Les rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse (2004)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Olivier Dahan

Writers:

Luc Besson (writer)
Jean-Christophe Grangé (characters)

Release Date:

18 February 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Thriller | Action | Crime

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.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Monk | Ritual | Mythology | Religion

Cast

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
Mylène Jampanoï	...	Pénélope
Eric Chevallier	...	Mathieu
Nikita	...	Mathilde l'Infirmière
Victor Garrivier	...	Le vieux gardien
Olivier Brocheriou	...	Barthélémy
Wilfred Benaïche	...	Le prêtre apôtre
Ludovic Schoendoerffer	...	Assistant scène de crime
Idit Cebula	...	Mère de Kevin
Marc Henry	...	Nouveau moine
Thierry Liagre	...	Barman
Gilles Treton	...	Flic faction
Frédéric Maranber	...	Chef chantier
Nicolas Simon	...	Flic #3
Fosco Perinti	...	Homme costume
Frédéric Merlo	...	Médecin
Thierry Der'ven	...	Commandant
Christophe Lavalle	...	Ouvrier ligne Maginot
Enrico Di Giovanni	...	Italien
Jean-François Gallotte	...	Directeur supermarché

Directed by
Olivier Dahan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Luc Besson		writer
Jean-Christophe Grangé		characters

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	co-producer
Alain Goldman	....	producer (as Ilan Goldman)
Catherine Morisse	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Colin Towns

Cinematography by
Alex Lamarque

Film Editing by
Richard Marizy

Casting by
Olivier Carbone

Production Design by
Olivier Raoux

Costume Design by
Chattoune

Makeup Department
Maud Baron	....	makeup artist
Christophe Chabenet	....	special makeup effects artist
Stéphane Chauvet	....	assistant makeup artist
Sylvie Ferry	....	special makeup effects artist
Turid Follvick	....	makeup artist (as Turid Follvik)
Denis Gastou	....	special makeup effects artist
Mélanie Gerbeaux	....	special makeup effects artist
Karina Gruais	....	key makeup artist
Mathilde Humeau	....	makeup artist
Sébastien Imart	....	special makeup effects artist
Patrice Iva	....	key hair stylist
Pierre-Paul Jayne	....	special makeup effects artist
Lesley Lamont-Fisher	....	makeup artist
Mario Messere	....	hair stylist (as Mario Messère)
Pascal Molina	....	special makeup effects artist
Ariane Moreau	....	special makeup effects artist
Annabelle Petit	....	special makeup effects artist
Erwan Simon	....	special makeup effects artist
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Sylvain Bouladoux	....	unit manager
Dominique Dubreuil	....	assistant unit manager
Sonia Duclos	....	assistant unit manager
François Hamel	....	production manager
Sandrine Lesénéchal	....	post-production supervisor
Julien Madec	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ivan Fegyveres	....	second assistant director
Mathias Honoré	....	first assistant director
David Koch	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Mathilde Abraham	....	second assistant decorator
Patrice Aloso	....	carpenter
Stéphane Becimol	....	carpenter
Joanick Becourt	....	carpenter
Laure Berbezier	....	props
Fabrice Bicheron	....	metal worker
Tristan Bivaud	....	head carpenter
Karine Bizet	....	props
Jean-Roch Bonnin	....	props
Michel Borgnon	....	metal worker
Marie Bossée	....	metal worker
Alain Boucherie	....	props
Marie Breger	....	painter
Laurence Brussel	....	painter
Daniel Capuano-Blasco	....	painter
Philippe Carchon	....	carpenter
Ivan Casidanus	....	second assistant decorator
Jean-Michel Caulat	....	painter
Sophie Chandoutis	....	painter
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais	....	art department coordinator
Didier Copp	....	painter
Bernard Courteix	....	carpenter
David Cousinard	....	props
Stéphane Cressend	....	property master
Nicolas Decaux	....	carpenter
Pascal Decreme	....	painter
Mathieu Degeorges	....	carpenter
Jean-Noël Delalande	....	head painter
Théophile de Montalivet	....	carpenter
David De Sousa	....	storyboard artist
François Dickes	....	set dresser
Thierry Doerflinger	....	plasterer
Antoine Dore	....	assistant property master
Philippe Dusaux	....	props
Ludovic Erbelding	....	construction manager
Carole Esnault	....	props
Sarah Fauguet	....	painter
Isoline Favier	....	carpenter
Damien Fleury	....	props
Rouches Frank	....	prop buyer
Alain Ginguene	....	painter
Thomas Gorecki	....	props
Frédéric Grandcière	....	painter (as Frédéric Grandcière)
Pascal Gras	....	carpenter
Sullyvan Grousse	....	carpenter
Rémi Guillon	....	props
Marie Guittard	....	painter
Fabienne Haertling	....	painter
Ghislaine Halley	....	carpenter
Yvan Hart	....	plasterer
Rodolphe Heckmann	....	carpenter
Benjamin Hoerth	....	props
Jean-François Huet	....	head carpenter
Edo Husakovic	....	carpenter
Alexis Imbert	....	props
Jacky Jarry	....	props
Loïc Jolly	....	painter
Patricia Jouvencel	....	painter
Antar Khelifaoui	....	props
Samir Kihl	....	props
Olivier Konczak	....	carpenter
Dominique Laine	....	carpenter
Guillaume Legrand	....	head painter
Laure Lepelley	....	second assistant decorator
Ludovic Lethiais	....	carpenter
Hamed Malou	....	props
François Mast	....	carpenter
Lionel Mathis	....	assistant art director
Antonio Matterson	....	carpenter
Alexis McKenzie Main	....	first assistant decorator
Stefan McKenzie-Main	....	props
Jean-François Merot	....	props
Jamel Merzougui	....	props
Fabrice Messy	....	props
Franck Miniconi	....	painter
Sylvie Mitault	....	painter
Franck Monseigny	....	first assistant decorator
Mohamed Morouche	....	props
Mustapha Morouche	....	props
Yahya Morouche	....	props
Djamel Mouhoubi	....	props
Eric Petit-Jean	....	carpenter
Amanda Ponsa	....	painter
Agathe Poutrel	....	painter
Marie Predieri	....	painter
Lydie Rugiero	....	art department assistant
Lydie Rugiero	....	props
Samirha Salmi	....	carpenter
Thomas Samoun	....	props
Anne Sarrazanas	....	painter
Sandra Sasportas	....	props
François Scala	....	carpenter
Frédéric Schaumburg	....	metal worker
Alain Szczygowski	....	carpenter
Jérôme Tarby	....	carpenter
Armando Teixeira	....	painter
Laurent Thevenot	....	painter
Cecile Vatelot	....	set dresser
Bruno Via	....	props

