Summaries

Two Chicago cops (Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels) investigate a murder until they encounter an ancient demon.

Shatter and Jackson, two Chicago police officers, are investigating the brutal murder of a rabbi and are summoned to Israel for questioning. While they are in Israel they continue their investigation there on some leads they have. After a while they begin to understand that they are trying to catch a supernatural being, and if they don't do it fast something terrible will happen.—Lars J. Aas <[email protected]>

During the Crusades, King Richard the Lionheart defeats the mythological emissary of Satan Prosatanos and shatters his scepter in nine pieces that are kept in sacred places around the world. In the 50's, grave robbers accidentally release Prosatanos from his tomb. In the present days (1994), in Chicago, Sergeant Frank Shatter and his partner Detective Calvin Jackson investigate the murder of a rabbi in a cheap hotel that had his heart ripped off. Their only lead is a piece of the scepter and a card with the names of the Jewish marchand Krieger and Professor Lockley. Shatter and Jackson are summoned by the Israeli Police for a hearing and Shatter decides to seek out Krieger and Lockley. They also meet the professor's assistant Leslie that helps them and feels attracted by Shatter. Soon Shatter and Jackson learn that they are dealing with a supernatural being and they are the last of mankind to avoid the Apocalypse.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • martial arts
  • cult film
  • kung fu
  • serial killer
  • film starts with text
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
Release date Mar 17, 1994
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English Italian
Filming locations Chicago, Illinois, USA
Production companies The Cannon Group Cannon Pictures Anthony Ridio Productions

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

In Chicago police detective sergeant Frank Shatter (Chuck Norris) works vise with his partner Calvin Jackson (Calvin Levels) when during an average night they discover in a seedy hotel room of an Israeli Rabbi murdered by having his heart ripped out of his body. When assigned the task of accompanying the body back to Israel to answer questions about the crime Shatter and Jackson meet a young street thief Bezi (Erez Atar) who leads them to places where they could net find without local intelligence. The detectives discover that a golden scepter holds some value to a professor Lockley (Christopher Neame) who is actually an ancient demon named Prosatanos an evil spirit who is planning to morph into an all-powerful persona by killing nine holy men and sacrificing a woman of divine blood. The professor's own assistant Leslie (Sheree J. Wilson) is the daughter of a Duke and is captured by Lockley for a sacrificial ceremony and Shatter and Jackson must reach her in time.

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