It is the end of the millennium, Satan has taken a human form while looking for the woman who will bear his child, and it is up to a suicidal ex-cop to prevent the end of days.
Arguably, one of the best, darkest… and most underrated films Schwarzenegger has ever been in. Brilliant, fast-paced, realistic action with a 50+ y/o sentimental Arnie being purely tough as nails. Great shooting scenes, great fight scenes, and great chase scenes that make two hours fly by. But the awesomeness doesn’t stop here. The slow-paced sequences testing the heroes’ and antiheroes’ ‘faith’, and the drama of a young girl standing amid chaos who never chose to be special make The End of Days an unforgettable choice to put a close to this year and decade. The film’s highlight: Arnold fighting the Satanists and the Devil in the alley.
Arnold, having undergone heart surgery two years prior to the film, comes back performing extreme action sequences and nailing the self-destructive, rock-bottom action antihero, taking as much as he can give back. Gabriel Byrne is evil as hell – pun intended – and brutally tortures everyone crossing his path with utter style. As for Robin Tunney, she’s magnificent, and I can still see why I fell for her in my early twenties. My last ‘congratulations’ goes to the director and director of photography, Peter Hyams, who pulled this off and brought Andrew W. Marlowe’s solid, very dark yet optimistic script to life.
Again, arguably, Schwarzenegger’s last prominent film.
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