Zombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead Reviews

Initial Thought: I just finished the previous film so I could check this one out. It seems to be better received on IMDB. That's a somewhat good sign. It does seem to be yet another ripoff of a few different zombie films this time around. Unfortunately it still has Uwe Boll producing it.

Characters/Acting: I'm not familiar with anyone in this one. It does have the guy that played from the beginning of the previous film as a new character though. Also both of the directors have small roles in this part. I honestly cared nothing at all for the characters here.

Story: Set in the WWII it tells the story of a handful of American soldiers fighting against a horde of zombies created by the Nazis using the prisoners of the camps. It sounds quite a bit like the Outpost films particularly the third one. It also could be compared with the Dead Snow films due to Nazi zombies. This has a pretty slow burn to it. We don't even get any zombies until a little over thirty minutes in. This is already a pretty short movie. The zombies aren't as ridiculous looking as they were in the previous film. It tries to be a bit more gloomy and gritty than it's predecessor. In that regard it does pass. On the other hand it really fails at being even remotely interesting. It barely even has gore. You must be kidding me with that ending! It made absolutely no sense!

Directing/Writing: Luca Boni and Marco Ristori return to direct and write their sequel. I wasn't too impressed with my first run in with these guys, but I am giving them another chance. Hopefully it isn't as influenced by Uwe Boll as the first one was. Well it doesn't seem like he influenced this one. In fact it was way too boring and not enough of the cheese to consider itself even close to his productions. They made it really boring by making it all gloomy and taking all the cheese out.

Final Thought: That was really boring! I guess they wanted to prove their dramatic capabilities. Well they ended up failing hard. This was even more atrocious than the first one. They couldn't keep my attention whatsoever. This series should be avoided by any means.