Gabriel's Inferno: Part Two

Why this has such a huge score - yes, its slightly better than the first one, but oh boy!! This movie is so shallow, the story is so well known and boring at this point. There is no acting whatsoever, everything is poorly made and then I see this score. The first one was a pain to watch, actually the books were also borderline fantasy with this stupid good virgin poor girl/ sexy rich bad boy stereotype and they were hard to be read, also I am a fan of the genre. This is getting ridiculous.

I've never read the books, but stumbled across the very first movie in the series: Gabriel's Inferno.

I decided to watch the whole story, and after the first 3 films, they become very repetitive, using the same shots/scene set ups. The lighting and cinematography at times is not very flattering for the lead (Julia). Gabriel at times sounds like he is mumbling his lines.

Some scenes could've been left on the cutting room floor during editing. The direction and writing has become stale & stagnant. Overall it's a boring story, poorly executed.

Before I start my review I just want to let people know that the original Gabriel's Inferno movie was initially over 5 hours long because the book it was based on is very long, so in order to reduce the run-time, they had to cut the movie into 3 separate parts, part 1 was released in May 2020 and part 2 was released on July 31, part 3 finishes the story of the first book and was released in November 2020. So parts 1, 2 and 3 are basically just 1 whole movie cut into 3 parts and they are all based on the first book of the Gabriel's Inferno series.

Now to my review, I loved part 1 but it pales compared to part 2, while part 1 mainly introduced the characters and very slow-paced, the story continues in part 2 and this is when the relationship between the main characters Gabriel and Julia really intensifies and becomes a lot more passionate and intimate and romantic. There is not much story to part 2 other than watching the 2 characters finding each other again and falling in love with each other, part 2 is a lot more passionate and erotic and sensual because of the intensity of their relationship and a lot more romantic compared to part 1. While I thought the acting was not bad and the chemistry between the actors was good in part 1, but the acting and chemistry really elevated to new heights in part 2, the acting improves in part 2 and the chemistry between Giulio and Melanie is incredible! I can really feel the deep love they have for each other in every scene with them!

Wow! I watched this, and just like Part One. I barely made it through the whole thing. I'm sorry, but now that I've seen both movies... was there no other way of simplifying it? EVERYTHING in the book kinda made it into the movie. I get that Passionflix is trying to have the reader experience the book on screen, but simplifying it would've MAYBE made this movie a bit better. Or I'm just giving it too much credit. All I have to say is watch at your own risk if you hate cringe!

The second part is absolutely sublime and always faithful to the book. The beginning of Gabriel and Julia's love story is magnificent to look at and totally in the spirit of the book.