alfCycle This is a pretty awful movie. Lazy storytelling, ridiculous plot points, dated special effects, horribly obvious stunt doubles, questionable acting... all amount to a rather unpleasant viewing experience. ************SPOILERS************A few questions...Why the hell are they allowed to just hang around all those crime scenes? They're not cops. Aren't crime scenes supposed to be closed to the public? If the Satan dude just heals like Wolverine, why the hell did he hire the security team? Wouldn't that just attract unnecessary attention? Shouldn't he just be laying low until the magical bow chicka wow wow hour? Didn't seem that concerned with security for the rest of the movie...? Anyway, not much in the positive spectrum that I can say for this movie, other than a couple of funny Ahhhnold moments. Recommended for those that enjoy Satan!, Satan groping, Satan conjoined twin f**king, flammable Satan urine, old lady fighting, religious imagery, religious conspiracies, Jesus Christ Pose!, exploding cars, exploding vans, exploding buildings, exploding trains, exploding people, BatSatan!...3/10...but that's just like, my opinion, man# Of Times Watched: Once

disdressed12 I liked this film.it's sort of in a similar vein as the original The Omen(1976)and it has a fair amount of thrilling scenes.there's lots of action.the acting is good all around. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars ,with Robin Tunney and Kevin Pollock.Gabriel Byrne who also starred in Stigmata the same year,is in this film as well.the rest of the supporting cast is also very good.for me,this supernatural thriller is exactly that.it's very thrilling and dark,although there are some amusing bits to to release the tension.if you like this movie,i would recommend the original Omen(1976)and the remake (2006 for me,End of Days is a 7/10

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch ever movie in Arnold Schwarzenegger's filmography in order, I come to his last movie of the 1990's End Of Days.Plot In A Paragraph: At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of of woman to bare his child. It's up to an ex-cop (Arnie) to stop him.It's well known in Hollywood, You are only as good as your last movie. Arnie's last movie killed a lucrative franchise and sent several careers into decline. It had been over two years since Batman & Robin hit theatres, that is a long time for a workaholic like Arnie. Considerably darker than your average Arnie action flick, but it's also more absurd at times. Kevin Pollack offers solid support, but Gabriel Byrne gives a slightly subdued performance. I remember a few things about the production of the movie, the original director quit, after his ridiculous on set demands were released, an alternate 'resurrection' ending failing with text audiences, and reading a review at the time of its release saying "Why Schwarzenegger would want to get himself involved in something as insane and nasty as this, in his comeback movie is beyond me" In his autobiography Total Recall, Arnie talks about how after his heart surgery, studio's were not returning his calls, and movies he had lined up, suddenly got put on hold (With Wings As Angels, Minority Report, Noble Father, SWAT, Crossbow and Pathfinder) or worse, cancelled (Fox backed away from T3 and Warner put the brakes on I Am Legend by slashing Ridley Scott's budget from $100 million to $80 million) and when he finally got cast in this movie, he turned up for his first day of shooting, to find studio executives and insurance people there watching his every move. The 90's ended with a whimper, rather than a bang for The Oak, as End Of Days wasn't the hit Arnie was hoping for, ending the year the 33rd highest grossing movie, with a domestic gross of $66 million.

Filipe Neto As we approach the turn of the millennium, the Devil seeks to fulfill the prophecies about the birth of the Antichrist, looking for a bride in New York. Directed by Peter Hyams, with a script by Andrew W. Marlowe, this film has Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne and Robin Tunney in the main roles.One of the last films of the past millennium, it precisely addresses the end of it and the apocalyptic prophecies about that. It's a quite grim film, which puts the audience in suspense from the very beginning. The dark picture helps to amplify these feeling, with the most scenes taking place at night or on foggy or rainy days in New York, depicted like a real and decadent "sin city". The darkest character is undoubtedly the Devil, but the police fighting against him (played by Schwarzenegger) also has to face his own demons: alcohol, deep depression, lack of faith and lack of self-confidence, in a double combat, physical and psychological.The film has great action scenes which strangely cohabit with several heavier scenes, almost terror. In fact, this is the major flaw of the film: it lives in a permanent dilemma between terror and action, thriller and suspense. We cannot say it's a horror movie or a thriller, or action. It's a mixture of all, which ends up easily displeasing the public looking for just one (particularly the terror lovers, as the film never gets to scare us truly). The climax is very interesting, makes good use of special visual and sound effects, manages to surprise and not be predictable, but some of the effects (the monster) are so "cliché" and far-fetched that destroy what was good.The work of the actors is fairly good. This film marks the end of a comedy decade in Schwarzenegger's career, and he seems convincing in his role and doesn't make mistakes, giving another proof of versatility. He wanted, truly, show that it's not only a lot of muscles, and he succeeded. Robin Tunney looks a bit bland and hysterical in the role of Christine. Byrne made an interesting devil, very calm and cold, able to boot chills through the simple look. The soundtrack doesn't stand out particularly, with the exception of "Agnus Dei", it's main music, combining incidental chords with small arrangements of Gregorian chant.