What a treat... the direct to DVD sequel market is alive and well! I have no energy to do 3 separate reviews for these flicks, so were going to do one quick post covering all of them.
First up:
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead- You know, this one wasn't all that bad; it was pretty well made, having a budget that you can actually see in the production; the story was decent although nothing we haven't seen a hundred times before; Nikki Aycox looked hot; overall, I wasn't as angry/disappointed as I though I'd be.
That being said, decent is about all this movie gets to be called. I hate these types of horror movies; annoying tween characters get themselves into horrible situations because they're morons, and once in said situations, they continue to act so illogically, that by the end I can help but say "Please kill them" out loud to my TV. Seriously, if 4 asshole kids broke into my house, and stole my mint condition classic muscle car, and I would have hunted them down too.
This movie is one of those that I can take or leave; a fun watch, decent movie, but after all is said and done, it's painfully average.
C Rent it before you but it.
Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds- Is this movie trying to be the Devil's Rejects? It sure is f'd up and bloody enough, but try as hard as it does, I'm not buying into the whole Tarantino-esque thing they're going for here. Where the first one was fresh and quirky enough to work for me, this on seems like it's trying to over stylize and out quirk the first...
I really liked the first one, as imperfect as it was, because it was good in many ways. Part 2 was just as bad in many ways.
C- I've seen worse, but this one is nothing to get excited about.
Pulse 2: Afterlife- Is this what The Weinsteins (producers on this one) have come to? Wow, this movie sucked so bad that you can clearly see the use of green screen going on, which is nearly the whole running time. What a mess. Poor CGI, lame plot, lame acting, and of course, the ever ball-sucking-lame "Jump scare" ending!
What is the point of this movie? Was there a clamoring by the masses to see a continuation of the first Pulse (Which was a remake by the way, and mediocre at best), or did the story just beg to be told once more? Ugh. Pointless, pointless, pointless.
D- Watch this if you have shitty taste, otherwise, do yourself a favor and watch something else.
