"How does dissecting it make any sense?"
Sloppy Seconds? Sloppy film. I am a huge fan of the first Feast movie, which proved to be an unexpected treat - a taut, claustrophobic under-seige movie that trod a fine line between real horror and moments of comedy, with a credible mix of characters and some clever narrative shocks. The trailer for Feast II showed that lightning was not striking twice, but the resulting film hurtles between being interesting, incoherent, offensive, inventive and quite frankly unhinged. Once past a rather long introduction to all the (stock) characters, in the style of Smokin' Aces, the action then hits a brisk stride, opening out the bar/diner scenario of the first film to a full-on small-town field of action here and creating a greater range of situations and the crucial ability to separate characters. Unfortunately, with a lot of unforgiving daylight action, the men-in-monster-suits creatures are not convincing, although the attacks are suitably gruesome. In this entry in the franchise, everything seems to have been thrown in to please some element of the horror audience, from surprisingly realistic ultra-violence to gross-out bodily-functions gags. The attempt to link the events and characters of this film to the earlier one does occasionally work effectively, particularly in the early part of the film, although the narrative runs out of steam half-way through before picking up again for the outrageous finale. Feast II is gaining a reputation for a particular scene in the second half of the film involving a baby, which is not only beyond outrageous but is also utterly extraordinary to behold and not for the faint-hearted. Yet this scene is perhaps the key to Feast II - it is a low-budget mess, made with bags of enthusiasm but with sufficient polish and creativity to make it watchable, and with the clear intention of simply entertaining horror fans with very broad minds who applaud the intention rather than the execution. Still, it's not every day you get to see a gang of lesbian-biker-chicks battling a horde of carnivorous beasts.....such is the magic of the movies.
Sloppy Seconds? Sloppy film. I am a huge fan of the first Feast movie, which proved to be an unexpected treat - a taut, claustrophobic under-seige movie that trod a fine line between real horror and moments of comedy, with a credible mix of characters and some clever narrative shocks. The trailer for Feast II showed that lightning was not striking twice, but the resulting film hurtles between being interesting, incoherent, offensive, inventive and quite frankly unhinged. Once past a rather long introduction to all the (stock) characters, in the style of Smokin' Aces, the action then hits a brisk stride, opening out the bar/diner scenario of the first film to a full-on small-town field of action here and creating a greater range of situations and the crucial ability to separate characters. Unfortunately, with a lot of unforgiving daylight action, the men-in-monster-suits creatures are not convincing, although the attacks are suitably gruesome. In this entry in the franchise, everything seems to have been thrown in to please some element of the horror audience, from surprisingly realistic ultra-violence to gross-out bodily-functions gags. The attempt to link the events and characters of this film to the earlier one does occasionally work effectively, particularly in the early part of the film, although the narrative runs out of steam half-way through before picking up again for the outrageous finale. Feast II is gaining a reputation for a particular scene in the second half of the film involving a baby, which is not only beyond outrageous but is also utterly extraordinary to behold and not for the faint-hearted. Yet this scene is perhaps the key to Feast II - it is a low-budget mess, made with bags of enthusiasm but with sufficient polish and creativity to make it watchable, and with the clear intention of simply entertaining horror fans with very broad minds who applaud the intention rather than the execution. Still, it's not every day you get to see a gang of lesbian-biker-chicks battling a horde of carnivorous beasts.....such is the magic of the movies.
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