Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)

Absolutely Fantastic

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) * 1/2 (out of 4) The evil Warlock (Julian Sands) finds himself back on Earth as he looks for some gemstones that could help him destroy mankind. At the same time, some Druids are training their children how to fight the warlock and it all comes to an end when the three meet up.This here is a rushed sequel to the surprise hit WARLOCK. That film was a rather clever and unique horror movie that mixed adventure and comedy. The film worked on many levels but as is the case with so many horror films, when something makes money we get a dumbed down sequel. That's pretty much what WARLOCK: THE Armageddon is as there's really nothing overly special here and everything that made the original work is pretty much missing here.This sequel doesn't work on many levels but we can put the majority of the blame on the screenplay. I must admit that I didn't care about either subplot that was going on here. The entire Romeo and Juliet thing going on with the teenagers really didn't work and their various conversations were just boring. The entire gem collecting of the warlock wasn't all that interesting either, although it did make for some rather bloody and graphic death scenes, which were among the highlights. The opening birth scene is without question the best thing about the picture.The one thing that did work in the movie was the cast. Sands is good here but there's no question that he isn't given much to work with so his performance couldn't reach the same greatness as the original. Both Chris Young and Paula Marshall are good in the roles of the teenagers. The real fun comes from the veteran actors including Bruce Glover, Steve Kahan and R.G. Armstrong. Again, the script doesn't do anything of them any favors but they're at least able to mildly hold your attention.WARLOCK: THE Armageddon is a pretty big bore from start to finish. There's a little bit of life sprinkled throughout the picture but on the whole it's a boring film.

I must confess, I only saw half of the first Warlock, and found it quite boring. This I didn't. It's a much more energized and exciting sequel, that I love to videe, now and again. I can't believe people enjoyed the first one more, like my brother, for starters, which has left me quite quizzed. W2 is much more gorier if going by the first half of the original, with some real over the top blood spilliages, like Ms Pacula's demise. This time our evil warlock, the great Mr Sands, who I must say was born to play this role, is here for much more evil purposes, like bringing the world to an end, where the only hope to end him, is a young lad Kenny (an older and much taller looking Chris Young, from The Great Outdoors) who possesses a telekinetic, talent, but is a bit rusty. He's infatuated with a girl, Sam (Paula Marshall) acting in a Romeo and Juliet play, who also possesses the same talent. What I liked too about this one, was the humour, caused mostly by Sands, delivering some killer lines, while also looking cool spewing black blood. Him breaking out of his mother's vagina, near the start (very icky) has him saying, the most memorable line, where you have to hear it for yourself. Director, Hickox, still fresh off the heals of Hellraiser 3, which also starred Marshall, makes a name for himself with these super entertaining flicks (the sexual psychological C Thomas Howell thriller, Payback came next) with some nice ECU shots, like one involving a smiling, and very much in love Marshall. The battle to the death between good and evil is very suspenseful, and I guess was a but overlong, but I couldn't go back to ever watching the original, as this is super entertaining, with a lot of yucky blood, and great effects, and that great warlock humour.

I think that the movie was great and all however I only find the belly expansion and birth much better that the whole movie since they worked that part much better however if it was a belly expansion it should have more belly expansion time that just seeing her face. Also on the DVD it cut the slime running down the woman's legs just before the warlock comes out of her. If there was something to improve on I would let the woman live instead of killing her off like that or the warlock could impregnate her and force her to give birth to his demon army so that he can find the rune stones not alone . After the birth the movie became sloppy and dull and that was the sad thing about the movie. Also the effects except on the birth scene, were not as good as I thought they would when I fist saw it

Mr Anthony Hickox misses badly, though delivering a bunch of very imaginative scenes. It is sad. If only the following scenes had been squeezed into the original "Warlock" movie... or just into any other classic horror flick...OK, here we go in no particular order. You can insert the definite article in each scene's callout.Air walking. Cool and memorable – looks fantastic even now, in 2013 AD.Finger gunning. Funny but somehow not childish.Pikasso death. Outstanding and artistic.Stage glassy falling. Bloody and tongue-in-cheek.Gas station black blood death. Very tongue-in-cheek.Elevator blood bath. Suspense at its best.Scalping on the go. Outrageous and wickedly ridiculous.But everything impressive and stylish stops here. No, the birth scene is not on the list because it's a weak and awkward rip-off of the famous scene by Mr Davenport, whose crew was stoned (please, Mr Harry Davenport, correct me if it's not true and accept my apologies) and still pulled off a genuinely horrific extravaganza back in the 1980s.If you want to appreciate the visuals, just have a look at the scenes mentioned above (the Pikasso death scene is simply the best). Everything else is a stinking bomb: the over-melodramatic "Romeo-Juliet" love story, the phony characters who are supposed to be tough (or is it just bad acting?), the ridiculous "jedi", oh, sorry, "druid" training, etc. Such flicks are a disgrace if you are into thought-provoking kick-ass horror films (the original "Warlock" and "Wishmaster" are good examples). But if you don't have anything against kidstuff, incomprehensive plot twists, and pathos spiced up with distorted cry-baby faces of the leading "heroes" on screen, give it a go...Not more than a brainless teen movie. Alas. More tweaking and effort would have made a reliable horror classic out of this mess.Just a 3 out of 10. Thanks for attention.