Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse

{{Infobox film

| name = Crimson Rivers II:
Angels of the Apocalypse

| image = Crimson Rivers II DVD cover.jpg

| caption = French theatrical release poster

| director = Olivier Dahan

| producer = Ilan Goldman

| writer = Luc Besson

| starring = Jean Reno
Benoît Magimel
Christopher Lee
Camille Natta

| music = Colin Towns

| cinematography = Alex Lamarque

| editing = Richard Marizy

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| distributor = EuropaCorp Distribution (France)
Filmauro (Italy)
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (United Kingdom)

| released = {{Film date|2004|02|18|France|2004|03|26|Italy|df=y}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = France
Italy
United Kingdom

| language = French
German
Italian

| budget = €23.8 million{{Cite web |date=1 March 2006 |title=Les coûts de production des films en 2005 |url=https://www.cnc.fr/documents/36995/155397/Les+co%C3%BBts+de+production+des+films+en+2005.pdf/da32f9e9-fc5b-3fab-698b-89e0f54bd50c?t=1532440979641 |website=CNC |page=40 |language=fr |access-date=24 April 2024 |archive-date=24 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424153757/https://www.cnc.fr/documents/36995/155397/Les+co%C3%BBts+de+production+des+films+en+2005.pdf/da32f9e9-fc5b-3fab-698b-89e0f54bd50c?t=1532440979641 |url-status=live }}

| gross = $55.8 million{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1063|title=Les Rivières pourpres 2, Les Anges de l'Apocalypse (Crimson Rivers 2) (2004)|website=Jpbox-office.com|access-date=29 September 2017|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828143908/http://jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1063|url-status=live}}

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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 wasn't creatively-involved in the sequel; instead, the movie was written by Luc Besson, whose company EuropaCorp also co-produced this movie.

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.