a_chinn For a direct-to-video film, it does boast a better cast of respectable actors and genre regulars than you usually see (Christopher Walken, Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals, Brad Dourif, Brittany Murphy, Eric Roberts, Glenn Danzig, Steve Hytner, Bruce Abbott, Tom Towles, and Steve Hytner) and the film is at times more visually arresting than you typically get in most direct-to-video cash-grab sequels. However, this sequel to "The Prophecy" forgot to be scary, suspenseful, or exciting, which I'll attribute to the absence of the original film's writer/director Gregory Widen, who only has a token executive producer credit on this film. Walker returns as the bad seed angel Gabriel, who again wants to destroy the human race, but who's confronted by a good angel, Wong, who wants to stop him. Although there are some interesting sequences here and there, the story pretty quickly devolves into familiar chases and races-against- time. The original film isn't really that much better in that respect, but it did have a lot more interesting of ideas and characters behind the action, which is the formula you need for a good action or horror film. "The Prophecy II" was disappointing, but I'm not sure I was really expecting a great film film, despite the cast, so maybe it met my middling expectations.

Leofwine_draca So here we have THE PROPHECY II, a straight-to-video sequel for a film that wasn't all that hot to begin with. Christopher Walken is back as the sinister archangel Gabriel, a renegade determined to bring the existence of the human race to an end, so he goes after a pregnant woman for some reason or other. Yeah, none of this is particularly interesting, mired as it is in middle-of-the-road ordinary.One of the main reasons to watch this film is Walken himself; he brings a wry humour to his central role and he's quite a bit of fun to watch. The rest of the cast is populated by familiar faces who have little to work with. Jennifer Beals is still pretty years after FLASHDANCE although Russell Wong doesn't bring much substance to the part of protagonist. There are also minor roles for Bruce Abbott and Tom Towles as a cop. THE PROPHECY II is full of the usual religious mumbo-jumbo and random kill scenes and feels more than a little disjointed and insubstantial; it's watchable enough for fans of '90s-era movies but you don't bring much away from it.

Paul Andrews 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).

The_Void 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.