Sound Department
Charles Autrand	....	dialogue editor
Marc Doisne	....	foley engineer
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Xavier Drouault	....	assistant foley artist
Jean-Baptiste Faure	....	boom operator
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Loïc Gourbe	....	sound recordist
Frédéric Heinrich	....	additional boom operator
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nikolas Javelle	....	assistant sound editor
Nikolas Javelle	....	sound editor
Erik Jordan	....	ProTools editor
Johann Nallet	....	sound recordist
Gael Nicolas	....	sound editor
Philippe Penot	....	foley artist
Emmanuel Rassat	....	additional boom operator
Pascal Villard	....	supervising sound editor
Jérôme Wiciak	....	sound effects editor
Laurent Zeilig	....	sound

Special Effects by
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	....	special effects
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects
Jacky Dufour	....	special effects
Pascal Fauvelle	....	special effects
Max Garnier	....	special effects
Michel Gery	....	special effects
Sara Helminger	....	special effects
Pascal Hemery	....	special effects
Jean-Claude Houbart	....	special effects
Daniel Lenoir	....	special effects
Jérome Miel	....	special effects
François Philippi	....	special effects
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects trainee
Olivier Zenenski	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
François-Xavier Aubague	....	visual effects supervisor
Nick Bedford	....	assistant digital visual effects producer: Peerless Camera Company
Janice Body	....	roto artist: Peerless Camera Company
Martin Body	....	lead roto artist: Peerless Camera Company
Nicolas Bonnell	....	visual effects producer: BUF
Stephanie Boutinaud	....	visual effects coordinator
Jim Bowers	....	digital matte painter
Nicolas Chevallier	....	digital artist
Václav Cizkovsky	....	head of animation: Glassworks Ltd
Mike Connolly	....	senior compositor: Baseblack Ltd
Steve Cutmore	....	compositor: Peerless Camera Company
Yann De Cadoudal	....	digital artist
Otto Dent	....	roto artist: Peerless Camera Company
John Paul Docherty	....	digital visual effects supervisor: Peerless Camera Company
Ditch Doy	....	head of CG: Peerless Camera Company
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer
Karine Friang	....	visual effects coordinator
Jack Hughes	....	administrator: Peerless Camera Company
Marc Jouveneau	....	compositor: Peerless Camera Company
Norbert Kiehne	....	animator: Glassworks Ltd
Diane Kingston	....	digital effects producer: Peerless Camera Company
John Kozak	....	research and development: Baseblack Ltd
Didier le Fouest	....	digital colorist
Jay Lichtman	....	digital visual effects producer: Glassworks Ltd
Hector Macleod	....	digital executive producer: Glassworks Ltd
Sarah Marchant	....	compositor: Peerless Camera Company
Mikko Martikainen	....	animator: Glassworks Ltd
Mike McGuinness	....	animator: Peerless Camera Company
Tim Ollive	....	animator: Peerless Camera Company
Chris Panton	....	compositor: Chris Panton Visual Effects
Simon Pickard	....	animator: Peerless Camera Company
Paul Poetsch	....	compositing supervisor: Glassworks Ltd
Peter Reilly	....	research and development: Glassworks Ltd
Paul Round	....	compositor: Peerless Camera Company
Lucas Salton	....	digital artist: BUF
Petra Schwane	....	compositor: Glassworks Ltd
Marianne Speight	....	administrator: Peerless Camera Company
Tom Stanton	....	animator: Glassworks Ltd
John Swinnerton	....	senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company
Anders Thonell	....	animator: Glassworks Ltd
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects supervisor
Grant White	....	animator: Glassworks Ltd

