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Saturday 30 September 2017

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)

I can't discuss the film until addressing the numbering. If a second movie uses Roman numerals in it's title, like Prophecy II (1998) did, then the third one should, too. it should be Prophecy III, not 3. You can't just switch to Arabic numerals and hope no one notices. What's next? Prophecy fourth? Prophecy Δ?
Okay, the movie: it continues the story of what came before but it's half-baked. Gabriel features but does little to justify his presence. The coroner is there simply to remind us what happened in parts I and II and then he's completely forgotten about. The excessive smash cuts are infuriating.
Overall, if not for the presence of Walken and Dourif it'd be indistinguishable from many of the second-rate supernatural/fantasy TV series from the 90s.

1½ times born out of 5

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