The first film is good fun, while the second film was awful, but that didn't stop them making another made-for-TV sequel, even when they were forced to replace original lead actor Andrew Divoff. Basically, once again the fire opal is found, inside a hidden compartment of a strange box, and it is rubbed by university student Diana Collins (Final Destination 2's A.J. Cook). Following this, the Djinn (John Novak) trapped inside the jewel is released. The evil creature first encounters Professor Joel Barash (Jason Connery, Sean's son), and he offers to grant him anything he wishes for. The professor wishes to be loved by two of the most beautiful women, and in moments, two She Demons (Ruth Dubuisson and Angela Jackson) appear. However, after undressing and pleasuring him, they soon turn vicious and start biting him, and he is killed. The Djinn removes the face of the dead professor and is able to steal his identity. Wanting to find Diana, who freed him, the disguised Djinn visits university secretary Mrs. Kauflan (Muriel Hogue) to access Diana's file, she declines to do so. The secretary being bored of paperwork wishes for "files to burn up", her wish is granted, but it is her that is burned to death. The Djinn takes Diana's student file in an effort to find her and force her to make her three wishes, and, upon the granting of the third, release his hellish army upon the Earth. Diana realises there is something strange about Professor Barash and does everything she can to avoid him. She goes to a church for safety, but the Djinn is already there disguised as a priest. Diana's friend Anne (Daniella Evangelista), who is now the "professor's Teaching Assistant" makes the wish of "wanting to lose a little weight", to which she pukes up her guts in pain. Diana uses her first wish for her to stop having pain, the Djinn grants her wish, killing Anne. Wanting to find a way to stop or kill the Djinn, Diana uses her second wish to summon the archangel Michael, who was about to enter her body, but possesses the body of her boyfriend Greg Janson (Tobias Mehler). Michael and the Djinn fight, with the Djinn almost winning, until Michael and Diana escape to a theatre. Whilst trying to follow them, the Djinn (as the professor) encounters student Elinor Smith (Emmanuelle Vaugier) who makes a move on hi. Wanting him to seduce her, she wishes he would "break her heart", he takes this literally and kills her. Next, the Djinn goes to Diana's room and meets her friend Billy Matthews (Aaron Smolinski). Billy refuses to help him and tells the Djinn to "blow him", so the Djinn blows his body onto the head of a wooden bull on the wall, piercing him with its horns and killing him. Diana eventually returns and the Djinn threatens to hurt her friend Katie York (Louisette Geiss) unless she makes her third wish. Michael arrives and tells her that she can kill the Djinn, giving her the sword to do so, but she is not ready to use it, and it burns her arm, which Michael heals. Katie happens to find Billy's body and is pursued by the Djinn into a science room. After tricking her, Katie wishes for "a place to hide", and he sticks her head into a cage of lab rat, that bite her head and kill her. A second battle between Michael and the Djinn ensues, during which the Djinn's hand is cut off by the sword, but it grows back. Michael escapes with Diana in a car, but the Djinn jumps onto its roof and tries to hurt them. Diana is able to cause the Djinn to fall off, but also flips the car, mimicking the car accident that killed her parents years ago. In the end, Diana is tired of running and believes that if she kills herself, the Djinn will not get her third wish and cannot release his army of evil. Diana attempts suicide, jumping from the roof of a building, but the Djinn stops her from doing so. However, she gains the ability to wield Michael's sword, allowing her to kill the Djinn, and they fall from the building together. Michael heals Diana before returning to Heaven, the Djinn vanishes after being defeated, and Greg is returned to normal, and Diana declares her love for him. Also starring Kate Yacula as Young Diana, Rick Skene as Ted Collins, and Jan Skene as Mary Collins. Connery is slightly lame as the villain in human form, Cook is okay as the leading heroine, and Novak is nowhere near as good as Divoff. The few special effects are silly, the make-up for Novak is daft, the story and script are ridiculous, and there are hardly any twisted wishes, most of the film is filler chat in between, the only bit that got my attention was the two gorgeous demon women with their tops off, apart from that, a completely pointless and boring fantasy horror. Poor!
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