Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Heislegend This is what happens when you make a switch from James Woods to Jon Bon Jovi and make a story considerably less interesting. Don't get me wrong; this isn't by any means a terrible movie. It just lacks a lot of the things the first movie had. Primarily a Baldwin brother. Seriously though, I've not in love with James Woods as an actor by any stretch of the imagination. He does, however, possess a certain smart-ass bravado that made him a really good fit for the first movie. Squeaky clean Jon Bon Jovi, try as he might, does not possess that quality and the movie suffers a bit for it.Basically this is standard vampire flick fare with some (very) tenuous connections to the first film. It tries hard, but I can't help but feel like it's kind a rip off of the first movie, which is kind of weird since the the same people produced it. It's basically a pale version of the whole vampires who want to go out in the sun motif. Fair enough, but you've seen it done to death and you've seen it done better. Except unlike the last movie we largely ditch the mysterious black cross in favor of some unnamed medication that works but only for a short while. Snore.All in all it's not a bad movie, it's just a disappointment, especially when viewed right after the first. It gets some points for decent gore, but falls short of the original there as well. When all is said and done it's not a bad movie really...it's just not up to par with the first one which I happened to really like. Not a terrible way to kill an hour and a half of your day, though.

S-Reisner The acting isn't great, but who cares??? acting is bad in like every movie these days. The only problem i really had with this movie is that the vampires could walk during the day after they performed a ceremony or something which didn't exactly make any sense. I thought the weapon Jon Bon Jovi used in the beginning was awkward, but original (a pistol that shoots stakes, it looks weird) but the rest of the movie isn;t really bad. I liked the vampire scene in the church when they use the spears to kill the vampires. The plot is weird and doesn't go along with other vampire movies, but i managed, I say you just check this film out not expecting the best, its not the best, but its not the worst either.

mikeygraycar This "Debuted" today on the SciFi channel and all I can say is "I am speechless" I taped it today so I could watch it tonight after work. I had high hopes, Now I am tearing apart the closets looking for a length of rope so I can hang myself. Possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. I wish I could say something nice like "It was fun to make fun of this movie" but this movie is giving me nothing to work with. I know you are not supposed to post spoilers here with out prior warning but I am going to anyway "This movie sucks" There I said it! They should show this flick to film students to show them what NOT to do! My nine year old niece could make a better film. The only decent thing about this film is the sound and/or sound track. OH! I just found a rusty C-clamp in my old tool box. I am going to put it on the thumb of my left hand and tighten it until the pain erases the memory of what my eyes have seen. I could just tape over this VHS but I think I will burn it in the fire pit instead. I could wash with soap but I fear I will never be clean again. Christmas is coming. Buy this movie and give it to people you hate. -Mike

drewfountain OK - the cast starts over from the first episode. The casting director must have been heavily sedated when casting Jon Bon Jovi for the lead role. Despite this, the movie turns out better than expected. Carpenter still uses shadows/darkness well for foreshadowing, but the plot line runs closer to "Fright night" than the (more worthy) first installment of Vampires. Some of the subplots, and dialog is actually humorous. There's a gratuitous sex scene, and a little violence, but only a shadow of the presence of the first movie. The sequel is not nearly as deplorable as some of the "slasher flick" sequels, but like "evil dead" or "army of darkness", this movie has (accidental) elements of humor.