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End of Days [Region 2] | ![End of Days [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71A3RN4E26L._SL500_.gif)
| Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollak, Cch Pounder
Category: DVD
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Rating:  315 reviews
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Latin (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
EAN: 7321922346773
ASIN: B00004TYXZ
Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 1999
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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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 Under-rated and Very Creepy March 21, 2009
Stephen T. Wishnevsky (Winston-Salem, NC USA)
An oddity, Arnold playing against type as a drunk. The possessed priest is very creepy, the scenes in his basement squat are NYC disgusting, and it just rants and rolls from there.
 Not great, though not bad either February 26, 2009
L Gontzes (Athens, Greece)
End of Days brings to the screen the story of an alcoholic, down-on-his-luck, former cop who joined a private security firm that offers wealthy people protection. Things become rather complicated when the client in need of protection is... Satan.
There are slight hints of the Omen, Constantine, and Ninth Gate with a touch of the X-Files so the movie falls into the action/adventure/mystery/thriller/horror type of category.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, and most of the rest of the cast carry out their performances well.
The plot, the setting, the dialogues, the music, and the special effects, are all good.
In short, End of Days is a movie worth watching if you are in the mood for some good entertainment and/or you are a Schwarzenegger fan. 4 Stars
 Arnold saves the world from the devil in 2000 February 25, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
The 1000 years has past since Christian people thought the world would end in 1000 AD. Again it is predicted that the devil will spawn a child on
an human woman and a new reign of evil will result.
The cycle of the rings seems based on that same sort of legend
in a world where superstitions ruled:
The Lord of the Rings: Motion Picture Trilogy - Special Release: Tolkein Month Movies Poster Print, 27x40
Instead of swords and arrows Arnold has an over and under grenade launcher
machine gun.
The special effects are pretty good, but the plot has been done several times before and after.
One Of Arnold's Most Entertaining Movies February 9, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
Despite the hokey theology and overdone action, I still enjoyed this film and found it to be astounding in certain parts, thanks to some incredible special- effects, at least when it came out in 1999. They still look pretty cool. I also enjoyed the nice oveerall visuals and excellent sound.
You just can't take the story seriously, but how many films can you, especially Arnold's wild movies? They are just there to be enjoyed, to get a couple of hours of escapism entertainment. Among the baloney, however, are a few profound statements of truth. Rod Steiger provides them as a priest in the film. Unfortunately, the devil (Gabriel Byrne) has some, too!
Overall, the story is very involving, so much so that it that at 125 minutes it can wear you. About 15 minutes of less action would have been best. Still, it's one of Arnold's most entertaining movies.
 I Turned It Off And Put Pornography On Instead January 16, 2009
Steven Stewart (steveo.stewart@hotmail.co.uk)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
At least some of our greatest pornographic films have a more interesting storyline than this boring attempt at a religious action thriller.
Arnold Schwarzenegger will always have his name be synonymous with cheesy over the top action adventures. Some of them are absolutely perfect, such as Predator, Total Recall and those other ones where he's a robot but nobody seems to be able to remember. This is another action film in his hefty catalogue of shooty shooty action films, yet attempts to be a bit different from the rest by bringing Satan into the picture. Satan being about the only good part of this entire film makes me feel a bit blasphemous making that statement.
The story focuses around the millenium and Christine York from New York, get it? They do that joke in the movie too so don't take my lame joke as something original. The biggest part in history is about to break but Satan is ready to crash that party, but one thing stands in his way, Arny and his bulging masculinity. It turns out that satan isn't just turning up to be the venerable party pooper, he's looking for a wife and a bearer for his son to continue to the family line which will trigger the end of days. To do that he has to kill a lot of people who get in his way and torture the girl with visions before he comes face to face with her (God just sent angels).
Throughout the film we are forced to suffer some ridiculous word play and religious stories that some turn out to simply not be true. These are used to scare the viewer that a possible end of days may happen in reality, but it's not going to happen in the ways of Satan wanting some sex. Arnold is his usual self in regards to being all bang bang shoot 'em up, no caring attitude. He even has a go at beating satan with his fists. Priests play the usual righteous part about how faith in god will get us through, and we have to fight satan ourselves while god sits and watches the TV.
Possibly the only redeemable feature of the entire film is Gabriel Byrne as Satan. If ever you could cast a person as satan and you didn't have the money to get Al Pacino, Gabriel Byrne is the man to get for the role. He put across the pure evil image perfectly and at one point even had me soiling my pants. Other than that messy episode, this is a film chocked full of terrible cliches ridiculous cat and mouse chases and a pointless fight between a mortal and the most evil creation known to modern day religion.
I wouldn't really recommend this to anyone, but if I had to I would probably recomment this to my enemies as I hate those guys.
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