Vacancy 2: The First Cut
Sub-Genre- Survival Horror
In Attendance- I'm all alone.
Cast Members of Note- Agnes Bruckner.
What's it about?- A bunch of creepy hicks decide to rig their crappy motel up to videotape murders, because the $ is just too good to pass up? Huh? Since when is the snuff market big dollar? I barely sold 12 copies of "This is where your daughter went!"... Forget I said that.
Lucky for the creepy motel maniacs, three dumb unsuspecting victims show up, and the game is on! Dumb neighbors, lack of police, the inability to run like hell... all of these things spell one thing for our poor victims... WTF?
I won't ruin the ending here, because I know you can probably reason it out for yourself, but I will say that the end made very little logical sense.
The Good- The direct to video market for part 2's that has recently given us sequels to Pulse, Joy Ride and Feast, continues to underwhelm with Vacancy 2. Again, as with the others, this movie isn't horribly made, overly ridiculous, or anger-inducingly stupid... it actually doesn't evoke much of any emotion from the audience, and that's the issue.
I can see a 14 year old being creeped out, or maybe wowed by the violence here, but anyone who has seen more that 20 horror movies in their lifetime is likely to be bored to death. The original was pretty good too for the most part. Such a shame.
The Bad- Are people in these movies ever going to realize that they cant just act however they want, whenever they want? Am I crazy for thinking people could use a little more common sense in obvious situations?
The Downright Horrendous- Why are white people so stupid in horror movies? The Black guy says "We need to run" but the white chick feels the need to bang on windows, make noise, and announce to everyone within a mile radius that she really wants to die. Ugh.
The Gory- A decent hooker stabbing, another brutal stabbing (no hooker involved), shotgun violence... this movie doesn't really lack in the use of the red stuff.
The Naked- Of course not. Why would a b-grade horror movie have random boobs in it?
Best Line- Meh...
What did we learn?- Let's just be honest; no one feels bad when stupid people die... they need to go. Also, if a guy lays a tarp over the bed and asks you to lay down, run.
Rating- D+ This movie just doesn't offer much... I've seen everything here before, and done much more effectively. I'm not necessarily calling this movie really bad as much as I'm saying it's just not that good. Rent it, skip it... it wont matter much either way.
Final Thoughts- Exactly. NO (more) VACANCY!
