Only through positive word-of-mouth (following cable TV and broadcast airings, and then video releases) did the film do well - although its original reception at the box-office was lukewarm.Stickel reminded Ethan: "We don""t even know what this thing is, and you""re talking about handing it over to a guy who provides terrorists with information.He was again attacked and badly wounded by Evelyn.After being slashed numerous times, he punched her in the jaw, sending her through both he balcony window and the wooden railing and plunging her to her death, down a rocky cliff and into the ocean far below.[Jonathan shouted out the final hieroglyphic word for stork to help Alex, a repeat of the same scene between Jonathan and Evelyn in the first film.Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile."Adam forgave Cal for destroying the ice, but couldn""t understand Cal""s motive: "Was it vengeance? Anger? Fear that I would punish you for not coming home last night? What was it?" When Cal wouldn""t provide a satisfactory answer, Adam antagonistically instructed his son to read from an appropriate Bible passage to learn a lesson and acknowledge his sins and iniquities - Psalm 32, beginning at verse 5 through verse 7:Verse 5: "I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid.