End of Days |  | Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollak, CCH Pounder
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  317 reviews
Sales Rank: 10330
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.8 x 0.6
MPN: D20721D
ISBN: 6305767866
UPC: 025192072123
EAN: 9780783240305
ASIN: 6305767866
Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 1999
Release Date: April 18, 2000
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WHEN A BURNED-OUT FORMER NEW YORK CITY COP NAMED JERICHO THWARTSA HIT ON A MYSTERIOUS AND FOREBODING STRANGER, ALL HELL BREAKSLOOSE. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE CRIME, HE FINDS HIMSELF THERELUCTANT SAVIOUR OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIFIED CHRISTINE YORK,WHOSE DESTINY INVOLVES DEATH, THE DEVIL AND THE FATE OF MANKIND.
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After a two-year hiatus that included recovery from heart surgery, Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to the big screen in November 1999 with End of Days, a Thanksgiving turkey if ever there was one. Overcooked and bloated with stuffing, this ludicrous thriller attached itself to the end-of-the-millennium furor that kicked in a year too early. A prologue begins in 1979 with panic in the Vatican when a comet signals the birth of a child who will, 20 years later, become the chosen bride of Satan, destined to conceive the devil's spawn between 11 p.m. and midnight on December 31, 1999. It's hard to decide who has the more thankless role--Robin Tunney as Satan's would-be bride, or Schwarzenegger as Jericho Cane, the burned-out alcoholic bodyguard assigned to protect the girl from Satan, billed as "The Man" and played with cheesy menace (and an inconsistent variety of metaphysical manifestations) by Gabriel Byrne. With kitschy character names like Jericho and Chicago (Arnie's partner, played by Kevin Pollack) and lapses in logic that any 5-year-old could spot, End of Days is a loud, aggravating movie that would be entertaining if it were intended as comedy. But Schwarzenegger and director Peter Hyams approach the story as an earnest tale of redemption and tested faith, delivering a ridiculous climax full of special effects and devoid of dramatic impact. You're left instead to savor the verbal and physical sparring between Satan and Jericho, resulting in the most thorough pummeling Schwarzenegger's ever endured onscreen. Of course he eventually gets his payback, just in time for New Year's Eve. Perhaps he was touched by an angel. --Jeff Shannon
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 End of Days January 3, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Jericho Cane, a beaten down ex-cop, wakes up to another day, oblivious to the struggle that he soon must face. His job as a security specialist alongside his partner Chicago has become a tireless routine of seedy surveillance jobs, and since the death of his wife and child, everything in life which once held any meaning to him is now gone. Following a bizarre confrontation with a crazed homeless man warning him of impending doom, Cane rescues a young woman, Christine York from attackers who have invaded her home. He soon finds himself drawn into a heart stopping game of cat and mouse, as he realizes that she is the key to a supernatural force of terror, born of prophecy long ago foretold. For she is the unwitting object of desire of what deceptively appears to be just a man, but is in fact the ultimate embodiment of evil Satan. Now, as the world stands on the brink of the new millennium, it is up to Cane to protect Christine and all mankind from witnessing the end of days. End of Days is a great mix of horror, action, and supernatural elements. This is one movie you shouldn't miss.
Amazing December 6, 2009
David A. Smith (Webberville, Mi, USA)
This movie is awesome. arnold is awesome the story is awesome what else can you ask for. but beware for a shocker of an ending. I recomend this movie :)
 Not Respectful December 2, 2009
L. menner
This person did not respond to two of my letters. I made a mistake and ordered an HD DVD instead of a simple DVD. He refused to talk to me to possibly make an adjustment with me or swap out for another DVD that worked. I don't believe in the policy "Rejection by Disappointment" concerning customer satisfaction.
Larry
 Via Dolorosa November 12, 2009
Veritas Veritatis
Since suffering is the means of salvation,
I probably merited a bit by enduring this
entire film.
Then again, a truly virtuous man may have
removed the DVD from the player,
burned the DVD and sprinkled the player
with holy water.
I will probably take the coward's way out
and sell the DVD to recover my money.
Why then the two stars?
Because the action and effects were very
good and, in themselves, entertaining.
Some of the sets and cinematography
were very well done.
This is not a horror film even though
it is promoted as one.
It is never scary.
It is an Arny action flick,
which is not all bad.
I like most of them.
This one ultimately fails because it
tries unsuccessfully to be something else.
The plot was beyond stupid.
If one is to use a religion
and a human institution
that has existed for over 2000 years
as a player in a plot, not done often
enough considering its influence in
human affairs, one ought to at least
try to do so in a somewhat realistic
and credible way.
This film does not even attempt that.
Spoiler
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One example is the ending.
Our hero, after having a religious
conversion experience before the
altar of God in a Catholic Church,
exerts his will to commit suicide
in the church to prevent his Satan-
possessed body from serving the
interests of it's new tenant.
This merits him, we are led to
believe, a place in God's kingdom
alongside his dead wife and daughter,
who appear to welcome him home.
There's a wee theological problem
with that.
Suicide or self-murder, according to
Christian morality,
is a sin, an objectively evil act,
never good or heroic.
I didn't realize that 666, the number of
the beast in Christian sacred scripture
is actually 999 upside down,
and that means the reign of Satan
will begin in the year 999.
No, wait a minute, there was also
supposed to be one in front of it,
so Mr. Horny guy will ascend in 1999.
No big deal, but why was the Pope speaking
Italian to the members of the hierarchy.
The language of the Church is Latin
and the Pope at the time of the film
was Polish.
Vatican City is just by Rome
and Rome is in Italy,
therefore...
Oh OK, I get it.
********************
If your a big-time Arnold fan,
you'll enjoy this movie,
and as I wrote above, it is an
effects-action-violence extravaganza;
so if that is your cup of tea, you'll
like it for that.
If you're a Christian, or someone who an
understanding of the nature of the Church
and its teaching, you'll spend as much
time annoyed as entertained.
Note bene:
There is a scene of incestuous sexual
activity with nudity that includes
a mother with her apparently young
daughter, that is, too young,
and is entirely gratuitous.
Enough of a reason to say goodbye
to this one.
One of Schwarzenegger's Best September 3, 2009
Anthony Carpenter
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
End Of Days is a Supernatural Action Thriller set in NYC during the Y2k Scare of 1999 but having to do with Satan's return to claim the woman (played by Robin Tunney) who will have his child.Schwarzenegger plays Jericho a burned out Security type cop whose family was murdered and gets involved with a client whose body was taken over by Satan (Gabriel Byrne).He learns of the End of Days and must protect the girl who he is after while also questioning his faith.The Action is non-stop and Explosive,there is some scares here and there and some Satanic scenes of devil worship.Schwarzenegger is Excellent and the story plays well and is highly Entertaining and fast paced.I dont understand all the bad reviews i loved the film and i think people should give it a second look.It's got a little bit of everything including some great dialogue and Byrne is fantastic as old scratch himself.It's a winner in my book 10/10!
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