The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
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| The Prophecy 3: The Ascent | |
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| Directed by | Patrick Lussier |
| Produced by | Joel Soisson |
| Written by | Gregory Widen (Characters) Carl Dupré |
| Starring | Christopher Walken |
| Cinematography | Steve Boeddeker |
| Editing by | Peter Devaney Flanagan |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Release date(s) | 14 March 2000 |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Prophecy II (1998) |
| Followed by | The Prophecy: Uprising (2005) |
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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent, released 14 March 2000, is the conclusion to The Prophecy trilogy. Once again, Christopher Walken is the Archangel Gabriel, now a homeless human, and Steven Hytner is a coroner. As the war in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel (Scott Cleverdon), the Angel of Genocide, arises with the intention of destroying all humankind. The only one who can stop him is Danyael (Dave Buzzotta), a Nephilim born of an angel and a human woman. However, Danyael is unaware of his purpose until he learns it from Gabriel (who became a human at the end of The Prophecy II). Gabriel acts as Danyael's guardian while Zophael (Vincent Spano) seeks out Danyael. The fate of humankind hangs in the balance as Danyael sets out to confront Pyriel and fulfill his destiny.
[edit] Summary
Danyael, the child of Valerie is forced to face his destiny. As a half-angel he has some of the angels abilities such as regeneration: like an angel he can only be killed if his heart is removed. One night an assasian shoots him but as he's driven off by the crowd before he can take out Danyael's heart Danyael regenerates. As punishment for his failure Zophael kills the assassin and starts going after Danyael himself with an extendable bladed weapon—the blade can be turned into a three-pronged hook with which he plans to use to remove Danyael's heart, killing him for good. However, Danyael is protected by Gabriel, a now human fallen angel who killed Danyael's father and performed many misdeeds. After being defeated by Danyael's mother he was turned into a human as punishment. He has spent 18 years as a human and has realised how wrong he was in the past so has now switched sides. Zophael manages to convince Danyael's girlfriend to go against him and to work with him on killing Danyael but she realizes she's on the wrong side and tries to shoot the angel. It has little effect on him and he tells her what he is. Frightened, she agrees to help him. The two catch up to Danyael on a Native American reservation where he is going to confront Pyriel, another angel who wants to overthrow God. Zophael attacks Danyael, crashing Danyael's girlfriend's truck, badly injuring her. He then faces Danyael in battle. Danyael seemingly defeats him by impaling his chest with a motorcycle tailpipe but the angel gets back up and uses his weapon to impale Danyael from behind. Before he can remove his heart Danyael's girlfriend empties her gun into him, stunning him. Danyael takes his chance and removes Zophael's heart through the hole he created earlier, finally killing him. Danyael heads off to confront Pyriel, armed with Zophael's weapon while Gabriel watches over his girlfriend. Danyael confronts Pyriel but is no match for him although he succeeds in impaling him with Zophael's weapon. Pyriel is about to win when God seemingly sends down a lightning bolt electrocuting the weapon and through it Pyriel, weakening him. Danyael extends the blade into its prong form and removes Pyriel's heart with it, killing him and apparently ending the war in heaven. He returns to Gabriel and his girlfriend who is on the verge of death. She is saved when Gabriel is given a second chance and becomes an angel again and heals her wounds on his way back to Heaven.
[edit] External links
- The Prophecy 3: The Ascent at the Internet Movie Database
- The Prophecy 3: The Ascent at Rotten Tomatoes
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