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Writers:
Luc Besson (writer)
Jean-Christophe Grangé (characters)
Contact:
View company contact information for Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
18 February 2004 (Belgium) more
Tagline:
An unholy crime... An unstoppable killer... Caught in a deadly tide.
Plot:
Pierre Niemans faces the threat of the apocalypse while investigating a series of ritual murders. full summary | full synopsis
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Desperately Seeking a Longer Running Time more (38 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jean Reno | ... | Pierre Niemans | |
| Benoît Magimel | ... | Reda | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Heinrich von Garten | |
| Camille Natta | ... | Marie | |
| Johnny Hallyday | ... | L'ermite borgne | |
| Gabrielle Lazure | ... | La femme de Philippe | |
| Augustin Legrand | ... | Jésus | |
| Serge Riaboukine | ... | Père Vincent | |
| André Penvern | ... | Père Dominique | |
| Francis Renaud | ... | Flic Reda #1 | |
| David Saracino | ... | Flic Reda #2 | |
| Michaël Abiteboul | ... | Flic #1 | |
| Eriq Ebouaney | ... | Flic #2 | |
| Jo Prestia | ... | Emilio | |
| Cyril Raffaelli | ... | Prêtre tueur |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (International: English title)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (UK) (DVD title)
Crimson Rivers: Angels of the Apocalypse (USA) (DVD title)
I fiumi di porpora II - Gli angeli dell'apocalisse (Italy)
Les anges de l'apocalypse (France) (working title)
RP2 - Les anges de l'apocalypse (France) (trailer title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and some language.
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Runtime:
100 min | France:97 min | Switzerland:87 min | Argentina:97 min | Mexico:98 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Spain:13 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Norway:15
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The guns used by the main characters in this film are: Niemans (Jean Reno): Taurus PT 99 Reda (Benoit Magimel): HK P2000 Marie (Camille Natta): Ruger SP 101 more
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Boom mic visible: The shadow of boom mic is visible just after the army go to the monastery, at the bottom left corner, in the forest. more
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Reda:
You still never told me.
Commissaire Niemans:
What?
Reda:
The name of your dog.
Commissaire Niemans:
I found an interesting name, a dangerous dog's name.
Reda:
For a Yorkshire?
Reda:
Yes, I called him... Reda!
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References Der Schatz im Silbersee (1962) more
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No Fun more
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Jean Reno's detective Niemans is back hunting the mind behind a bizarre series of murders and disappearances, all with a religious overtone. It all begins with a bleeding wall in a monastery and goes from there as twists seem to be leading us toward the end of the world.
I would like to report that this is at least the equal of the earlier film (One of the best thrillers of the past five or six years), but I can't. This is a film that has too many characters and too much plot with the result that you're hard pressed to work out whats happening. Characters such as Mary, a religious expert, or Christopher Lee's ominous business man are never more than cyphers. We get to know nothing about them. There are plot twists or points that are never fully explained. Watching this I had the sense that this was suppose to be about an hour longer but that it had been chopped up to its shortest possible running time. I'm led to believe this by the fact that whats on screen alludes to more than we're seeing, this is a film thats alive off the screen. I wish that they had taken the time to explain more.
None of it is really bad, although the acrobatics of the killer(s) in monks robes are much too far over the top for the films own good.
In the end as a rental or on cable this is okay, but but given a choice I'd watch the first one again over this.
Should Luc Besson read this: Please do another-and better- film with Reno's character. He's too good a creation to die after only two outings.