Time is running out. Revelation is at hand--rivers are running red with blood, a desert is found shrouded in ice and the moon has turned crimson. Six signs of the Apocalypse have come to pass. Now only one woman can stop The Seventh Sign in this taut suspense thriller. Demi Moore (About Last Night,St. Elmo's Fire) stars as Abby Quinn, a young woman who discovers that she and her unborn child play a terrifying part in the chain of events destined to end the world. Already troubled with a difficult pregnancy, Abby grows more distraught when she and her husband (Michael Biehn, Aliens) rent their studio apartment to David, a mysterious drifter (Jurgen Prochnow, Das Boot). Now submerged in violent metaphysical experiences, Abby realizes that David is carrying out the mystical prophecies of Judgement Day and that she has been chosen as the instrument of The Seventh Sign. But can one woman alone stand between the wrath of God and the future of mankind? In the tradition of The Omen, The Seventh Sign takes you on an ominous, unforgettable odyssey to the edge of life and death.

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A very pregnant Abby Quinn (Demi Moore) has a disturbing, recurring dream of a Roman soldier (Peter Friedman) striking a condemned Jesus Christ to the ground and demanding, "Will you die for him?" Little does she know the future of the world rests on her answer to the question after the Messiah returns to Earth as David Bannon (Jurgen Prochnow), a mysterious traveling teacher of ancient languages who rents a Venice, California garage apartment from Abby and her husband Russell (Michael Biehn).

Prochnow (Das Boot, The English Patient) puts on such a convincing performance as Christ it's very easy to believe he is indeed the Messiah returned to the present to unleash the wrath of God as he breaks the seals of the Seven Signs. An ethereal musical score by Jack Nitzsche helps set an eerie mood as the plot moves rapidly to a startling and uplifting Judgment Day conclusion. This is one worth watching again and again.

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Not a great movie, but...May 23, 2005
By N. Jeffreys
This is a movie people! It is obviously not a true interpretation of the Book of Revelations. It is an enjoyable movie with a "religious" plot. Watch it for what it is. Not for it's biblical prophecies.

29 of 36 found the following review helpful:

One of the better apocalyptic thrill-rides from Hollywood.Apr 26, 2000
By D. Litton
Most have never even heard of this movie, which is a true shame, for The Seventh Sign is a nice little look at what will happen, or might happen, when the seven signs of the apocalypse come to pass. Demi Moore plays Abby Quinn, a woman in the last month of her pregnancy who meets a man intent on renting the apartment above the Quinn's garage. This man is seen earlier in the film walking among different places, cracking seals that unleash ruin on the lands and seas. Abby, after much deliberation, begins to discover that her tenant is not what she originally saw him to be, and suspects that he may want to bring harm to her unborn child. She dreams of a man being struck, and a soldier yelling, "Will you die for him?" This movie definitely has a factor of suspense which is evident throughout most of the picture, and the conveyance of each of the seven signs is very haunting and original. Acting is an added plus, especially in the most tense of situations. Do not be mistaken by its low-key status; The Seventh Sign will have you on the edge of your seat, hungry for answers.

11 of 13 found the following review helpful:

Haunting thriller...Feb 26, 2001
By M. Nichols-Haining
I saw this movie on the big screen in 1988. I loved it then..and I love it now. It's a dark, intellectual, emotionally draining, and completely enjoyable thriller. Demi Moore does a fantastic job playing a pregnant neo-Madonna, in search of answers about her haunting dreams and odd renter. Bit-by-bit, the movie uncovers the secret of the "seven signs," and teases us with flashbacks of ancient times. The ending is only predictable seconds before it happens, but the movie keeps our brains working as we second guess the next scene. Out of all the movies I've ever seen, only three or four would rate four or five stars. I suprise myself by including this one amoung them because it's not my typical movie genre. If you hate typical blood, guts, and gore thrillers (Friday the 13th, Scream, and Halloween), look into this one.

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A Charismatic Role for Jurgen ProchnowJun 11, 2002

I would give this film three stars, but five for Jurgen Prochnow's remarkable performance. It is almost tragic that Hollywood has never known what to do with this intelligent, charismatic actor, so brilliant in "Das Boot," and demonstrating such a quietly compelling presence even in this apocalyptic melodrama. As for the film itself, intriguing scenes alternate with others that don't add up. Demi Moore's character is cited for her kindness, but in actuality, she seems completely oblivious to the sensitivities of others. We see her obsess and invade her tenant's privacy to the point of actually stealing (and even casually destroying) possibly priceless artifacts, with her only "excuse" a morbid curiosity and an ignorance threatened by what she can't immediately explain, and to which she gives the most self-obsessed interpretation. As for the movie's question, "Would you die for me?" - it is truly not answered by the ending, as most mothers would die for their children: as presented here, it is hardly a world-redeeming choice. As in most such films, the theology is extremely muddled, but the glimpses we see of Prochnow's Christ-figure, both the contemporary scenes and the flashbacks, do indeed give us a Jesus worth dying for. If only this movie could have been worthy of that embodiment of divine suffering and compassion. What a lovely angel-come-to-earth he would have made, in a different film.

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