The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II is set in Los Angeles & starts as nurse Valerie Rosales (Jennifer Beals) runs over a young man named Danyael (Russell Wong), taking him to hospital she makes sure he's OK. Valerie visits Danyael again & they fall for each other, before you know it they are in bed together & have sex which Valerie quickly learns has left her pregnant. If that wasn't bad enough an evil archangel Gabriel (Christophere Walken) is out to kill her since Danyael was in fact an angel & their child will unite heaven as told in a prophecy which the evil Daniel doesn't want because he wants to rule heaven himself & destroy Earth in the process. Valerie must stay alive long enough to raise her child or both heaven & Earth will be destroyed, now that's pressure... Co-written & directed by Greg Spence I thought The Prophecy II was a decent time waster but nothing particularly special. The script by Spence & associate producer Matt Greenberg is fairly exposition heavy & has some interesting ideas but it's a bit slow even at less than 90 minutes & is sometimes a little hard to follow. I admit that I have never seen the original The Prophecy (1995) & as such I didn't have a clue what was going on for the first half of this film, this is a sequel where it is advisable that you have seen the original because if your anything like me you'll spend the first half wondering who everyone is what the hell's going on, I mean there's an early scene where some guy in a long coat touches the ground of some parking lot & then cracks in the ground open & Christopher Walken's character emerges & I sat there & thought to myself 'what just happened there & who was that guy?' neither of which are satisfactorily explained. There are various religious ideas & themes with horror & supernatural overtones & elements here as one would expect in a film about angels & while they are OK they never really engage or interest that much & are fairly forgettable. I liked the notion that an angel didn't know how to drive or what a computer is with Christopher Walken not even knowing how to use a gun. If you like religious themed horror them you'll almost certainly like The Prophecy II but if you don't then, like me, it may not do too much for you. Director Spence does a good job & the film has a great sense of style, there's some nice colour schemes going on as well. There are a few eerie moments but I wouldn't say it's particularly scary, it does have a nice atmosphere though. There's not much gore on show, there are a couple of ripped out hearts, a few impalings & a messed up body on an autopsy table. Some of it's a bit silly, I mean I don't know how Valerie survives falling off the top of that building, Gabriel's body wouldn't have been enough to break the fall & even if it was why wasn't she impaled on the spike along with him? By the way if your interested the IMDb has spelt Danyael's name wrong in their 'Plot Outline' on the main page... Going straight-to-video this probably had a decent budget & it show's, it's well made & pretty stylish with it. The special effects are good & the acting is alright with Christopher Walken stealing every scene he's in, the guy is just a great actor. The Prophecy II is an alright religious themed supernatural horror thriller, it's worth a watch but it's nothing special. This was enough of a success to spawn three further sequels, The prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000), The Prophecy: Uprising (2005) & The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005).

Yeah, this film was pretty cool. Like the first one, I didn't understand most of it, but Christopher Walken's performance - on par with that from the first Prophecy - was just effortlessly fantastic! Gabriel acts the same as he did in the first, and what we got here (is a little game of show and tell..) is the same guy with a little more violence and some more funny lines. Gabriel owns any scene he's in, he's the villain we all root for and he's still scary as hell. That's the stuff Chris! The Prophecy II takes the same structure as the first, and it takes a good while before we see much of Gabriel at all - but when we do, the film comes alive. Our beloved angel takes quite a beating this time, such as a stabbing through the chest, being destroyed by police bullets, falling from a skyscraper building and being whacked in the face with an axe. Russel Wong is the other title star - he's pretty cool but a bit boring. Jennifer Beals is okay, as is Eric Roberts as Michael. But Brittany Murphy as the suicidal teenager Izzy is cool, a teenage girl sick of living who just wants to join her lover in the sky. How sweet... It's got great effects and a high budget for a straight to video flick... it's weird that with Walken as its star it didn't get a cinema release! But whatever... Rent it if you liked the first, it's cool.

Didn't rate the first one that highly, but this is even worse. Has a real made for TV quality about it and I found my mind wandering throughout, it just didn't engross me at all. Think I'll give the third one a miss.

I'll make this short and sweet....this movie sucked!!!!!! I watched part 1 earlier today and thought it was one of the greatest films ever, gave it 9 out of 10 stars. So I thought perhaps part 2 and 3 would be good sequels, I was wrong. This movie bored me to death and was so different from the first one, it had the plot continue and thats it. It was like bad outtakes from part one or something. I love Walken, but I felt sorry for him here. I was so happy about Glenn Danzig being in this film, but don't blink you'll miss him. There was a full cast full of crappy actors and people I don't like such as Eric Roberts and Jennifer Beals. However, it was a breath of fresh air to see Ethan Embry, he's one of the funniest people on earth. This movie will make you like the first one a little less, so don't watch it because you feel you owe it to yourself, being a fan of part 1. I am gonna wait a few days before I watch part 3 and I pray it is better than this crap. The last scene of the movie with the lightning was one of the most beautiful things ever shown on film. Fast forward or skip to that if you can't stomach the first part. 1 out of 10 stars - this was awful!

