It becomes hard to get impressed when you wandered the dark corners of the zombie genre. After watching so many zombie movies, I think the zombie encyclopedia got exhausted. In the end, to me, most great zombie movies come down to the storyline evolving behind the gruesome fact than necessarily the zombies and any cool stuff they can do.
With such an infamous title, and taking his predecessor into account, I wasn't expecting much from House of the Dead 2 (2005). Good decision.
House of the Dead 2 (2005) takes place after the events of House of the Dead (2003), which is surprising. The movie is so different that you need to pay attention to realize that.
Some recurring characters from the first movie are back here, which makes no sense. Notably, because they were clearly dead to me.
The AMS agency is a Government group specialized in the undead. It seems the AMS agency already existed before the events of the first movie. This is also nonsense. And it begs the question: how come a special agency that deals with the undead have not made a special combat suit yet? They just go around with their body exposed, screaming "bite me!" Ludicrous.
Speaking of nonsense, the scientists are looking for the first generation of zombies to get a sample of their blood. The idea is that only the blood from the first generation can provide a suitable cure. OK, nothing new here, but they clearly get the sample from dead zombies to test if they are from the first generation. Why not do that all the time? Nope, eventually, they try to get the zombie's blood when they are still alive and kicking, posing a serious threat.
The climactic event is laughable. I can imagine the people portraying the zombies holding their laugh. I know the producers were trying to build tension, but the event was lame. The zombies are just holding the main characters without trying to bite them. The zombies were clearly ferocious beasts a while ago, so why are they just holding them now? Cringy.
Expected plot-twists add nothing to the story. You know what is lurking after every scene.
I would only recommend it if you are a die-hard fan of zombie movies and if you are on a quest to watch trash.
I'll give it a 3 because, at least, you want to know the ending.
With such an infamous title, and taking his predecessor into account, I wasn't expecting much from House of the Dead 2 (2005). Good decision.
House of the Dead 2 (2005) takes place after the events of House of the Dead (2003), which is surprising. The movie is so different that you need to pay attention to realize that.
Some recurring characters from the first movie are back here, which makes no sense. Notably, because they were clearly dead to me.
The AMS agency is a Government group specialized in the undead. It seems the AMS agency already existed before the events of the first movie. This is also nonsense. And it begs the question: how come a special agency that deals with the undead have not made a special combat suit yet? They just go around with their body exposed, screaming "bite me!" Ludicrous.
Speaking of nonsense, the scientists are looking for the first generation of zombies to get a sample of their blood. The idea is that only the blood from the first generation can provide a suitable cure. OK, nothing new here, but they clearly get the sample from dead zombies to test if they are from the first generation. Why not do that all the time? Nope, eventually, they try to get the zombie's blood when they are still alive and kicking, posing a serious threat.
The climactic event is laughable. I can imagine the people portraying the zombies holding their laugh. I know the producers were trying to build tension, but the event was lame. The zombies are just holding the main characters without trying to bite them. The zombies were clearly ferocious beasts a while ago, so why are they just holding them now? Cringy.
Expected plot-twists add nothing to the story. You know what is lurking after every scene.
I would only recommend it if you are a die-hard fan of zombie movies and if you are on a quest to watch trash.
I'll give it a 3 because, at least, you want to know the ending.