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I guess I'm one of the only people in the world who saw this in theaters


Early June '05. My anticipation for the upcoming Batman Begins was steadily growing, and although it was due for release in just a few weeks, I felt the need for a genre/comic-book/"superhero" style-film. Lo and behold, I saw this listed at one of the local cineplexes, slightly surprised since I had previously thought the film had been all but shelved.

Why does Furlong's Crow scream like a girl and is in no way, shape, or form a formidable, sympathetic, or believable hero? Why were Emmanuelle Chriqui and Danny Trejo cast as Indians? Was this shot during a weekend? So Dennis Hopper is some sort of white Satanic pimp/priest? So the bad guy is now possessed by Lucifer, but looks and acts exactly the same?

These are but a few of the thoughts that crossed my mind during the film. I and the three men (a pair of friends and a solitary gentleman like myself) who had occupied the theater quickly left into the night, an air of self-loathing and shame trailing behind each of us as we knew (perhaps only subconsciously) that, like the survivors of a traumatic event, we had been forever linked by the experience.

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I don't even remember it coming out in the theater here in the UK

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From Wikipedia:

It had a one week theatrical premiere on June 3, 2005 at AMC Pacific Place Theatre in Seattle, Washington before being released direct to video on July 19, 2005

I hadn't known this previously. I doubt it played anywhere else in the world.

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Wow...if that's true then you're just a small group of people who saw this in the cinema. I never knew it existed until I was reading about the remake and the article mentioned 4 movies. Who knew?!

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I honestly didn't even know this was out in theaters. I only found out about it when it was on some cable channel about a year ago, and I honestly assumed it was a straight to video movie.

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AWesome review, my friend. I have no plans to see it but that last paragraph of your review LITERALLY made me laugh out loud. That's very rare as usually the funny comments on here just make me laugh on the inside. Thanks for That!



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I don't think this film is anywhere as bad as it's made out to be. And it's the second best of the films. Not saying much there. The second clearly much larger budget and a great soundtrack but couldn't save it being a pale rehash.

Salvation looked cheap and Nabius was unintentionally funny far too often. And over all the third film while supporting a great cast had some of their worst ever recorded performances and over all just felt like it was trying to take itself seriously.. But it was bad.

Wicked Prayer on the other hand I never felt took itself seriously. And yes Fueling want great.. And the worst parts were usually what sunk the other films. Being too slavish to the structure and form of the original.

What makes Wicked Prayer interesting is really Jimmy is not ability innocent.. And even Luc is given some moments where you understand how conflicted he is.. But then it goes crazy with Dennis Hopper.. But at least it when it succeeded it was trying to be different, and most of its worst moments was it's attempts to fit the mold.

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