Going to repost the more game-friendly ones here.
The Prophecy (1995)
Ironically not called anything to do with Relics.
From the writer of Highlander and it sure does show, as immortal beings with nice coats and a specific way to kill them gather for a final battle that draws in some normal mortals after police find one of the bodies. This is a more horror take on the setup, told from the possibly-helpless mortal perspective and with some added impaling and heart-eating. Christopher Walken eats scenery as well as hearts as rogue angel Gabriel. (He comes back for a couple of sequels, unlike everyone else. despite very clearly dying in the end.) Viggo Mortensen tries to out-melodrama him in a guest appearance as Lucifer. Eric Stoltz gets the less fun role of the sensible angel on humanity’s side, with Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen and Moriah Shining Dove Snyder as the main humans.
I was reminded that I haven’t watched this in a while. It lacks the big fights of the creator’s other urban fantasy franchise, but has its own odd little amusements. I particularly like the twist that this very Catholic mythic battle brings in a Native American exorcism along with questions of the importance of faith in all forms. But mostly it’s about angelic supervillains monologuing, and that’s not a complaint.
Oh, and the titular prophecy has already happened.
The medium: DVD with nothin' extra.
(I also watched Prophecy from 1979, where the prophecy is more a folk story being used as a name.)
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