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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)

   
Directed by: Patrick Lussier

Written by:
Carl V. Dupre & Joel Soisson

Starring:

Christopher Walken .... Gabriel
Vincent Spano .... Zophael
Dave Buzzotta .... Danyael
Kayren Butler .... Maggie
Steve Hytner .... Joseph


Cameo:


Brad Dourif .... Zealot

Release Date: Direct-to-Video: March 14, 2000

 
Rating:

 

The fallen Arch Angel Gabriel (Christopher Walken) returns but this time he's a homeless person and lost his own battle to destroy humankind as the war in Heaven still rages on as he fears one of his enemies named Pyriel (Scott Cleverdon) the Angel of Penocide who intends to destroy all of mankind himself.
But the only one who stands in his way is Danyael (Dave Buzzotta) who was born of an Angel and a woman and Gabriel stands as his secret guardian this time since he is unaware of his purpose after being shot by a crazed fanatic named Zealot (Brad Dourif) while preaching to people that God doesn't care for anyone anymore.
Pyriel sends one of his angels named Zophael (Vincent Spano) to track Danyael down and to be destroyed as he seeks help from a friend of his when he was human named Maggie (Kayren Butler) convincing her he is out to protect her and that Danyael needs to be stopped.

 

A nicely done film with great effects too as we get lots of good flashback scene's on what caused this war in heaven and how some of these fallen angels came to be.
Gabriel this time portrays a good guy which is a bit of a twist and it boggles you who is a good angel or a bad angel which keeps you wondering what the whole truth is behind this whole mess too.
The story like the rest of these film's aren't that special but still entertained if you're in the mood for it.

The acting is still good as Christopher Walken grew his hair looking like a homeless person as he seems to be a good guy this time and seems quite mellow too.
Vincent Spano
had the perfect looks and attitude to play a cold and demanding fallen angel in the film as he was perfect on how he said his lines. He showed terrific seriousness to his part and knew how to be firm too. He really stole the show with his performance.
Dave Buzzota
really portrayed a great fallen angel warrior in the film and looked young for the part which worked just as well too. He showed true perfect aggressions to his part.
Kayren Butler
does well with her crying emotions as well as her tough as nails attitude at the same time. She stood out quite well for her part more so than most of the leading actresses in the previous films.
Although Brad Dourif had a small part in the film he was effective for his role as a nutcase proving he can wear other hats as a psycho than just the voice of Chucky.
We have another small role by Scott Cleverdon towards the end of the film portraying a Jesus type figure who made his part memorable very clearly to the plot of this film.

There is some woman briefly nude piled up in front of an evil angel.

Some bloody gunshots
Many people are stabbed in the chest with sharp objects
A heart is torn out

Patrick Lussier is fair with his work involved with this film. There is a good shot and reaction on Dave Buzzota preaching about God not caring and getting aggressive. There's also a good shot on Brad Dourif taking out a gun and shooting at him with a nice slow motion shot on Buzzota reacting to the shots and falling down.
We have a good shot on K
ayren Butler kneeling down towards Buzzota and crying which looked extremely effective.
There's also a good moment and camera shot on Dourif in his apartment speaking to himself out loud and a nice shot on him slitting his wrist.
There's a great scene that involved Christopher Walken in a room cornered by Vincent Spano as he does well acting cold towards him.
There's a nice camera looking up on Steve Hytner at a table discussing the corpse.
We have a good shot on Buzzota rising up and bolting towards Hytner as the scene showed perfect energy. We also have another moment with Spano acting menacing towards Hytner as well demanding on where this person is.
We have a great shot on Buzzota smashing open a door and walking towards Douriff as we have a great shot on Dourif looking lifeless.
We have a good moment with Spano acting demanding towards bit part actor Mark Prince Edwards as a cashier at a donut shop showing attitude towards him.
We have many good fighting scene's between Spano and Buzzota as it looks very well choreographed.
There's a nice comedic shot on Walken driving in his car in the middle of nowhere and playing the trumpet which looked very fitting and funnily directed.
We have a perfect shot on Butler scrambling to get some bullets to put in a gun and a good shot on her aiming her gun and shooting.
The best direction was with Spano being firm with Butler and telling her who he is and why he is here and meaning her no harm which looked very effective and powerful.
We have a good humoress dialogue between Walken in a diner towards bit part actress Sandra Ellis Lafferty like in the first film reuniting and mentioning what happened the last time which worked very well too.
There's a great car chasing scene that involved Spano getting aggressive towards Butler along with a nice shot on Buzzota speeding away on his motorbike.
Buzzota
shows some nice aggressive expressions to his part when he performs his battles between Spano.
We have a disturbing and sad moment with Butler suffering on the ground to death as she really knew how to make it seem real.
There's a nice effects with the camera focusing both on Buzzota and supporting actor Scott Cleverdon having a dialogue together and then Buzzota attacking him with a spear with great aggression.

Steve Boeddeker composed the music for this film this time but it isn't too noticebable but has some nice silent sounds to the plot with the odd chanting effects.

Danyael: GOD IS NOT DEAD!!!! He just doesn't give a damn

ZophaelJones: Killing you would be so easy.
Gabriel: Fried food can kill me, a mugger can kill me. You're not so special down here, Jones!

Zophael Jones: You answer my question, or I'll personally see to it that you spend the next millennium chained to a damp wall, wondering just what that is that's been winding its way up through your bowels for the last 750 years.

Zophael: So... this is what it feels like to be human