This is because at no point does the audience feel like the actions in the movie mean anything. That and House of the Dead 2 is still boring. except it's slightly confused on exactly how to get to camp-land. Like I said, everything is in place for House of the Dead 2 to be a great campy film. But yes, they find the chalk-board so they can outline (NFL game plan style) the single stupidest plan they could have possibly conceived. It has characters who are laughably unaware of their environment, making statements like "we can't get through the air vent on this side" nevermind the plethora of materials in the background that would make great make-shift tools. I'll give the film the benefit of the doubt and inform the reader that House of the Dead 2 intends to be campy, but apparently it doesn't know how to get there. It's painfully apparent that this was a micro budget production. From the camera setups, to the pacing, to the sets, to the lighting, to the locations, to the editing, to the music every aspect of this film droned on with the intensity of a metronome. The majority of the film is irritatingly cliché and flat out uninteresting. Beyond the moments described above, there's only a handful of other entertaining points (zombie football, anyone?). Although, bear in mind, I'm making it sound more interesting than it really is. It felt like something out of that Playstation game, "Nightmare Creatures." The zombies would stagger, Romero style, and then on cue run in and rip the guns from the good guys hands. These zombies were well, trained, ladies and gentlemen. ![]() I personally loved how proficient these zombies where at knocking guns from the main character's hands. Although, it does have a few moments that arise to the Boll standard of "what the hell?" Such as when our hero smears zombie guts all over his body so the zombies can't identify him as living, which leads to the only scene in the film (or any zombie film) where we see Zombies sniffing around. House of the Dead 2 is just a dud that falls over. Tragic? Yes, but highly entertaining in a sick twisted way. It was like watching a horrible fireworks accident that set Uwe Boll on fire, and he ran around in circles with sparks and flames and pretty colors going everywhere. I'm reluctant to inform the reader that House of the Dead 2 is an improvement over the first film because that implies that HotD2 is a more enjoyable experience.
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