Corrected entry: The Djinn grants two wishes to Alex's boss: One for making the item on his desk "100 times more valuable", then granting him $1 million by having his mother die in a plane crash. He is only able to grant one wish to a person (save for the one who releases him from the Opal). The Djinn directly states that he can't grant more than one wish to a single person in the second film, when the Russian asks him for a second wish.
Wishmaster (1997)
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Directed by: Robert Kurtzman
Starring: Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Andrew Divoff, Chris Lemmon, Tammy Lauren
Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the Beaumont party scene, Alex and the security guys are in the hallway with the killer statues. One of the security men falls to the floor and his earpiece falls off. Throughout the scene, it keeps changing position from being on the floor next to him, to back on his ear, to being on his ear in a different position.
Djinn: Listen to their screams, child, listen to the music of their agony.
Trivia: This movie features three horror stars. Beaumont is played by Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), Johnny Valentine is played by Tony Todd (the Candyman), and the guard at the auction house is played by Kane Hodder, the man behind the mask as Jason Voorhees in several consecutive Friday the 13th films.
Question: The only way for the Djinn to rule the world is if the person who freed him had all three of his or her wishes granted. What were to happen if the person who freed the Djinn didn't make any wishes at all?
Answer: There's no known answer to this, but one thought is it would be very difficult for anyone, at some point and without thinking, not to wish for something, particularly something frivolous. Something like, "I wish it would stop raining." Theoretically, the Djinn could then use a "loophole" by granting the person's wish three times without them realizing it. If the person somehow never wished for anything, then presumably the Djinn would remain captive.
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Correction: At first glance, that would be correct. However, look a little more closely. Earlier in the film, he seems to grant two wishes to the sales girl and the security guard. In all cases, including with Alex's boss, he asks them to tell them what they wanted but in all three cases, it wasn't what they desired, but more something along the lines of what they needed to do in the course of their work. Each time it was merely a demonstration of his power (asking the sales girl if she preferred cash for a purchase, telling the security guard to ask him for something, and Alex's boss if he wanted something to be more valuable and then granting those wishes) in order to tempt them to make a wish that was much more personal to them (sales girl stating to always be beautiful, to see him go through the security guard, and a million dollars for Alex's boss). For example, he tricked the scientist, the bum, the detective, the doctor, the bouncer at Beaumont's party, Beaumont, and Wendy each into making a personal wish without having to demonstrate his power first. The wish he had to grant was a personal desire of the wisher's own free will and not something they were directed into making when it wasn't something personal.
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