End Of Days Page #4

Synopsis: On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride, a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. If he bears her child between 11:00 PM and midnight on New Year's Eve, the world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist ex-cop named Jericho Cane, who no longer believes in God because of the murder of his wife and daughter.
Director(s): Peter Hyams
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
R
Year:
1999
122 min
Website
1,654 Views


- Vatican knights?

Oh, my God.

Well, they're not my people. They

think they're doing God's work.

- But they're not.

- I want to know what's going on,

and I want to know right

now! Put the gun away.

Did anybody

see you come?

No. Good. We should be safe here.

According to the Scriptures, he

can't see inside of the house of God.

Who can't? Maybe now

you're ready to believe.

Her hands are healed.

That's the power of faith.

- Who is she?

- She's a Polish peasant.

She fell into a trance

about two weeks ago,

and then she began to speak in a

language she couldn't possibly have known.

- She made a prophecy about End of Days.

- "End of Days"?

Of man's destruction and the

unholy's reign upon the earth.

Why don't you stop all this church talk

and tell us what the hell is going on.

- Who's after her?

- Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll try to explain.

You know anything

about the number of the beast?

Revelation of St. John?

From his dream?

- Six-six-six? - The number of

the beast is not six-six-six.

Often in dreams, numbers appear

upside down and backwards.

So, six-six-six

becomes nine-nine-nine.

Like in 1999,

the year of his return.

What does that

have to do with me?

Regressus diaboli:

The return of Satan.

Does any of this

look familiar to you?

She's been chosen.

He's in her blood.

The Holy Church has been searching

for you since the day you were born.

Chosen for what? Every thousand

years, on the eve of the millennium,

the Dark Angel comes

and takes a body,

and then he walks the Earth, looking

for a woman who will bear his child.

It all has to happen in that unholy

hour before midnight on New Year's Eve.

If he consummates your

flesh with this human body,

then he unlocks

the gate of hell...

and everything as we

know it ceases to exist.

So, the Prince of Darkness

wants to conquer the Earth,

but has to wait until an hour

before midnight of New Year's Eve?

- Is this Eastern time?

- It's got nothing to do with New Year's Eve.

It has to do with a

temporary celestial alignment.

The Gregorian monks

studied the heavens.

They were able to calculate the

precise moment of this event.

They created our calendar

by mapping this event...

and counting backwards

from that moment.

- It was a mistake to come here.

- It doesn't matter whether you believe or not.

He's real, and he won't rest

till he finds this girl.

- Why did he pick me?

- Because the stars were right when you were born.

A man's body was also

chosen, just like yours.

If the devil does exist, why

doesn't your god do anything?

It's not my God. It's our God, and

He doesn't say that He will save us.

He says that

we will save ourselves.

Save myself? What am I supposed

to do? Get a restraining order?

- We have to have faith.

- Faith.

Yes, faith.

It's an interesting concept.

If you read the Bible,

you can't miss it. Faith!

Between your faith and my Glock nine

millimeter, I take my Glock. Come on. Let's go.

I'm afraid it takes a person of

pure heart to defeat pure evil.

You did your job. You brought her here

to people of faith. We'll protect her.

- We'll hide her.

- You know, you live in a different world.

We have some real serious problems

here, and this is not solving them.

Satan's greatest trick was

convincing man he didn't exist.

I don't, uh... This

all feels true to me.

You'll be safer with me. At least I

can fight this guy with something real.

You know what to do.

You feel it.

I'm sorry.

Let him go.

It gets easier when you

accept what you are.

A fallen soul.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.

Door's locked,

no windows broken.

- How did I get in here?

- Who the f*** are you?

Oh, I think

you know who I am.

You just don't

want to believe it.

I took a bullet for you.

I protected you. Oh, no-no-no.

You didn't protect me.

You protected this body. Am

I... Am I getting a pattern here?

So much pain. "Not to

be taken with alcohol. "

Remember that.

To lose a wife and child.

I can't even imagine

what that must be like.

- What do you want?

- To make you happy again.

Jack

Frost nipping at your nose

Yuletide carols

Being sung by a choir

And folks dressed up

like Eskimos

A gift from you daughter? Hmm?

Amy? Don't stay in there too

long. You'll turn into a prune.

- Emily!

- Come on, darling. It's time to get out.

Gotta get you dressed.

Your daddy's gonna be home soon.

I have the best

daddy in the whole world.

Yes,

you certainly do.

But I don't

think he'll be home.

Now, what makes you

say a silly thing like that?

- He never comes home.

- Well, honey, you know your daddy works hard.

It's not about how much time you're

there. It's about "quality time. "

Now, he'll be home just

like he promised. You'll see.

He keeps his promises.

I can give it all back to you.

Everything that He took away.

Everything.

You can hold

your wife again.

You can watch your daughter walk

through the door in her prom dress.

All you have to do is

tell me where the girl is.

Come on. She's a nobody to

you. You don't even know her.

You're in the middle of something

you don't really understand.

You think you're saving her

from me? She wants to be with me.

- You know that.

- What did you do in school today?

You think I'd harm her?

I'd treat her like a queen.

Turn around, sweetheart. You told me

you'd do anything to get your family back.

You want them?

This is your chance.

They're not real.

Does that matter?

- Oh, yes.

- I think you need to be reminded...

of how painful

reality is.

No!

Oh, sh*t!

Don't hurt my baby!

- Daddy!

- Let my daughter go!

Daddy!

Let go of my baby!

No!

Oh, it's true.

It wasn't your fault.

- I wasn't there.

- No, you were just...

You were out doing your job.

- I wasn't f***ing there!

- Oh, look at you. Torn apart by guilt.

You didn't do anything wrong. You were

an honest cop. You didn't take money.

You had to testify against them even

after they threatened your family.

Most people would never

testify against those guys.

They're not like you. You

had to do the right thing.

And where was God, hmm?

He could've stopped it, but he didn't. He

f***ed you. Then He made you feel guilty.

Me, I don't do guilt.

I didn't do what happened here.

He did. Now you just think about that.

Then you tell me

who's really your friend.

I can make it like

it never happened.

All for the price

of a stranger's address.

No!

You will never see the girl!

Now, you see...

Now you're upsetting me.

You don't want to see

me upset, believe me.

Oh, you want to f*** with me?

You think you know bad, huh?

You're a f***ing choirboy

compared to me! A choirboy!

You're in touch with your anger.

I really like that.

I don't know about you, but

I'm going to have a drink.

You and I are

so much alike.

We're nothing alike!

Nothing!

Look at yourself. Look at this.

Look at what you are now.

You walked away from the light,

just like me. You want one?

- You need to get out, now.

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