Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002) (V)

Director:

Chris Angel

Writers (WGA):

Peter Atkins (characters)
John Benjamin Martin (written by)

Release Date:

22 October 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Leave no soul unturned.

Plot:

In this fourth series of the hell-raising Wishmaster, the Djinn unleashes his undying love and three wishes on a beautiful new victim named Lisa...

Plot Keywords:

Wishmaster | Hell | Implied Cunnilingus | Pink Brassiere | Camel Toe

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tara Spencer-Nairn	...	Lisa Burnley
Michael Trucco	...	Steven Verdel
Jason Thompson	...	Sam
John Novak	...	Djinn
Victor Webster	...	Hunter
John Benjamin Martin	...	Douglas Hollister
Kimberly Huie	...	Tracy
Mariam Bernstein	...	Jennifer
Mandy Hochbaum	...	Shopper
Jennifer Pudavick	...	Waitress
Ernesto Griffith	...	Nick the bartender
Rea Kavanagh	...	Cocktail Waitress
Janice Tetreault	...	Dancer #1
Cara Bisiak	...	Dancer #2
Aleks Paunovic	...	Brick

Also Known As:

Le maître du cauchemar: La prophétie (Canada: French title)
Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, sexuality and some language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

Overseas FilmGroup

Trivia:

Filmed back-to-back with Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) (V). There essentially was a weekend between filming the two movies in 2000.

Goofs:

Continuity: There is no evidence of bloodstains on the faxed documents.

Movie Connections:

Follows Wishmaster (1997)

Soundtrack:

Louder

Better than part 3, but not by much

"Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled", the fourth installment of the Wishmaster films, is a particularly slow and uneven entry in the saga that will not be for everybody.

**SPOILERS**

Painter Sam (Jason Thompson) and his girlfriend Lisa (Tara Spencer-Naim) have just moved into their new home when he experiences a terrible accident that leaves him crippled for life. Determined to help him, Lisa invokes the help of lawyer friend Steven (Michael Trucco) who has a crush on Lisa. Therefore, he takes a lawsuit against the company that made the faulty wiring on the bike which crashed and left him paralyzed. Instead of offering to take money, he declines, and gives her a red jewel he found in a box hidden away in his desk. The jewel, unknown to Steven, is the cell for the evil Djinn, which awakens and inhabits his body. Now under the Wishmaster's control, Steven begins making advances on Lisa, who is becoming increasingly distraught since Sam won't touch her anymore. She inadvertently casts three wishes while around Steven/Djinn, and the first two he grants, but the third is the hardest one, for Lisa to love Steven as he really is. Aware that his Djinn appearance will lose her forever, and becoming aware of his love for her, he refuses to grant it, though his other Djinn cohorts constantly beg him to grant the third wish and let their race inherit the earth. In the end, he agrees to offer Lisa a choice; take his hand as the second in command when the Djinn race takes over the world, or to be cast down to another dimension of hell. Struggling to make a decision, Sam arrives and manages to save the day, but his own life is also perished. Lisa makes it out of the house and continues on with her life.

The Good News: I've never been a big fan of the two Wishmaster films without Andrew Divoff as the Djinn, but this film makes a lot of points to make up for that by inserting far more nudity than any other entry in the series. The nudity is at both gratuitous and necessary. On several occasions they could have shot other scenes, but instead opted to show nudity. The meeting place between Steven and Sam in a strip club especially comes to mind. Though the dancer there was stacked and nice to look at, the scene was unnecessary and could have been shot in another place. The gore here is also pretty nice, as several scenes look really impressive. Overall, this film is a lot better than part three, but that's not saying a whole lot right there. Part three relied too much on a Terminator plot instead of the creepiness and eerie atmosphere of the first two. This one also tries to utilize the Terminator plot by introducing a Hunter (Victor Webster) who must kill Lisa before the Djinn grants the third wish, but they had the right mind to known that it would not work and killed him off after a short but effective sword fight with the Djinn.

The Bad News: Too much talk about love. The film contains a unique plot, but goes nowhere with it. The fact that the waker actually casts three wishes is an original idea, but by adding in the love sub-theme, the last two-thirds of the movie is simply the Djinn trying to explain to the other Djinns why he cannot grant the third wish to open the gates of hell and also on his Steven form trying to win over Lisa. It actually got boring for me as I waited and waited to see how it would play out, but I was disappointed by this movie. Another thing I must gripe about is that the wishes granted by the Djinn never really had any negative consequences like the first two. The Djinn never tricks anybody with their wishes and, except for the lawyer who shoots himself, nobody actually got harmed while making their wishes. The closest one was the waitress who wanted to be kissed romantically, then every guy in the restaurant kisses her. Where's the trickery? The harm? Disappointing.

The Final Verdict: Despite the high number of nudity, I would only recommend this movie to those who are interested in how the Wishmaster films end or to those who have seen the first two and are bored by part three.

Rated R: Nudity, Graphic Violence, a sex scene, scenes in a strip club and some language.