If you watched Warm Bodies and thought to yourself,
"that has to be the lamest zombie movie ever," do I have a news flash
for you. YA has outdone itself again,
taking a true horror concept and
transforming it into a watered down adventure farce that plagiarizes the ideas
of every other novel focused on the pre-teen demographic with CGI effects
literally hacked from the CPUs of the I am Legend crew. The gang is back, running away from WCKD,
but this time in an apocalyptic landscape rather than a ridiculously convoluted
maze test. And while we are on topic;
really guys, let's just go ahead and name the villains straight out
wicked. I mean, forget about ambiguity
or creativity. Why the hell not, the
audience you're aiming for is not actually looking for a mental stretch. Our heroes
are pursued by the forces that held them captive in the first movie, along with
some Mad Max rejects and a host of the goofiest looking undead you may ever
see. The effects are so bad they almost
parody themselves. With acting stale
enough to rival its predecessor and a consistent dose of unrealistic action;
this second go round outdoes the first
for all the wrong reasons. The good news
there will be a third and final installment, so we can all hope the world truly
ends before that. 0 out of 5 Kernels;
another utterly un-aMazing film by Wes Ball.
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