 Millennium Group consultant Frank Black ( Lance Henriksen ) runs out to a supermarket parking lot where he witnesses a lawyer , Alistair Pepper ( Richard Cox ) , being confronted by a man named Sammael ( Rodney Eastman ) . Sammael raises his hand , and a bolt of lightning arcs from his fingers to strike Pepper dead ; however , when Black reaches Sammael , he finds a pistol at the killer 's feet . 
