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this film has a bad rep but its not bad.
i bought it on a whim at a store closing. i expected it to be another story based on the same idea; bunch o' vamps come to a town and eat everyone. that'd be typical. instead this picks up where the first one left off.
the main character here is stella, the cops wife in the first movie. she's been trying, unsuccessfully, to get people to believe her 'survivor tale'. but people laugh at her instead. now in LA, a vigilantly group of 3 other survivors get her to join them and the fight is on. their mission is to kill lilith; the puppet master vamp.
thats the story in a nutshell. there are numerous problems in the film which will annoy some watchers. for instance, they all carelessly roam around at night despite knowing what could happen. call it resignation or suicidal...i'll buy it. but take another for instance; nearly every time they go to fight there is at best a very weak plan for doing so, and things always go wrong. these 4 with guns are far more likely to shot themselves than accomplish anything. by the end they've all died....yes i've given away the ending but honestly its one of the dumbest moments of the film...and betrays the first film in doing so. you'll watch it, you'll see, and you'll agree.
despite its faults its a entertaining film. there are too many moments, especially in the first half that are spent panning the camera around with long languishing ambiance. so much so in fact that it begins to show that its filler and nothing more. the acting isn't grand but its not bad...and is far better once they get into some actual story.
while its not great, and lacks the depth and punch of the original. its a good addition. a post script of sorts.
(6/10)
ps; the more i think about this movie the more i hate it. best not to think about it relating to the original at all.
6/10
