the messenger", his re finding of faith and understanding is a full circle of his character, as is the entire film. The Film 'full circles' the entire trilogy, having the final climax back to the familiar surroundings of the first film. Vincent Spano plays the rebel angel Zophael quite well, and has great presence and a powerful character throughout. Scott Cleverdon is convincingly evil in an arrogant way, as Pyriel the angel of genocide, and provides the final confrontation in which this movie, and indeed the trilogy needed.
antialias11 Well the third part of the installment is enjoyable. It has some weaknesses, but overall I didn't mind watching it.The Weaknesses: No recognizable angelic names in it (with the exception of Gabriel). The bad guy (Zophael) is a total no-name, so you don't really know how to rank him (powerful/not powerful), which wasn't really a problem in the first part. There you knew that Simon was more powerful than Uziel; that Gabriel could beat Simon's ass; and that Lucifer could smack them all to hell in a handbasket. Funnily this works to advantage for the movie as you don't really know which side of the factions Zophael and who actually is the good/bad guy until somewhat in the middle of the movie. The actors aren't all that good (with the exception of Walken, Spano - who brings that charisma back to the angels that was so severely lacking in the second part- and the Coroner who has grown to be one of my favourite characters in the three movies)Strenghts: The storyline is closed. I won't argue that it's the most coherent storyline, but it at least makes some moderate sense in itself. The musical score has always been one of the big things about the trilogy and they kept it -wisely- unchanged for the most part. This time around we have more funny scenes and even some jabs at the original 'The Prophecy', while not making it campy and keeping all the good bits (fights, heart ripping, supernatural powers etc.). Some of the moves seem very Matrix-like, but that was already the case in 'The Prophecy II', so I don't really know who copied from whom (It just seems so similar: Humans fighting against some overly powerful and nigh unkillable opponents in cool long dark suits). No matter: It's fun to watch. This time we also don't get treated to some candy sweet religious thing in the end, where the main character suddenly becomes a devout Christian - that's a big plus.Overall, I'd recommend seeing this film. Best if viewed together with the other two or you will not get many of the references.7/10