End of Days 1999
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Genre:Action ,Fantasy,Horror
Release: 24 November 1999 (USA)
Director: Peter Hyams
Stars:Arnold Schwarzenegger|Gabriel Byrne|Robin Tunney Writer:Andrew W. Marlowe, Songmaker:DTS,Dolby Digital,SDDS IMDB | Views: 1266 |
End of Days Complete info
Genre :Action|Fantasy|Horror
Title :End of Days
Year :1999
Rating :5.7
Duration :121 min
Release :24 November 1999 (USA)
Star:Arnold Schwarzenegger,Gabriel Byrne,Robin Tunney,Kevin Pollak,CCH Pounder,Derrick O'Connor,David Weisenberg,Rainer Judd,Miriam Margolyes,Udo Kier
Director :Peter Hyams
Writer:Andrew W. Marlowe |
Country:USA
Language:English
Moviescore:33/100
Movie Location:Filming Locations: Altadena, California, USA See more ¯
Picture Rating:MPAA
Movie Budget:Budget: $83,000,000 (estimated)
Movie Gross:Gross: $66,862,068 (USA) (3 March 2000)
Movie Company:Beacon Communications | Beacon Communications |
Movie Sound : DTS,Dolby Digital,SDDS
End of Days Tagline : Taglines: Prepare. See more ¯
End of Days Description
At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.
End of Days Plot
Plot Keywords: atheist | ex cop | millennium | priest | new york city | See All (148) ¯
End of Days Synopsis
On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride, a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. If he bears her child between 11:00 PM and midnight on New Year's Eve, the world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist ex-cop named Jericho Cane, who no longer believes in God because of the murder of his wife and daughter. Written by Ridley Lavine
End of Days Critics
Hyped to the heavens when it first came out as Schwarzenegger's comeback movie, this 1999 film steers the Governor away from his attempts at comedy and collaborations with Danny Devito and back into the sort of action packed carnage that made his name in the first place. However, where the likes of Commando had him portraying invincible supermen with a neat array of guns and one liners to hand, End of Days is considerably darker. Set in New York on the eve of Millennium, the film shows a version of the Austrian Oak previously never witnessed. He plays Jericho Cane, an alcoholic ex-Cop in charge of a security squad who finds himself embroiled in a battle to save a young girl (Robin Tunney) from being raped by the devil (a sadly, rather ineffective Gabriel Byrne) and bringing about Armageddon. As you do. Cane himself is not the best sort of man for saving all creation either. He is mired in deep depression, has abandoned any faith in God he may have once had and when we first see him, is contemplating suicide. However, saving the girl gives him a drive and determination even when faced with some conflicting views from the Catholic Church about how best to go about this. All of this takes place in a very grim and gritty vision of New York where the rain never stops falling, urban decay is rife and pillars of steam rise from manhole covers. It is a fitting location for the end of all creation to begin and cast a dark veil over the flick. Of course, that isn't to say the film is all doom and gloom as there are a few glimpses of just how seriously the makers weren't taking their project (the argument between Arnold and Kevin Pollack in the former's apartment is hilarious). Plus, while the story and characters are all developed to match the atmosphere of impending dread during the first hour and a half, the last twenty minutes are made up of the kind of explosive action that strangely doesn't jar against the grimmer nature of the rest of the film, though the CGI devil at the climax is pushing it a little. All in all, an enjoyable romp for fans of the Governator before his attention was diverted by a political career. It compares well to his classic eighties work by trying to do something different and while it may not gel properly in places, for a good 80% of the running time it does a very entertaining job.
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