Stunts
David Belle	....	stunts
Vincent Bersoulle	....	stunts
Michel Bouis	....	stunts
Francis Bruschini	....	stunts
Lionel Delcroix	....	stunts
Jean Girard	....	stunts
Cyrille Hertel	....	stunts
Sébastien Labie	....	stunts
Philippe Lazoore	....	stunts
Pascal Mercuri	....	stunts
Frederick Renard	....	stunts
Catherine Robert	....	stunts
Alexandrine Roux	....	stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunt coordinator
Alain Vanneville	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabre-Félicien Basselet	....	electrician
Christophe Bassoulet	....	electrician
Christophe Boissy	....	electrician
Vincent Buron	....	first assistant camera
Patrick Contesse	....	gaffer
Olivier Dahan	....	camera operator
Xavier Delamalmaison	....	second assistant camera
Bertrand Delorme	....	electrician
Olivier Dessalles	....	first assistant camera
Robert Dona	....	grip
Mario d'Orio	....	grip
Bruno Dubet	....	key grip
Thierry Durand	....	electrician
Thierry Fonteny	....	grip
Eric Gallet	....	grip
Jean-François Grancher	....	electrician
Frédérick Grosso	....	first assistant camera (as Frédéric Grosso)
Laurent Guénoun	....	submarine camera operator
Cédric Guerby	....	electrician
Frederic Halbutier	....	electrician
Emile Henny	....	video assistant
Gilles Husson	....	grip
Joe Kotroczo	....	additional video assist operator: Luxembourg
Alex Lamarque	....	camera operator
Jean-Marie Leroy	....	still photographer
Thomas Letellier	....	camera operator
Frédéric Martial-Wetter	....	assistant camera
Simon Mein	....	still photographer
Valentin Monge	....	Steadicam operator
Olivier Nedelcu	....	electrician
Mathieu Normand	....	camera loader
Thomas Ozoux	....	second assistant camera
Charlet Recors	....	aerial camera operator
Jean-Louis Schuller	....	additional video assist operator: Luxemburg
Thomas Sidos	....	grip
Vincent Vareilles	....	electrician

Casting Department
Karina-Juliette Babi	....	casting assistant
Marie-France Michel	....	extras casting
Fanny Touya	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Agnès Beziers	....	costumer
Agnès Donatella	....	assistant costumer
Sandrine Douat	....	assistant costumer
Isabelle Guérin	....	assistant costumer
Louise Le Gaufey	....	assistant costumer
William Manscour	....	costumer
Sandra Picchiottino-beguery	....	costume assistant
Valérie Servant	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Yves Beloniak	....	second editor
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Sophie Delecourt	....	apprentice editor
Guillaume Lebel	....	assistant editor
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Raymond Terrentin	....	color timer

Music Department
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Toby Wood	....	music scoring engineer

Transportation Department
Gaby Meyers	....	facility/truck driver
Francois Muller	....	truck driver
Franz Muller	....	facility/truck driver

