Review – Return of the Living Dead 2

Cinemax cheated me. The guide said this was going to be Return of the Living Dead, but instead they served up this sequel. The first one was a minor classic of the zombie genre, but this one is little more than a mix of some of the elements and most of the cast (surprising, considering their characters tended not to survive to the end) from number one with an oh-too-kid-intensive story. Some of the makeup effects aren’t too bad, or at least they’re no worse than the first go-around. It’s just that the film-makers appear to be making fun of the genre and thumbing their noses at anyone who enjoyed part one. That sort of left me wondering who they thought the audience would be, not that anyone who makes an R-rated movie with a pre-teen protagonist is giving much thought to marketing. See if desperate