A
former gang member named Buck (Robert
Patrick) spots that his leader Luther
(Duane Whitaker) has escaped from prison
and gets Buck to try and round up his
gang.
When this happens Sheriff Lawson (Bo
Hopkins) isn't happy and tries to
forcefully question Buck about any
information on him.
Afterwards,
Buck meets up with his other partner
named Jesus (Raymond Cruz) to tell him
the news of their leader to try and get
the gang going again and so they inform
the rest Luther tries to get the gang to
meet them at the El Coyote Motel in
Mexico but while Luther is on his way
there his car is hit by a big bat and
won't start so he walks to the Titty
Twister to try to get some help where he
meets up with the bartender Razor Eddie
(Danny Trejo) and gets a ride from him.
However, when Razor Eddie finds out about
the bat that Luther hit, he turns back.
The bat is actually his friend Victor.
Victor and Razor Eddie eventually subdue
Luther and turn him into a vampire.
Meanwhile
at the motel with all of them watching
porn, Luther eventually makes it to there
but he has changed in some way that Jesus
has noticed and is attacked.
The
five of them head off to Bravos to rob
the Banco Bravos. One by one the gang
gets bitten and turned into vampires
themselves except for Buck who becomes
allies with Lawson to try and battle it
out with the gang until sunrise.
Although this
sequel doesn't meet up to the original
it's still alot of fun to watch with good
cheesy action involved in it.
It's taken in a different direction
alltogether with a different type of
scheme but so what??? Some people diss it
cause it has to do with vampires robbing
a bank but I found it was done in good
taste alltogether.
It has some good performances by some
familiar faces and some descent special
effects too.
The acting is in
good taste if I don't say so myself. Robert
Patrick seems to show alot of effort
on his part as one of the head gang
members trying to surivive being bitten
by a vampire as he proves worthy as a
character actor than just his role in
Terminator 2.
However this time, Bo Hopkins
didn't seem to impress me with his role
as a tough sheriff as he seemed to have
lost his touch.
Duane Whitaker lived to play the
head gang member turned into a vampire as
he struts his stuff wonderfully as well
as adding the odd wit and some terror
too. He stood out the most in the film
showing perfect chracteristic's too.
Raymond Cruz is another good one
showing rough expressions as one of the
gang members and brings his point across
wonderfully with his words.
Of course we have a good cameo appearance
during the beginning of the film by Bruce
Campbell who is quite charming in
his part.
Tiffany Amber Thiessen however
seemed to have lacked a bit in her role
and it looks a little embarrassing.
There's the odd
stripper in a club are topless dancing.
There is a brief breast and butt shot
performed by Playboy playmate Maria
Checa during a lustful scene as well
as walking in a shower.
A corpse in an
elevator is badly bitten
Bloody gun shots
People being bitten
Vampires start to melt with their eyes
popping out and skin shrivelling up
A decapitated head flies out onto the
road of police cars.
Vampires being stabbed in the heart or
stabbed by sharp objects
Scott Spiegal seemed
to almost do the trick with the beginning
of the film on Bruce Campbell
and Tiffany Amber Thiessen having
a dialogue together in an elevator. There
is a good shot on Campbell
looking up from above the roof of an
elevator and a nice shot on some bats
flying down.
However Thiessen is phony with
her screaming when the bats come in and
invade the elevator but the shots looked
suspenseful.
We have a scene with Bo Hopkins
smacking Robert Patrick around
trying to get answers from him but it
looks a little slacking.
We spot a perfect outside dialogue
between Patrick and Raymond
Cruz discussing their leaders return
and forming their gang again which looked
quite believeable.
The setting at the motel with all actors Cruz,
Patrick, Watson and Brett
Harrelson watching porn on TV all
looked natural with their mocking
comments.
There is a nice shot on Duane
Whitaker driving at night in the
desert and then reacts greatly after he
realises that he hit something. There is
a nice shot on Whitaker trying
to look at the front of his car engine to
see what is wrong as well as a great
jumping moment when a bat is about to
attack him as he's great panicking and
trying to get his gun out.
We spot a nice battle scene between Whitaker
against supporting actors Danny Trejo
and Joe Virzi as vampires which
was packed with a bit of action and
suspense as well as a great shot on a
vehicle turning around in circles during
the end of this scene.
There's a nice shot on supporting actress
Maria Checa taking a shower and
then a bat attacks her as her screaming
is not too bad. There's a good shot on
the shower curtain with her behind it
while being attacked as well as
afterwards when she is about to collapse
in pain.
Whitaker does well surpsrising Cruz
with his appearance at the hotel and
there are many shots on him in scene's
showing his vampire expressions ready to
attack.
A nice shot on Cruz close up in
a bathroom and then Checa rising
from the bathtub about to attack on her
prey.
There's a nice scene between Muse
Watson and Whitaker at a
bank planning to rob it. A good shot on Watson
opening the door to a safe as well as the
camera spinning on him while trying to
open it. Whitaker does well not
reacting too well when the door is shaped
like a crucifix. When he is about to
reveal himself as a vampire, Watson
is great at panicking by taking out his
gun and shooting.
Patrick was great making two sticks
look like a crucifix walking through some
smoke at the bank with many shots on
actors like Whitaker, Cruz and
Watson about to attack but backing
off after spotting the crossed sticks.
A perfect shot on all four actors Whitaker,
Cruz, Watson and
Harrelson poitning their guns and
rifles out in front of the bank and
firing with menacing vampire looks to
them as well as great shots on police
cars exploding and the bit part actors as
policemen flying in the air.
A good look with Whitaker and
Cruz by having a showdown with Patrick
and Hopkins.
A perfect dialogue between Hopkins
and Patrick during the end of
the movie about why the vampires would
rob a bank etc.
The music composed by
Joseph Williams has some adventurous
violing playing and other sorts but
however it isn't too noticeable.
We do get a great
soundtrack by artist Dick Dale
in which his music was also used in many
Tarrantino flicks giving each one
that was used a perfect touch.
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