Other crew
Jérôme Billa	....	location manager
John Charles	....	software engineer: Sony DAC
Jon Duncan	....	production accountant: UK
Jacqueline Edwards	....	production coordinator: UK
Mathieu Hiltzer	....	location manager
Jean-Marc Homand	....	production administrator
Jean-Claude Lecoq	....	armorer
Virginie Le Pionnier	....	script supervisor
Marc Leroyer	....	armorer
Florence Loubeau	....	production secretary
Claude Ludovicy	....	location consultant
Christophe Maratier	....	armorer
Francois Muller	....	facilities
Hakim Otmani	....	armorer
Arnaud Peltier	....	armorer
Florian Peppuy	....	armorer
Lisa-Nina Rives	....	assistant script supervisor
Gaëlle-Anne Salin	....	assistant production administrator (as Gaëlle-Anne Salin-Montagne)
Janice Siegrist	....	assistant script supervisor

Production Companies

• Studio Légende
• Europa Corp.
• TF1 Films Production
• Filmauro
• Epica Ltd.
• Canal+

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Japan (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Geneon Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (VHS)
• Monopole-Pathé (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• TOBIS Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• BUF

Other Companies

• Artistic Palace  editing
• Audio Factory  sound editing
• Cinésyl  grip equipment
• Digital Factory  foley mixing
• Dinosaures  sound equipment
• Film & Television Facilities  facility vehicles
• Key Grip System  grip equipment
• Location Consulting & Facilities  facilities vehicles
• Location Consulting & Facilities  location consulting
• Montage Films Thauvin  negative cutting
• Polyson  sound editing
• Transpalux  electrical equipment

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)
Die purpurnen Flüsse 2 - Die Engel der Apokalypse (Germany) (Switzerland: German title) [de]
Ríos de color purpura 2: Los Ángeles del apocalipsis (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Grimizne rijeke 2 (Croatia) [hr]
Kiyamet melekleri (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Los ríos de color purpura 2 (Mexico) [es]
Os Anjos do Apocalipse (Portugal) [pt]
Purppuravirrat 2 - Ilmestyskirjan enkelit (Finland) [fi]
Purpurjõed II: maailmalõpu inglid (Estonia) [et]
Rios Vermelhos 2 - Anjos do Apocalipse (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and some language.

Runtime:

100 min | France:97 min | Switzerland:87 min | Argentina:97 min | Mexico:98 min

Country:

France | Italy | UK

Language:

French | German | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

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

Filming Locations:

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Company:

Studio Légende

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Reno get hit, there is a close up view on the machine gun feed belt where we can clearly see that it's blank ammunition they are firing on

Quotes:

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!

Movie Connections:

References Der Schatz im Silbersee (1962)

Soundtrack:

I Wanna Be Your Dog

Book of Revelation Illustrated for the Movie Audience

While many new writers search for bizarre story material as subject for action thrillers, few have looked to the scariest source of all - St John's Book of Revelation from the Bible. So it is from the pen of Luc Besson ('The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc', 'The Transporter', 'La Femme Nikita') adapting a screenplay from the novel 'Les Rivières pourpres' by Jean-Christophe Grangé that we gain some visualization of the predictions of the Apocalyptic end of the world. And it is as scary as you remember from reading the Bible as a child! Commissioner Niemans (Jean Reno) partners with Reda (Benoît Magimel - the hunky fine actor from 'The Piano Teacher' and 'The Flower of Evil') to investigate a series of crucifixions linked to a near secret abbey. Because of the ecclesiastic nature of the murders a church scholar Marie (Camille Natta) is called in to advise and it is with her skills as an expert on Revelation that she teaches Niemans and Reda the meanings of the breaking of the various Seals, the four horsemen, the events leading up to the prophesied end of the world, and provides the intellectual backup to the thriller chase sequences attempting to apprehend the monks posing as Angels of the Apocalypse provided by Niemans and Reda. Add to this mix the fact that the Abbey is connected to the Maginot Line from WW II and that a German entrepreneur Heinrich von Garten (Christopher Lee) has for some odd reason purchased the Abbey for this own secret agenda and all of the ingredients for a edge of the seat suspense movie are in place.

Reno and Magimel make a terrific screen team with just the right amount of humanism and humor to allow some tension relief for he story. The special effects are excellent as is the cinematography and musical score. Yes, there is considerable blood and guts as each of the 'surrogate apostles' is murdered, but the camera doesn't linger longer than necessary to make the point.

The problem with the film is that it runs out of steam in the end and gives the feeling that someone called "Cut" making story end far too abruptly. But other than that this is a fairly interesting enactment of the Biblical prophecy of the Apocalypse, updated (?) for the audiences of today! Grady Harp, May 05