I enjoyed the original 'The Prophecy' very much, and was excited when I originally heard about this sequel, especially the idea of two of my all time favourite actors sharing a screen together - Christopher Walken and Eric Roberts. Their scenes together though good, are very brief, and don't occur until the last part of the movie. Before you get that far you have to sit through a lame rehash of the first film. The change of director and writer from the originals Gregory Widen is a major part of the problem. They have simplified the interesting concepts Widen developed and have the tendency to go for "action" over atmosphere. This is not a good thing. Walken reprises his role as the avenging angel Gabriel, but the script doesn't give him much to play with. The potentially fascinating character of Thomas Daggett (originally played by Elias Koteas) is here played by 'Re-Animator's Bruce Abbott, and is killed off within the first fifteen minutes. Bad idea! The main focus of the story then centres on the lovely Jennifer Beals who inadvertently gets involved in the war in heaven. Like the first movie the supporting cast is strong, and features Brittany Murphy ('Freeway', 'Clueless'), Tom Towles ('Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer') and even punk legend Glenn Danzig. Unfortunately the cast of this movie is by far the most interesting thing about it. A major let down, this! Be sure to watch the original though, it's very good.

I'd watched The Prophecy and enjoyed it immensely so I figured I'd rent the sequel. I wanted to find out how they could bring back Christopher Walken as his character had been defeated in the first film. Most of the plot of this film, I could have lived without and yet I would still recommend seeing it. You've got a remote so you can fast forward through the boring bits of plot. The parts you want to see are those featuring Christopher Walken as Gabriel and, as usual, Gabriel's helper. There are some great lines for both of these characters. I won't spoil it for you, but you really will enjoy the ending of this movie. I thought it was a brilliant idea.

I watched the Prophecy and Prophecy II on the same night, both for the first time, so the comparisons were really obvious. Though PII is not a complete waste of time, it was hardly as interesting and exciting as the first. It did have some good points, however, and I would recommend it to anyone who loved the story of the Prophecy idea. The climactic scene at the end was excellent. Very creepy. DOS and PC lovers will like the humor as Gabriel tries to work a computer. :) The special effects sequences of angels flying above in the clouds was awesome. Even so, it lacked something that the first had. I'd give it a 6/10, and the first a 9/10. Let's hope Prophecy III will be better.

I must begin my say by coming with a NOTICE: You are not going to understand much on the movie, if you haven't seen the movie. Because Prophecy 2 is very connected to The Prophecy. So if you want to fully understand my review of The Prophecy 2, please see the first movie first. Prophecy 2, really isn't a one time only movie. The story is complicated. Much more complex then the first movie where you don't have to think about whats going on, at all. But since the movie is like this, it leaves for much artistic freedom. A better score, the use of symbolism, and some scenes that are so good without any of the actors even saying a word. Brilliant. Many of the scenes here have the actors silent. Facial expression, beautiful music, and powerful scenes makes this movie a winner. Christopher Walken is much more important in this movie then the last. The whole story evolves around him somehow, and I must say, the use of Christopher works well. His dark emotional performances in earlier projects fits well in The Prophecy 2. Here, he too is given artistic freedom, and he delivers. He really delivers.

I'll give this movie one thing though, I enjoyed watching this one better than the original. It had a more coherent story but thing with it story still was that it just wasn't very good. Not very good is perhaps not the best way to describe it. It's more that it's just very standards stuff all, like we have seen in literally dozens of movies before. So no "The Prophecy II" does not take any originality prizes but at least the movie was watchable, which is not something I can say about the first movie, from 3 years earlier. Seems like I'm one of the few people who doesn't like the fist movie "The Prophecy", so it was sort of surprised with the fact that I sort of liked watching this sequel and thought that it was an improvement over the first movie. Even though its an incredibly standard movie there are still some elements in it that make it stand out. The biggest one is Christopher Walken. He really enjoys playing this role, which must be the reason why he also is in the first 3 movies out of the series. I mean, I don't think he got rich from playing in these cheap and straight-to-video movies. He is the foremost and perhaps only reason why the overall movie is still a fun one to watch. He plays his character with lots of passion and dark humor without ever going too over-the-top with it. There are some other well known actors in this movie as well, such as Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals, Brittany Murphy and Eric Roberts. Never quite understood why these movies always managed to have such a great cast with some big name actors in it. It certainly also helps that the movie isn't too long. It keeps the pace pleasantly high and luckily there is also plenty of action happening, though it's far from anything too impressive, just as the overall movie is. Forgettable but a good enough movie and sequel. 6/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/