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The Prophecy is a 1995 film starring Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Walken (as the Archangel Gabriel), Eric Stoltz, and Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer. It was written and directed by Gregory Widen.

The film tells of a Second Angelic War in heaven, led by the Archangel Gabriel in rebellion against The Word, defended by the Archangel Michael. Gabriel is dissatisfied with God's decision to elevate humans above angels by granting them souls and takes up arms against Him. To do so Gabriel is in search of the soul of an American Colonel but finds out that the soul was taken by another angel and hidden inside a young Native American girl named Mary. An ex-priest turned police detective and the girl's school teacher in the meantime are on the run from Gabriel. Hoping a sacred ceremony could rid the girl of the captured soul that is now beginning to take possesion of the girl a conflict begins between Lucifer and Gabriel which ultimately ends with Gabriel being sent to Hell as he is defeated and the soul that he searches for is destroyed.

Its four sequels to date are: The Prophecy II
(1998), The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
(2000), The Prophecy: Uprising (2005) and The Prophecy: Forsaken
(2005). The series was produced by Neo Art & Logic.

It has also spawned a crossover fan film with the Hellraiser film series, entitled , completed in March, 2006.

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