Just what us horror fans wanted and needed (and I mean that in the most sarcastic way possible), Dolph Lundgren as an ex-Mercenary turned Satan whumping priest! Yep, good old Dolph is mankind's only hope against some body switching (hints of 1987's The Hidden here, folks) demon creatures who need a special key in order to unleash Satan from his locked cell. Along with Dolph is a "hip" female archiologist (Francoise Robertson) who's so brilliant that she can just look at an artifact and she can tell us the entire history of it (not to mention piecing together clues in seconds).
More low-budget junkiness from Lundgren, this has him as wooden as ever which is okay because the movie is so dull and packed with stale dialogue that you might not make it through the first third.
This jumbled story that mixes Christianity, Native Americanism and Demonism is certainly a lousy stew and at its worst moments this is an unsucessful melding of Satanism and fisti-cuffs.
Have a few cheap unintentional chuckles at the police station massacre (that's certainly not like Terminator's) and stupid radiation suit brawl; then promptly take a magnet to the videotape.
On video in the US under the alternate title.
Directed By: Jean-Marc Piche.
Written By: Ripley Highsmith, Matt Roe.
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Francoise Robertson, Roc LaFortune, David Nerman.
aka: The Minion.
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