邁爾斯（保羅?亞瑪提 Paul Giamatti 飾）和杰克（托馬斯?哈崌山?奇 Thomas Haden Church 飾）是老朋友了，看杰克即將踏入婚殿堂，邁爾斯更感嘆起自己失敗生活：婚姻失敗作家夢(mèng)遙不可及干著無(wú)聊枯燥的業(yè)、不再年輕的數(shù)。邁爾斯對(duì)葡酒的研究頗為深，于是兩個(gè)人決前往加州的葡萄生產(chǎn)基地狂歡一，如果遇上一夜當(dāng)然是最好不過(guò)。 果然二人在酒香濃郁萊山加州遇了女招待和她的裔朋友，邁爾斯杰克的艷遇讓兩都興奮不已。然接下來(lái)的事情卻掃興致。他們的歡計(jì)劃充滿了障?
Wishmaster 4 is a poor relation to the original. I have not seen 2 or 3, and just happened to see this on the Sci-Fi Channel. It was an entertaining movie, mostly because the star, James Trucco (Verdel) has such an uncanny similarity to SCOTT PETERSON, the accused killer of his wife and baby fetus. Seeing that guy play a Demonic role in W4 made it seem more weird than it really was. The make-up on the main Djinn (John Novak) was almost comical. He looks like HERMAN MUNSTER's long-lost son. He also does not look very horrifying. Under the make-up, Novak looks like he got his acting lessons watching CREATURE FEATURE. W4 is relatively fast-paced, but it has very few scares and not much that is scary. In the original, all of the horrible actions of the Djinn came to the attention of the female lead, Tara Spencer-Nairn, and she suffered a lot at the hands of the Djinn. In this move, the Djinn is trapped by the 3rd wish, and he must seduce Tara so she will accept him as he is. Sadly, the best scene, where the Djinn is making love to Tara, is where he should have transformed into Djinn and it would have been very terrifying. However, that scene took place with Verdel as Djinn, and Tara did not even register much shock or disgust later when she discovered that she had made lover to a demon. Part of the subplot has to do with her handicapped boyfriend, and that entiresubplot is not very positive, since the boyfriend is given the use of his legs. Overall, W4 is not very complicated, it is kind-of a silly movie, and while there is some gore, it is not very gory. W4 is a good time-killer, but it is not a classic Horror movie unless you are a fan of the Mystery Science Theatre.
