- Directed by Joel Soisson
- Written by Gregory Widen, John Sullivan, Joel Soisson
- Stars Kari Wuhrer, John Light, Jason Scott Lee, Tony Todd
- Run Time: 1 Hour, 15 Minutes
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwLzbyLASls
Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone
This felt more like a part 2 than a sequel, perhaps something that could have just been combined with the previous film to make a slightly longer one. As it is, this one drags along a bit, taking its time to wrap things up. Tony Todd is always a pleasure to watch, which helps the time pass, and there’s some bright spots. It’s necessary to see for completion, but it’s not great.
Spoilery Synopsis
We open with a flashback to Father Constantine and the book in the church basement from the previous film. As before, Allison comes down and finds the book, which leads to a whole mess. Credits roll.
John Reigart appears in front of little Maria and asks her to send a message. She’s immediately run over by a truck, and we see Allison watching from afar. She starts running right past Dylan. Maria gives Allison the message… right after she dies.
Dylan talks to Stark, whom we don’t see. Stark orders Dylan to shoot Allison. Rather than do that, Dylan kills himself. Stark isn’t going to let that stop him, so he brings Dylan back from the dead.
Dylan immediately tracks down Allison and pulls a gun on her. He still has some doubts as to the job and wants her to convince him to let her live. Meanwhile, Stark searches Allison’s apartment and finds a decoy book, just the cover with a bunch of junk stuffed inside. Dylan and Allison end up in a foot chase, being pursued by “Thrones” who work for Stark. He disguises her and douses her with perfume to mask her scent. They look her over carefully, sniff, and even lick her but eventually let her pass.
Reigart explains the “rules” to Allison. There used to be a rule against hired assassins, but Dylan used to be a CIA agent, and he’s been turned, so the rules have changed. She leaves and soon finds that she’s being stalked rather unsubtly. She joins a funeral parade, and the baddies lose her in the crowd. Turns out, it’s little Maria’s funeral! Her death was set up knowing that it would save Allison.
Stark beats up Dylan for disobeying him. Allison has a conversation with Maria’s ghost until Dylan shows up. She thinks he’s on her side, but she also knows that he’s a hitman. He wastes no time in turning her over to the enemy.
Stark says that he’s a Seraphim, and on Allison’s side. He wants the last page of the Lexicon, which will reveal the name of the AntiChrist, whom Stark wants to kill. He doesn’t want the apocalypse to take place. Allison realizes that there’s something special about her since Stark simply cannot kill her.
Allison talks to Reigert again, and he helps her realize what Stark’s motivation is. Reigert does want Armageddon. So by keeping the book from Stark, she’s actually helping Satan himself. Elsewhere, Stark questions Dylan about where Allison tends to hang out, suspecting she’d hide the book somewhere she goes often, just to keep an eye on it.
Some random lunatic stabs Allison in the park. With a little divine assistance, she gets up and kills her attacker. Stark figures out where the book is, and everyone makes a beeline to the place. Allison runs inside and learns the name of the AntiChrist. Stark chases her up to the roof, but she scatters loose pages from the book everywhere, slowing him down.
Stark confronts Allison. He wants to know the name of the child so he can kill it. Dylan staggers in, and he’s looking a lot more dead. He tells her that she’s a Nephilim, but she thinks he’s lying. She’s Simon’s daughter, child of a human and angel. Dylan pulls out his pistol and… shoots Allison everywhere but in the head, knowing it won’t kill her. As she falls off the roof, pages of the book go everywhere.
After a moment, Allison wakes up. Because she is a Nephilim. One little boy picks up one of the book’s pages and sees his name at the end…
Brian’s Commentary
This was filmed simultaneously with the previous film, and they were always intended to be one story. This one, however, is very short, even ignoring the “filler” scenes. Whereas the previous film was entertaining, even having ignored the first three films, this one feels unnecessary, like they were really scraping for a story.
It’s not very good.
Kevin’s Commentary
It was a wrap up, but not a very good one. It was kind of a money grab I guess. Since this and part 4 were filmed at the same time, they really could and should have kept it as one slightly longer movie. I’d recommend it for completion, but it’s kind of a drag. At least it’s short.
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