The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)

Directed by: Joel Soisson | 80 minutes | horror, thriller | Actors: Boris Petroff, Kari Wuhrer,Daria Ciobanu, John Light, Jason Scott Lee, Tony Todd, Georgia Nica, Nicu Constantin, Vasilescu Valentin, Adrian Pavlovschi, George Grigore, Adriana Butoi, Smaranda Popescu, Jason London

‘The Prophecy’ is a series of horror films in which biblical mythologies are mixed with the contemporary world. The films are mainly about angels who want to gain God’s preference in an unorthodox way, often by dealing with human corpses. Although the first three parts of ‘The Prophecy’ form a trilogy, the makers have decided to continue the series.

The advantage of ‘The Prophecy: Forsaken’ is that you don’t need to have seen the previous films to understand this film. All points from the previous series that are important to Forsaken’s plot are repeated once again without affecting the story. In addition, the revelations are interesting for both the layman and the fan.

You don’t have to go to ‘The Prophecy: Forsaken’ for real horror. There are hardly any deaths and the gore level is remarkably low. In addition, the atmosphere is more like an exciting TV series than real horror. The fact that this film has been given the designation 16 years is probably only because a naked lady was in the picture for a few seconds.

What is striking for an average b-movie is the good acting. Both Allison (Kari Wuhrer) and Dylan (Jason Scott Lee) are played well. Tony Todd also does a great job as the angel Stark and puts down a convincing villain.

‘The Prophecy’ has a heavy religious undertone that won’t suit everyone. It soon becomes apparent that the lead actress and everyone by her side are very Christianly correct in their choices. And that while as a viewer you may think very differently about the issue. Yet the film is more in-depth than the average film that addresses this subject because Allison shows some doubt about whether she is on the right side, for example.

The only major downside of the movie is that you don’t feel like you’ve seen a movie in the end. The film feels very much like a TV series and you forget about it in no time.

‘The Prophecy’ is especially a nice movie if you have nothing to do for an evening. Not everyone will appreciate the religious undertones, but if that’s not a problem for you, the film is certainly not bad.