I agree with Andy that this is a very interesting film and very well acted. The script is clever and well thought out. Angel characters appear in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. They are seen less and less in modern times. If one was raised close to the Bible and, expecially, if one was raised a Roman Catholic, this movie has some especially poignant moments. Christopher Walken is, indeed, wonderful. He is so weird looking that I had no trouble suspending my disbelief in regarding him as the Arc Angel Gabriel. However, the writer is the real hero here. Some of the lines are brilliant. This is not a "spook movie". It has some real depth and asks some difficult questions about faith and the nature of God. Two of the four Arc Angels are represented here. Lucifer gets a lot of play in the movies. Gabriel with his trumpet is probably the next most "popular" although he usually appears with wings, a white robe and looks and sounds like "Satchamo". Too bad Rafael and Michael did not have a role. Maybe the sequel?
Review of The Prophecy
