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This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

So-so sequel to the original religion-themed horror film sees Christopher Walken return as the archangel Gabriel, who despises the human race more than ever. He leads one faction of angels that have turned against God, bitter over the love that He showed to mankind. The other faction of angels seek to stop Gabriel and his kind. The main story point of this sequel is that Gabriel is in pursuit of an innocent woman, Valerie Rosales (Jennifer Beals), because she has been impregnated by good guy angel Danyael (Russell Wong)."The Prophecy II" feels pretty routine overall, although its theme of angels battling each other is an interesting one. It leans heavily on humour, with Walken obviously encouraged to be at his quirkiest and most Walken-esque. For one thing, Gabriel's no good with modern technology, so he keeps resurrecting a suicidal girl (sad eyed Brittany Murphy) so she can do such things as computer searches. It's got some very fun gore and visuals, but it's not until near the end when it really picks up. It also casts Eric Roberts, rock icon Glenn Danzig, and William Prael as assorted angels. Steve Hytner ("That's gold, Jerry, gold!") briefly reprises his role as Joseph, and Bruce Abbott of "Re- Animator" fame has limited screen time as he inherits the role of ex-cop Thomas Daggett from Elias Koteas, who played that role in the first film. Look also for Tom Towles and Kathryn Morris in small roles. The handsome Wong is sincere but bland; Beals is a reasonably appealing heroine.The hook of a "Nephilim" (a half human / half angel offspring) helps to keep this watchable, for a fairly painless, short running time of just over 83 minutes.One of only two directorial efforts for Greg Spence (most recently, a producer on 'Game of Thrones'), the other being "Children of the Corn: The Gathering".Six out of 10.

The angel Gabriel is back to try and eliminate the human race that he hates so much, if he wants to succeed in doing this he must prevent the birth of a child as it will be the first child born that is the offspring of an angel and a human.This film starred: Christopher Walken, Russell Wong & Jennifer Beals.The Prophecy 2 was released in 1998, three years after the first film. In my opinion the first was quite an enjoyable film, it wasn't excellent by any means but it was a respectable film and I do enjoy watching it. The Prophecy 2, is not as good as the first and just no that good of a film at all. I am yet to see the third instalment of this series, and if you saw this film when it came out, you knew there was going to be a third, because of the ending. Not really recommended as it is a dull movie which doesn't contain a lot of enjoyment and in the end if I were to sum up this movie in one word it would be BORING.**/***** Poor.

Actually, although a lot of what was in the Prophecy II isn't in the canonical bible, the angelology of it was in fact right on. I've done mounds and mounds of research on the subject of angels. And what was written in the Book of Enoch as well as in much of the medieval angel speculation is accurate. And it is a film, let's remember. It's an interesting twist on the perception of heaven. I don't know if I'd call is laughable on second guesses when you actually look at the derivations of the research instead of relying solely on the Bible. If you're really interested, you can look at the non-canonical scripture that was accepted in the times of early Christianity on reluctant-messenger.com I don't know, sometimes I get frustrated thinking that people who think the Bible, although the primary text is the ONLY text of the religion.Just a thought.

The first Prophecy wasn't a bad film, but whether or not it deserved a sequel is debatable. So far, it has actually received four sequels - but this is the only one that I've seen. Overall, this film isn't good enough to warrant me bothering with any more follow-ups, but it provides a decent enough hour and twenty minutes of entertainment. Just like the original, this film fuses action with themes of biblical horror and once again follows the fortunes of the diabolical angel Gabriel during another plot to destroy the human race. Naturally, it's all very convoluted and silly; doesn't make much sense and features several elements that are obviously thrown in to sell the film; but hey, you can't expect anything else from a film like this. The film revolves around a child conceived by Gabriel's adversary, Danyael and a normal woman. Gabriel has taken it upon himself to get rid of this baby, which was prophesised by a monk; and after his army of angels have been exterminated, he decides to employ the services of a suicidal girl named 'Izzy'...The main reason I saw this film was, of course, because of the presence of its lead star; Christopher Walken. Walken's role isn't very meaty, but he makes the best of it with a charged performance that steals every scene he's in. The original film benefited from a great star-studded cast to support Walken; whereas this film doesn't. That being said, it does feature some decent actors. Jennifer Beals is good in support along with Russell Wong, while future star Brittany Murphy stands out as the suicide obsessed teen and cult horror fans will recognise Re-Animator's Bruce Abbott in a small role. The film features a plethora of action scenes, which are mostly well done; but after a while it all gets rather dry as the plot isn't too interesting and it all seems to drone on. The film doesn't really fit much with any actual bible stories; which is something of a disappointment as that was one of the best things about the original movie. Overall, Prophecy II is worth seeing for fans of the original, although it's not a particularly good movie.