End Of Days (1999)
Action | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

All hell breaks loose when Arnold Schwarzenegger battles the ultimate evil in this chilling supernatural action thriller. When a burned-out former New York City cop named Jericho (Schwarzenegger) is assigned to security detail for a mysterious and foreboding stranger (Gabriel Byrne), Jericho thwarts an incredible assassination attempt. During the ensuing investigation, he and his partner (Kevin Pollak) save the life of the beautiful and terrified Christine York (Robin Tunney), whose destiny involves death, the devil and the fate of mankind. Now it's up to Jericho to save the girl, the world and his own soul as he comes face to face with his most powerful enemy ever!

User Comment: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada, 14 March 2004 • On the eve of the millennium, Satan arrives in NYC, takes over the body of an unidentified New Yorker (Gabriel Byrne) and sets out to find the young woman (Robin Tunney) who's destined to be the poor sap whom he must impregnate in order to bring about the destruction of Earth. However, AH-NULD is in his way, as miserable, alcoholic ex-cop Jericho Cane, who stopped 'believing' when his family was murdered by crooked cops.

I guess this is what you get when you want to mate a contemporary religious horror thriller with a typical Schwarzenegger action spectacle. This movie is quite loud, over-the-top, silly, and ridiculous - I don't think the film-makers really took themselves seriously - but I did find it to be entertaining. It certainly does have a lot of energy, and good performances by AH-NULD (believe it or not!), Byrne, Tunney, CCH Pounder (a criminally underused actress, in my opinion) and Rod Steiger, playing a priest 20 years after he played one in "The Amityville Horror". Packed with flamboyant special effects, this movie is obviously not out to scare anyone but to provide them with a goofy sort of diversion. Highlight is the battle in the subway system.

I'll admit that I do like it; it's a guilty pleasure, to be sure.

Summary: It's AH-NULD VS. SATAN in the match of the century.

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