In 1681 an evil warlock (Julian Sands in top form) is about to be killed for what he has done. Then a giant storm hits and he disappears to come to modern times. A bounty hunter Redferne (excellent performance by Richard E. Grant) does the same and comes to modern (or 1989) Boston. . Sands crash lands into the apartment of Kassandra (remember its with a K) played by Lori Singer. He has been brought to modern times to construct the bible of Satan. What sounds like could be very bad TERMINATOR rip-off turns out to be a pretty good horror flick due to the performances of Sands and Grant. While Singer is okay in her role, she certainly is not bad, but doesn't seem to shine like the other two do.
The film also has quite an effective score from Jerry Goldsmith and some of the dialogue or bantering between Redferne and Kassandra does seem to brighten up the film.
The one bad thing with this film are the effects. They to me don't even hit middle ground. They are just cheesy and bad at times. I don't really remember one effect where I thought that was cool. To me if they sharpened the effects and if they got a stronger performance for the Kassandra character they may have had themselves a great movie here. That and director Steve Miner was coming off the success of a few good horror films (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 & 3 & HOUSE) they seemed to have a capable director. Written by David Twohy. I was give this a rating of 7 and seemed to have some fun while viewing it. Followed by two sequels.
The film also has quite an effective score from Jerry Goldsmith and some of the dialogue or bantering between Redferne and Kassandra does seem to brighten up the film.
The one bad thing with this film are the effects. They to me don't even hit middle ground. They are just cheesy and bad at times. I don't really remember one effect where I thought that was cool. To me if they sharpened the effects and if they got a stronger performance for the Kassandra character they may have had themselves a great movie here. That and director Steve Miner was coming off the success of a few good horror films (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 & 3 & HOUSE) they seemed to have a capable director. Written by David Twohy. I was give this a rating of 7 and seemed to have some fun while viewing it. Followed by two sequels.