Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (French: Les Rivières pourpres II: Les Anges de l'apocalypse) is a 2004 action thriller film movie starring Jean Reno, Benoît Magimel, and Christopher Lee. It is directed by Olivier Dahan and produced by Ilan Goldman, and is an international co-production of France, Italy and the United Kingdom. It is the sequel to the 2000 film The Crimson Rivers (French: Les Rivières pourpres). However, the 2000 film's creator Jean-Christophe Grangé was not creatively-involved in the sequel; instead, the movie was written by Luc Besson, whose company EuropaCorp also co-produced this movie.
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Plot
After a body is found in the walls of a French monastery, Commissaire Niemans, played by Jean Reno, teams up with Detective Reda, played by Benoît Magimel, who is already investigating a murder of his own. As with the first movie, the pair's investigations intertwine and soon they are looking at a giant conspiracy involving a secretive group of monks on amphetamines led by Heinrich von Garten, played by Christopher Lee, searching for a treasure hidden by King Lothair II somewhere near the Maginot-Line. Reno and Magimel are joined by a religious specialist called Marie, played by Camille Natta.
Cast
Jean Reno as Commissaire Niemans
Benoît Magimel as Capitaine Reda
Christopher Lee as Heinrich Von Garten
Camille Natta as Marie
Serge Riaboukine as Father Vincent
Gabrielle Lazure as Philippe's Wife
Augustin Legrand as Jésus
Johnny Hallyday as The Blind Hermit
Michaël Abiteboul and Eriq Ebouaney as The Cops
Production
A week of filming took place at a former Benedictine priory in Lavaudieu (Haute-Loire).
Filming also took placed the Studios de Bry-sur-Marne in Bry-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne).
The film was also partially shot in the underground passages of Pontoise (Val-d'Oise).
Other locations included the Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport in Aulnat (Puy-de-Dôme) and the Intermarché supermarket in Gif-sur-Yvette (Essonne). In the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, filming took place at the metal church in Crusnes, the former Grands Bureaux de Senelle building in Herserange and the Fort de Fermont near Longuyon. In the Haute-Saône department, filming took place in Faucogney-et-la-Mer, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Froideconche and Beulotte-Saint-Laurent. Filming also took place at the Red Lands (Terres Rouges) former factory in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, and in Bavaria, Germany.
