Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002) ** (out of 4)The fourth and (so far) final film in the series has Djinn (John Novak) taking over the body of a lawyer so that he can make his client Lisa (Tara Spencer-Nairn) ask for three wishes, which will fulfill the evil one's prophecy. It appears there are fans out there of the first WISHMASTER movie and it appears some of them are lukewarm when it comes to the first sequel. After that, it appears those same fans hate parts three and four with a real passion so perhaps my not liking the first film made these direct-to-video sequels seem not as bad. I'm not going to sit here and say that this film is a lost masterpiece or some sort of classic that people from all walks of life should seek out. This film is very far from being good but when you compare it to the majority of the direct-to-video films from this era I think this film offers quite a bit. For starters, those who hate fake looking CGI blood will be happy to know that this film offers real special effects and quite gory ones at that. The gore level here is quite high so blood fans should at least be entertained by this aspect of the film. We're given a couple really graphic death scenes including the highlight of the movie where a lawyer is forced to pretty much torture himself and this leads to all sort of gore. Another major plus going for the film is that the lead actress isn't afraid to take off her clothes. These type of horror films never deliver heart-warming stories or Oscar-winning performances so it's good that this delivers in other ways and that is the gore and nudity. I also didn't think the performances were all that bad with Spencer-Narin making for a good lead and at least she's watchable. The supporting players aren't too bad either with Novak once again doing a good job with the lead of the demon. The problems are what you'd expect to find in a film like this and that's the unoriginal story, too long of a running time and the fact that there's just really not much going on. Still, fans of gore and nudity should at least find enough of that here to keep the film entertaining.

When her new husband is accidentally crippled, a woman finds that her friend has become possessed by the spirit of the Djinn and tries to hold off granting the third wish to allow his race to take over the planet as his love for her has become too great.This ended up being quite a disappointing entry in the series that's filled with way too many problems to overcome it's good points. The main point here is obviously the ridiculously lame and contrived love angle between the two, which is a unique plot, but goes nowhere with it. The initial meetings here before the possession is a series of long, dragged-out series of scenes petitioning for his chances which isn't all that fun to watch while setting him up as more of a creep than anything, while their own personal struggles don't endear them to this one either as there's very little fun about these scenes. Even after the transformation occurs, their continued arguing and hostility just makes for a dragged out experience here, an while there's the fact that the awakener actually casts the three desired wishes which is an original idea, but this one completely wastes this intriguing idea that drains all the horror from the story by adding in the love sub-theme. Not only is the seduction attempts completely lame and really intrudes on the big kills here, the last two-thirds of the movie is simply the Djinn trying to explain to the other Djinns why he cannot grant the third wish to open the gates of Hell, which is a totally laughable series of scenes as both the creature and also in his human form appealing against the creatures before whining and crying to let him finish. It actually gets boring waiting and waiting to see how it would play out trying to win her over, and this is such a detrimental negative to the film. Another gripe as well is that the wishes granted by the Djinn never really had any negative consequences like the first two as the Djinn never tricks anybody and, except for one, nobody actually got harmed while making their wishes which really defeats the whole purpose for being there. Lastly, the film really seems intent on going overboard here with too many extra-long scenes that go nowhere but really tend to eat up time here, including the unnecessary bonus kills as well as a Terminator plot who must kill her before the Djinn grants the third wish, but this is so clumsily inserted it sticks out so badly it's dropped as quickly as it's brought up in a clumsy sword-fight, just like the equally clumsy alley- fight that's just pitiful which manages to bring this down quite significantly. That said, there's some good stuff here in the fact that this one makes up for a lot of that by inserting far more nudity than any other entry in the series, which not only features their sex scenes and rather sleazy spying scenes but also the meeting place in a strip club comes to mind giving this one a lot more than expected. The only other feature that works here is the finale which does have some nice action scenes throughout as the true plot is revealed and there's dozens of creatures breaking through to prevent the escape only to be trapped back before in the same room again and including a fantastic burning- down-the-house segment. While it manages to contain some nice stuff along the way, this is easily the weakest in the series.Rated R: Nudity, Graphic Violence, several sex scenes and Graphic Language.

You gotta love B-movie nonsense… "Fear the djinn", says the briefly-lived narrator. I thought he was referring to alcohol, and I for one think that the trials and tribulations of a gin-based AA group would make for a great horror film… comedy. Though not quite as funny as this crap.If the Gin can force/hypnotize people to cut out their own tongues then why doesn't he simply force them to make three wishes every time he wants a soul? Instead, he goes through all this trouble. But being nothing more than a sort of poor man's Satan, I guess the Gin does have a LOT of time on his hands… He really has nothing better to do than turn bartenders into pimples on strippers' bare behinds.The Wishmaster can't fulfill the 3rd wish because… of LOVE. Yes, love seems to create all sorts of loopholes and difficulties in the Djinn Resurrection Manual. Demonology is apparently such a complex, tricky subject, so full of semantic traps, childish word-play and cheap logic-twisting that even the demons themselves – who had an eternity to flip through its pages and learn the damn rules - bicker like Tasmanian devils over the fine points regarding how best to unleash the Armageddon onto 6 billion morons. But with these incompetent incubii around, even Armageddon wouldn't live up to all the hype, I imagine.Lisa sticks with her wheelchair-bound boyfriend, Mr.Grumpy. Nothing seems to cheer this guy up. He wins 10 million dollars in a legal settlement: still grumpy. He gets the use of his legs back: still grumpy.Two demons meet for a forest duel: so how do they fight? First they draw swords like a couple of sloppy internet nerds, and then practice a few martial arts moves. I mean, if you happen to be an all-powerful demon and you feel you must copy human fighting styles then at least use nuclear weapons, stealth bombers, or something a little more impressive like that.The budget was so low that they couldn't afford Lisa fake nails that would avoid looking as if they'd fall off any minute.Two waitresses appear in very small roles. They are both sex-starved. But I forget that this is a soft porn horror film… The cast looks like it's been hijacked from the set of an American TV soaper – or your typical US porn set, if there's a difference between the two.But no matter how dumb it is, it's not quite as inept as W2. That's impossible. I wished for a turd as bad as that one, but apparently the Wishmaster was too busy flirting with his next blond "victim". "Nib Shugaroth Baheem".

Well pretty much about the same as for the 3rd sequel, from bad till even much much worse!!! Edit mistakes, as once again an uninteresting poor storyline with the same actor in the Djinn outfit "John Novak". He will bore the hell outa you! Once again bad casting. As also the fact they knew how to succeed in it again! A very weak and poor disappointing ending AGAIN! I really ask myself by times why they even bother to make movies like this? I think people who like or love these kind of movies maybe can help me out and please contact me and fill me in on what I am missing in these bad horror flicks! I would be thankful for a possible insight view on why I don't love these garbage flicks but actually hate films like this. There must be audience around who loves these flicks. How the hell can you give this movie a 10 outa 10? Well I will seek comfort in the knowledge that "tastes differ" and luckily for that would I say. I know if I want some quality time; I'll choose the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" instead! (by the way for those who don't get it, that's a cynical remark!)Dario/