The First Power

April. 06,1990      R
Rating:
5.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Lou Diamond Phillips as  Det. Russell Logan
Tracy Griffith as  Tess Seaton
Jeff Kober as  Patrick Channing
Mykelti Williamson as  Det. Oliver Franklin
Dennis Lipscomb as  Commander Perkins
Carmen Argenziano as  Lt. Grimes
Clayton Landey as  Mazza
David Gale as  Monsignor
Philip Abbott as  Cardinal
J. Patrick McNamara as  Priest

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Reviews

Hellen
1990/04/06

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Lovesusti
1990/04/07

The Worst Film Ever

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Pluskylang
1990/04/08

Great Film overall

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Calum Hutton
1990/04/09

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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SnoopyStyle
1990/04/10

Sister Marguerite is convinced that the events of the Revelation is occurring but her superiors would rather ignore it. An anonymous woman calls LA police detective Russell Logan (Lou Diamond Phillips) with a tip on a serial killer. His team catches serial killer Patrick Channing (Jeff Kober) who is eventually put to death. The mysterious woman had warned against the death penalty. Channing's spirit lives on and is killing Logan's team one at a time. Tess Seaton (Tracy Griffith) reveals herself to be the psychic who called him with the tips.This is filled with the leftovers of a supernatural serial killer thriller. It doesn't have much in the way of originality or surprises. The style is pretty bland and Lou Diamond Phillips is second rate as the action lead. Tracy Griffith is a pretty woman but not a great actress. The beginning is tied up with an uninvolving serial killer case. It would probably be better to leave most of it as flashbacks. It needs to get the movie to the cop and the psychic much faster. It does have some fun with a supernatural killer and the movie keeps me somewhat interested. If it commits more fully with the Jason-like killer, this could be a better horror and a more exciting thriller. The horror effects are more cheesy than scary. It does have one good sequence in the middle.

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atinder
1990/04/11

A killer is given the gas chamber after committing several demonic murders. His spirit is released and given power by the Devil. Now the cop that caught him before must find a way to do it ..This was more of Thriller then horror movie but saying there were some strange things that happened in this movie.I thought this movie was full of some really good actions scenes, some really strange fights scenes in this movie.Those back flips were good however after a bit a felt the story could have ended to sooner then it did, the last half of the movie felt like it lost something, I liked the start of the movie, it was like edge of the seat stuff, the movies loses that in second half.The ending was could have been much better then it was, I found it a bit of a cop out in the end.Not sure what to rate at the moment.

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nomoons11
1990/04/12

Well...I was kinda lookin forward to this one but by the end my attention was diverted away from the screen doin other things. When this happens...it's a stinker of a film.Where to start. Right off when you see the year of the film and Lou Diamond Phillips then you know this was his heyday of his starring in films. Not long after this he was relegated to worse B movies and straight to video status. He's not bad in this he's just the same as he always is. He's put in a movie with a really stupid script/concept.I think the part of this film that makes it not work is the concept itself. Basically what you get is a quasi Devil worshiper fella who has a nasty habit of killing whenever and to whoever he wants. LDP's character comes in and saves the day and then he diverts his attention to all his friends/co-workers to try and kill all of them. He meets up with a psychic who tags along throughout the entire film to a believability factor of "0".The funny part of this film is the editing. There are major stunt scenes in this where they switch the characters with stunt men but they don't even come close to makin it work. A scene were the killer busts out of the Gas Chamber and the character is suppose to break through the glass and they switch to the stuntman and he's taller and doesn't look remotely close to the guy playing the killer's role. They let the scene/camera role for so long you can clearly see that this isn't the same guy. There's a scene where the Devil/Killer does some martial arts super kick towards the end of the film. It's a laugh. How many Satan/Beelzebub/Lucifer characters in history do you know of who can do this stuff? LOL..There so many stunt scenes where it's plainly evident that it's s stuntman it's just sad. BTW...some of the stunts in this are just fantastic. It's the only reason to see this film.Bad Casting...Stupid script and terrible editing make for a waste of 90 minutes of your life. Take that time instead and watch Ishtar :D

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lastliberal
1990/04/13

Fascinating thriller with a demonic villain chasing after Lou Diamond Phillips as Detective Russell Logan. Logan thinks he has solved another serial killing spree when he watches the execution of Patrick Channing (Jeff Kober). What he doesn't know is that Channing has the power of resurrection.Logan is assisted by a psychic Tess (Tracy Griffith) in his search for the resurrected killer, and eventually by a nun (Elizabeth Arlen), who provided some holy dagger to kill the demon.It was interesting as the demon can float from body to body, and when it occupied the nun, Logan has to fight her.You know who's going to win the final battle - or do you?Lots of chase scenes, both on foot and in vehicles added to the excitement.

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