End of Days MPAA Rating: R Entertainment: +3 Content: -4

Born with a birthmark supposedly unique to the Anti-Christ, Christine York (Robin Tunney) is the "chosen one." If Satan mates with her on the last hour of New Year's Eve 1999, all hell will literally be unleashed. The Vatican wants to protect her, but some of Satan's earthly minions have raised her from birth. A radical faction within the Vatican believes it can stop this unholy union by killing Christine. And a Wall Street mogul (Gabriel Byrne), the earthly body for Satan's malevolent spirit, suffers assassination attempts by other religious zealots. Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger), unwittingly hired to protect Satan's body, finds himself in the middle of a cosmic struggle. But saving Christine from the clutches of the Evil One may cost Cane his life or, worse, his soul. "Non-stop action" is an understatement for this apocalyptic thriller. With a near end-of-the-millennium release, END OF DAYS is sure to bring in both action fans and the spiritually curious.

Revelation 20:7 prophesies Satan's release from bondage after the millennial reign of Christ on the earth. At least from a pre-millennial theological perspective, the thousand years in the Bible is not the year 2000. This story is pure fiction, but does represent God and Satan as very real, spiritual beings. God, along with the Catholic Church, is good, and Satan, along with his earthly worshippers, is bad. And faith is more powerful than weapons in defeating Satan. Unfortunately, the story bears no other resemblance to Biblical prophesy. Unbelievable acts of torture and murder fill the screen from beginning to end. Extremely graphic violence includes a man crucified with surgical instruments and a message cut into his body, a priest's head ripped off, another stabbed in the head, and others shot point blank. Train wrecks, explosions, beatings, a mutilated and dismembered body, and Satan's reign of terror goes on and on. Language equally offends with many f-words and several regular profanities. The traumatizing content will make discerning viewers avoid movies completely. Don't see END OF DAYS unless you're fond of nightmares.

Preview Reviewer: Cliff McNeely
Distributor: Universal Studios, 7502 Greenville Ave, Suite 205, Dallas, TX 75231, (214)369-1197