The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

Anti-God Danyael Rosales is a street preacher. He's also a Nephilim, half-human and half-Angel. Gabriel (Christopher Walken) is in the audience when he's gunned down by a blind assassin. Gabriel has to protect him as angel Zophael (Vincent Spano) comes to take out his heart. Joseph (Steve Hytner) witnesses Danyael's resurrection and tells his girlfriend Maggie about the ongoing battle.

This is undeniably straight-to-video B-movie. It's hitting the conventional beats. Walken is playing a good guy in this sequel, and it doesn't feel right. He doesn't have as much fun. This feels very conventional which is a bit of a letdown. This franchise has been rather messy and chaotic. Through it all, there is Walken. This one is less messy, and Walken is less fun.

I was pleasantly surprised when I watched Prophecy III. After enjoying the first two immensely, I had expected the series to fall apart in its final installment. The third film, however, is a pleasure to watch, and not just for the incomparable Christopher Walken. Vincent Spano (Zophael) was excellent, and had great lines (especially in the donut shop scene, where he says "I'll take one of those...with the coloured fragments on top"). I thought Dave Buzzotta played a good Danyael (except near the end, when he seemed to get a little snotty).

My only complaint is that I don't think Christopher Walken was meant to have long hair...

In all a great sequel!

I've have just sat through "The Prophecy" parts one, two and three. And I must admit that it is of course because of Christopher Walken that I did so. I enjoyed the previous two movies a lot more than I did with this third installment in the franchise.

The storyline in "The Prophecy 3: The Ascent" wasn't just really fulfilling for me in a sense, especially because the Gabriel character had lost all of his charm and wits from the previous two movies, and Christopher Walken wasn't really given much to work with in terms of the character in this third movie.

It was nice, however, to see Brad Dourif in the movie, despite of having a fairly small role. It was a shame that his role wasn't bigger, because he could definitely have spruced up the movie phenomenally, and his character definitely had potential to be something interesting. I can't claim to be particularly familiar with Scott Cleverdon, but he definitely portrayed the Pyriel character quite well. And like Brad Dourif, it was a shame that he wasn't given more screen time. And Vincent Spano was also portraying the Zophael character quite well.

"The Prophecy 3: The Ascent" is not as packed with famous acting talents as the previous two movies were, which was a shame somehow.

There was just something missing from "The Prophecy 3: The Ascent" to make it as outstanding, interesting and enjoyable as the previous two movies. And as a third movie in the franchise it didn't really carry with it much from the previous movies, so you don't necessarily have to watch the previous two movies prior to watching the third movie. I would recommend it, though, solely for having the background of the Gabriel character.

The third of the PROPHECY films and the last featuring Christopher Walken, although even so this one's a straight-to-video outing. The plot is fast-paced and has plenty going on, but at the same time it's quite simplistic and essentially involves the bad guys chasing the good guys around and them occasionally fighting. Quite small scale given the subject matter and a few CGI scenes don't really serve to make much of an impact either. Walken seems disconnected to the rest of the story but has some fun, the scene with him in the car probably being the best part, and there's a neat little turn from Brad Dourif too.

The Prophesy 3 was somewhat disappointing but still an above average flick. I would say it is the least of the three movies. The finale did not seem to be worth making a trilogy about. Plus it is somewhat confusing what happened at the end. The scope of the first two films led me to expect something grander. On a positive note, the special effects in this installment were the best of the trilogy.

The pace was a little stop-and-go for my taste: too many flashbacks and too long between the action. The humorous parts were funny but at the same time it undermined the atmosphere that the series is based on.

Christopher Walken again stole the show. He has perhaps the best delivery of any actor and can manage to handle lines that should have never been in the script. The two costars I thought lacked screen presence (or at least compared to Walken).

Overall, this was an enjoyable ending to a surprisingly good trilogy.