Arnold Schwarzenegger is without a doubt one of the most easily recognizable action film stars of all all time. His relatively straight-forward to film have created a sort of "Arnold Formula." From being a barbarian warrior to an evil robot assassin from the future all the way to playing a Soviet Police Officer and then a good robot protector from the future all the while fighting a variety of enemies Schwarzenegger's movie have not always been good, but he sure does have a taste for variety. That's probably what has kept him making big movies while other action stars have faded out by playing the same role over and over again. Here Schwarzenegger fights what just might be his toughest opponent: Satan, the devil himself!
However, that is also where some potential problems begin to arise. For one Arnold, in his best movies, was an action hero with a smile on his face. The exception to that being the "Terminator" movies. "End of Days" is much more dark than your typical Arnold movie, but then again that might be appropriate since he fighting "the prince of Darkness." Though, this dark edge is largely confined to bloody violence and menacing explosions. Any sort of dark horror atmosphere or a really scary film about one of the stories of ultimate evil surfacing on Earth are put second. But does that matter? Not really. Schwarzenegger has been serving up mayhem since the 70s and he continues to do here in decent form. It is bound to please fans of the star, but others will find it just as silly as most of his other movies.
And this movie is quite silly beyond its violent facade. For one, is it really that hard for Satan to find a woman to sleep with during the biggest party of the year? He goes about stalking her, killing people and blowing up cars. I get it, he's evil, but given his goal in this movie, couldn't he try a more charming approach? Just an observation, it's not THAT important. --- 6/10
BsCDb Classification: 16+ --- violence
However, that is also where some potential problems begin to arise. For one Arnold, in his best movies, was an action hero with a smile on his face. The exception to that being the "Terminator" movies. "End of Days" is much more dark than your typical Arnold movie, but then again that might be appropriate since he fighting "the prince of Darkness." Though, this dark edge is largely confined to bloody violence and menacing explosions. Any sort of dark horror atmosphere or a really scary film about one of the stories of ultimate evil surfacing on Earth are put second. But does that matter? Not really. Schwarzenegger has been serving up mayhem since the 70s and he continues to do here in decent form. It is bound to please fans of the star, but others will find it just as silly as most of his other movies.
And this movie is quite silly beyond its violent facade. For one, is it really that hard for Satan to find a woman to sleep with during the biggest party of the year? He goes about stalking her, killing people and blowing up cars. I get it, he's evil, but given his goal in this movie, couldn't he try a more charming approach? Just an observation, it's not THAT important. --- 6/10
BsCDb Classification: 16+ --- violence