From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Scott Spiegel

Writers (WGA):

Scott Spiegel (story) &
Boaz Yakin (story) ...

Release Date:

16 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

More people are turned into vampires as they go around spreading their evil satanic hate.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Mexico | Snake | Safecracker | Policewoman Killing

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Robert Patrick	...	Buck
Bo Hopkins	...	Sheriff Lawson
Duane Whitaker	...	Luther
Muse Watson	...	C.W.
Brett Harrelson	...	Ray Bob
Raymond Cruz	...	Jesus
Danny Trejo	...	Razor Eddie
James Parks	...	Deputy McGraw
Stacie Bourgeois	...	Marcy
Maria Checa	...	Lupe
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Pam (as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen)
Bruce Campbell	...	Barry
Terry Norton	...	Teri Harper
Lara Bye	...	Motel Clerk
Joe Virzi	...	Victor

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

88 min | Argentina:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | Ireland:(Banned) | Ireland:18 (re-rating) (2004) | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Singapore:R21 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

A Band Apart

Trivia:

Cameo: [Bob Murawski]The movie's editor also plays Victor, the vampire who is shot by Luther at the side of the road.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When one of the vampires are thrown on the horn (mounted on the grill of the Cadillac), one of the horns move with the body, revealing it is not attached to the car, but to the clothing of the actor.

Quotes:

Bucky: Would you mind takin' that knife outa my leg?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in My Name Is Bruce (2007)

Soundtrack:

Spanish Kiss

Fun Movie - But Where's The Plot?

I only caught the "edited" version on Sci-Fi Channel, but must admit that I found this to be a mildly entertaining film. It takes a basic ideas (vampires robbing a bank) and goes with it and runs.

The problem is that that's really all there is, and there's not much running track. Like the original, it tries to stay "reality" grounded as a caper flick, but given this is a shorter movie, this goes on _way_ too long before you actually get to vampires.

Once we get the first guy bit by a vampire, it moves along to "vampires rob a bank" and "vampires shoot it out with police." But...that's really about it. The writers seemed to have run out of ideas, and so we just get interminable variations on these two basic ideas. There is no real climax - the vampire bad guys are subsequently interchangeable, and the only really competent one (Jesus) gets killed before the formerly-dimwitted one. The ending is just one big shootout, prolonged by a convenient solar eclipse. Which is another pointless plot point - if you want vampires to be in the darkness, just keep them in darkness and have the sun come up normally. Adding the solar eclipse does nothing here. It's stuff like this which suggests the writers didn't know quite what they were doing.

As for the Raimi-esque POV shots, a little goes a long way - something that Scott Spiegel should have learned from the master. It's kinda fun the first twenty times, but after that...

Overall, I'd recommend it if you can catch it on the cheap. It's no classic, but it's mildly amusing.