Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002)

It's never good news when sequels are filmed back to back, but I truly love getting as deep as I can in many of these horror franchises. Before anyone gets their feathers ruffled over the 5 I'm giving this film, realize that I'm rating with the context in mind. This is not stacked up against every movie ever, or even every horror movie ever. In the world of straight to video sequels, I think this 5 is well deserved.Most of this movie is taken up with this sort of love triangle, which for some reason I found instantly vested in. Of all the mutations of relationships presented in horror movies, I thought that what the main girl and her handicapped boyfriend struggled through was conceivable and plausible. In many ways, this movie is more of a love story with horror elements than the other way around. There's some real sensitivity going on with this woman, and I spent most of the movie sympathizing with her and wondering where her emotional entanglements would lead her. This may not necessarily be a good thing when one is looking for a decent horror movie, but it caught my attention nonetheless.Sadly, about halfway through the film this potential gets completely wasted as the Djinn tries to figure out exactly what human love is. This concept in and of itself could have been inventive to play with, but instead it turns into this sort of muddy quest of enlightenment for a decidedly malevolent creature not of this world to understand a thing or two about mankind.On the horror front, the kills are pretty unoriginal and uninventive in becoming with all the sequels. Nothing new is added to the Djinn mythology, and the god-awful idea of Michael the angle sadly resurfaces from the previous film. And he's more of a vigilante or mercenary of god than any sort of angel. The thuggish demeanor and black and white personality of the angel leaves the Djinn the more human of the two. The film makers did a decent job of building up emotional suspense, but there aren't enough conventional horror elements to add up to much shock or surprise.For the "prophecy" to have finally been "fulfilled" it would have been gratifying to see a bunch of Djinn causing general destruction and mayhem, but nothing of any grandeur or finality is attempted. It's better than the second sequel, but we've got a long way to go to revive the cleverness and freshness of the Djinn. Oh, and if anyone even thinking of making another film reads this, please cut out all that god and man and earth and Djinn and fire and void s***. Everyone's heard it a thousand times, and it doesn't ever hold a bit of relevance to, well, anything.

I would have rated this at five stars if it hadn't turned so bad so quickly. The first 45 minutes or so are not too shabby, picking up on the whole djinn mythos from the original film. Overall, this film is a lot less violent and, correspondingly, less interesting and imaginative.My biggest complaint is that the writers apparently got tired and just gave up. For example, we get introduced to both other djinns and a character who is a "hunter" of djinns. The hunter, who makes an interesting entrance as he is revived to battle the djinns and save the world, is actually pretty bad at his job, getting himself killed by a single djinn about three minutes after they meet. I mean, it's just silly. Why even introduce the character if he's no threat to the djinns (and can't act worth beans)? The whole enterprise is just dumb and not worthwhile.

I know the Wishmaster series are a little silly, but I always liked this story, it could take such great twists and turns and I always loved seeing the wishes get turned around on the victims. But unfortunately, Wishmaster 4 turned into a chick flick of the Wishmaster films! I wanted the gory wishes to be more gory! Not to mention Andrew the original wishmaster to come back! He just rocks as the Djin, not to mention, a lot more scary than pretty face! Basically, Sarah is having trouble in her relationship with Sam since he got paralyzed in a motorcycle accident, she is also a retail worker with jewels, clothes, and things. A young and handsome lawyer, Steve has been trying to make the moves on her, but she always turns him down, but when the Djin turns himself into Steve, she doesn't realize that she just made three wishes to an evil djin! The only problem? The Djin falls in love with her! This movie just got to be too cheesy and quite frankly, I guess the prophecy was just never fulfilled! Which was a disappointment, because I would've so taken the Djin's offer of getting my way 24-7 then to be with that horrible boyfriend of her's! Well, you'll see what I mean if you ever watch this film.3/10

Lisa Burnley (Tara Spencer-Nairn) owns a boutique and lives with her beloved boy-friend Sam (Jason Thompson), who became crippled and very bitter after a motorcycle accident. Sam's lawyer Steven Verdel (Michael Trucco) has a crush on Lisa. The Wishmaster possesses Steven's body, and he tries to grant three wishes to Lisa, to release the Djinn demons and start the Armagedon on Earth. However, when she tells Steven: "- I wish I could love you for who you really are.", her third wish is a paradox, since it depends on herself to be granted. The Wishmaster unsuccessfully tries to seduce Lisa. Although having flaws in the story, "Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled" is a good sequel. I like this character very much, and the two first movies are excellent. In this fourth episode, there is a lack of humor in the deaths of The Wishmaster. Further, there is a character, Hunter, supposed to be good, but the guy decapitates an innocent woman without any reason. Lisa is the "Waker" that will fulfill the prophecy since she found the red stone. One who wakes a djin shall be given three wishes. Upon granting the third, an unholy legion of djins are freed through a doorway between the worlds upon the Earth. The actress Tara Spencer-Nairn has a beautiful body (specially her breasts) and is very gorgeous. Therefore, this film is not as bad as indicated in some IMDb reviews. My vote is six.Title (Brazil) "O Mestre dos Desejos 4" ("The Wishmaster 4")