The Prophecy II
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| The Prophecy II | |
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 The Prophecy II DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Greg Spence |
| Produced by | Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Gregory Widen Robert Little Matt Greenberg Joel Soisson W.K. Border |
| Written by | Gregory Widen Matt Greenberg Greg Spence |
| Starring | Christopher Walken Russell Wong Jennifer Beals Brittany Murphy Eric Roberts |
| Music by | David C. Williams Dennis Michael Tenney |
| Cinematography | Richard Clabaugh |
| Editing by | Ivan Ladizinsky |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Video Dimension Films |
| Release date(s) | January 20, 1998 |
| Running time | 87 mins |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English/German |
| Preceded by | The Prophecy (1995) |
| Followed by | The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000) |
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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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Cast
- Christopher Walken as Gabriel
- Russell Wong as Danyael
- Jennifer Beals as Valerie Rosales
- Brittany Murphy as 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.
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