John Doe
This was another Arnold film I enjoyed that has good acting from Arnie and the rest of the cast. It has a good story too. Oh and the music is good.I give End of Days a 6/10
Python Hyena
End of Days (1999): Dir: Peter Hyams / Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollack, Udo Kier: Title bears no spiritual truth and the story lacks total understanding of the Biblical account in Revelations. Lame plot has the devil coming to earth possessing a human body and searching for a twenty year old woman who is suppose to be his bride. One could say that a mail order bride is out of the question. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a cop who stumbles across the case and attempts to protect her. He questions his own faith after his wife and son were murdered. Several religious groups try to kill the woman before it gets sidetracked into silliness. It uses action and special effects in an attempt to cover up its pathetic excuse for a plot. Directed by Peter Hyams previously made two laughable Jean-Claude Van Damme action flicks in Sudden Death and Time Cop. With Schwarzenegger grunting and groaning as if constipated, it would appear that a higher profile action star isn't working out for Hyams either. This easily ranks as one of the all-time worst films for either star or director. Gabriel Byrne is laughable as Satan. Robin Tunney plays the dense bride. Kevin Pollack plays Schwarzenegger's partner so that the star's name isn't the only one scarred by this nonsense. With absolutely no clue to its religious rants, this film becomes pointless junk at its overproduced worst. Score: 1 / 10
bowmanblue
You've got to feel sorry for poor old Lucifer. I mean, what are the chances? The Prophecy says that he can rule the world IF he can find a woman in a three hours window on New Year's Eve 1999. Then, when the moment finally arrives, Arnold Schwarzenegger shows up and kills the mood for his supernatural love-fest.Basically, it's Arnie vs the Devil. Let's face it, deep down, we all know who's going to come out on top in that one, but, hey, let's go along for the ride anyway.Arnie plays an alcoholic cop who... oh, forget it. Arnie plays Arnie. He beats up bad guys and he's damn good at it. You must know what to expect from him by now? As I've said, in this case he's got his sights set on the high prince of darkness. Along the way he uses big guns, many stunts, lots of grunting and more explosions than Wile E Coyote has seen in his life.If you like the sound of that, you'll probably enjoy End of Days. If you don't, don't rent this - you'll only complain about the CGI and pick plot holes.Two bonus points: Gabriel Byrne is cool as the Devil and, if you ever saw Blackadder II, you may remember 'Lady Whiteadder.' Well, imagine her kicking the hell out of Schwarzenegger. Seriously, she does. If that doesn't make it worth the watch then I don't know what does.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/
gavin6942
At the end of the century, Satan (Gabriel Byrne) visits New York in search of a bride (Robin Tunney). It is up to an ex-cop (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.Sam Raimi and Guillermo del Toro were originally offered to direct "End of Days", but both turned it down as they were busy with other projects. Marcus Nispel was set to helm the movie, but he left due to problems with both the budget and the script, and Peter Hyams immediately replaced him. I think this film would have been better in the hands of any of these other three men than with Hyams.The plot and themes are really good and often the imagery is quite striking. But there are enough "what the heck" moments to really make the picture fall flat. Naming the characters "Jericho Cane" and "Christine York" was the first big blunder.Roger Ebert correctly pointed out that "'End of Days' involves a head-on collision between the ludicrous and the absurd", with the only really decent thing about it being the involvement of Udo Kier and Stan Winston.
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