The Prophecy II

Infobox Film
name = The Prophecy II


image_size =
caption = "The Prophecy II" DVD cover
director = Greg Spence
producer = Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Gregory Widen
Robert Little
Matt Greenberg
Joel Soisson
W.K. Border
writer = Gregory Widen
Matt Greenberg
Greg Spence
narrator =
starring = Christopher Walken
Russell Wong
Jennifer Beals
Brittany Murphy
Eric Roberts
music = David C. Williams
Dennis Michael Tenney
cinematography = Richard Clabaugh
editing = Ivan Ladizinsky
distributor = Buena Vista Home Video
Dimension Films
released = January 20, 1998
runtime = 87 mins
country = USA
language = English/German
budget =
preceded_by = "The Prophecy" (1995)
followed_by = "" (2000)
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0118643

"The Prophecy II" is a motion picture produced by Walt Disney Studios's affiliate Buena Vista Home Video and released direct to video on January 20, 1998, and is the sequel to The Prophecy. Film stars Christopher Walken, Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals, Eric Roberts, Bruce Abbott and Britanny Murphy. Film nominated for Saturn Award.

Plot

Gabriel returns from hell to Earth to prevent the birth of a child, a nephilim, the offspring of one of his kind and one of God's "monkeys" (Humans). The coming of this child, said to precede reconciliation between the warring factions in heaven, has been prophecised by a monk, Thomas Daggett — the former detective from the first film in the series. The child's conception takes place when Valerie, a nurse, is seduced by an attractive stranger (the angel Danyael) who she hit with her car. She finds a few days later that she is in advanced pregnancy.

Gabriel attempts to find the whereabouts of the child from Daggett, but kills him when he refuses to help. When Danyael kills members of Gabriel's army of angels, Gabriel instead employs the assistance of a teenage girl (Izzy) who has just committed suicide. Gabriel keeps her alive to help him in his search for Valerie (despite his powers as an angel, he is completely naive about technology, and is unable to drive a car or work a computer).

Gabriel's war against Danyael and the other angels climaxes in a battle in Eden, now an industrial wasteland. Danyael is killed, but Valerie defeats Gabriel by seizing him and jumping from a building, confident that God will protect her; she is indeed unharmed, but Gabriel is impaled on a spike. As punishment, Gabriel is turned into a human by Michael. Valerie raises the child by herself, accepting the risk that the angels may come for him. The film ends with Gabriel as a derelict; a face in the sky and ominous clouds show that the war in heaven is not over.

Cast

*Christopher Walken as Gabriel
*Russell Wong as Danyael
*Jennifer Beals as Valerie Rosales
*Brittany Murphy as Isabelle "Izzy"
*Eric Roberts as Michael
*Glenn Danzig as Samayel
*Steve Hytner as Joseph
*Bruce Abbott as Thomas Daggett
*J.G. Hertzler as Father William
*Michael Raimi as Danyael Jr.

Trivia

*The monastery is the mission style building pictured on the cover of the Eagles "Hotel California".
*Christopher Walken was robbed at the airport in Venice and his The Prophecy II (1998) (V) script, glasses, keys, drivers licence, and $100 were stolen. All items were later found including film's script, except for the money.
*Film also known as "God's Army II" in the European film markets.

See also

The Prophecy

External links

*imdb title | id=0118643 | title=The Prophecy II
*rotten-tomatoes|id=prophecy_ii|title=The Prophecy II