Aug 05
The Lost Boys is perhaps my favorite vampire film of all-time. With that said, the film did NOT need a sequel. It especially didn’t need a terrible sequel. The one positive thing that resulted from ‘The Tribe’ is reassurance that Joel Schumacher’s original was all we needed.
‘Lost Boys: The Tribe’ is an obvious attempt to sucker fans of the original for one final time. Here’s the basic recipe they used to create ‘The Tribe’:
- Replace believable cast with a wretched group of actors.
- Replace epic soundtrack with one of the worst soundtracks ever created.
- Replace good visuals with tacky amateurish ones.
- Stick to the original story, but throw in just enough annoying characters to make it new.
Set out to make a new life for themselves in the surf town of Luna Bay, siblings Chris (Tad Hilgenbrink) and Nicole Emerson (Autumn Reeser) are trying to start their lives over after the death of their parents. Their strategy to accomplish this is to rent a delapidated house, drink as much booze as they can handle and have sex with the first person that comes along. The brother and sister duo is predictable, cliche and boring. Chris meets the “cool” character in the movie Shane (Angus Sutherland), who is supposed to be the hotshot in town and the head of his own vampire tribe. Unfortunately, there’s a reason most of us didn’t even know Kiefer had a half-brother named Angus. His performance was dry, dimwitted and forgettable in every possible way. Eventually the slutty sister Nicole falls under Shane’s spell and becomes nearly undead. Chris teams up with vampire hunter Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman) to combat Shane’s tribe of “suck monkeys.” Feldman’s performance was the complete highlight of the film. It was certainly bad acting at it’s best. It almost seemed like Feldman took the role too seriously, but he at least provided some comedic relief. The rest of the movie isn’t really worth talking about. It’s full of cliche “sex and violence” vampire stuff and as predictable as yesterday’s news. I was hoping we’d get a glance of Corey Haim’s appearance in the film and it’s there right at the end. I wasn’t sure how they’d work him in considering he was cracked out on set and couldn’t remember his lines. At least they got him in there for a quick spot at the end. If you haven’t watched this film, I’d suggest avoiding it. I tend to enjoy low-budget films from time to time, but they brought nothing creative to the table with this one.
One thing I might add to the review is the fact that we may want to simply avoid any film from director P.J. Pesce. He’s about as talented as Uwe Boll. We’re talking about the same director who brought us “Sniper 3″ and “From Dusk Till Dawn 3,” which I assume means his strategy is to bring us terrible sequels. “The Tribe” simply felt pieced together and glazed over with cliche action. It seems like Pesce lacks the ability to stimulate the audience with anything creative. With that said, I am hoping Pesce doesn’t get the chance to ruin the sequel to another good film series. The only possible reason you might want to watch “The Tribe” is if you are a die-hard Feldman fan…
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