Opening: Darth Vader confronted by a furious Derek Vinyard.
After that, there’s the “intro” – more buyable than in part 1 and better acted but just as “who cares?” because the whole point is “pop in the tapes”. And they do:
Movie 1: Guy gets an eye implant and then starts seeing people that shouldn’t be there. That’s basically it until near the end, when a girl he’d seen before at the hospital comes to his door. And some other stuff happens. Paranormal-ish and kinda creepy, but derivative and unnecessary.
Movie 2: Interesting…and Problematic.
It’s an inventive short zombie movie. It’s very gory but it’s also well-made and well-acted. The makeup and FX are convincing. It’s intelligent and has a sense of timing (even though one bit is off, IMPO). It explores zombie endurance, behavior and “relation” in somewhat-original fashion. To paraphrase Roger Corby: “It even has a (dark and twisted) sense of humor.”
It also comes VERY close to (in my eyes) crossing the boundary between “tasteless” and “offensive” near the end, when I think to myself “No way…” when presented with two soon-to-be convergent scenes.
The fact that I am reviewing it in depth (and positively) goes to show that a) In my opinion, it does not cross that line and b) it was well-made enough to make me FEEL, and THINK about that, and my review, with serious and somewhat disturbed emotions.
Only interesting bit after movie 2: waiting for the name of movie 2 in the credits after suffering through 3 and 4. It turns out to be ‘A Ride In The Park’, directed by Eduardo Sanchez and another old pro from ‘Blair Witch’.
So (hopefully) no new careers being jump-started here.
Basically I recommend you watch 2 and maybe the intro+1 if you don’t feel like skipping forward.
Grade: D+