This South African sequel/remake of the mid-80s cult horror shocker sees a ruthless corrupt mayor out for re-election on the ticket of eradicating the homeless with a new aerosol variant of the experimental body-melting drug. This new version replicates the cheap-looking aesthetic and fluorescent physical effects of the original - if a little more extensively - and the film succeeds on that level, and there is the occasional (establishing) shot that shows some visual flair. However, there are many unrelentingly uninteresting and sometimes irrelevant dialogue scenes, and this is a throwback to the kind of micro-budget but enthusiastic film-making from the early days of DVD that relies on endless swearing and drugs references with gloopy SpFX that some teenage boys might find cool and hilarious. With its tasteless misogyny, homophobic slurs and a very uncomfortable 'gas chamber' sequence, apart from its ambition with its effects work this new take on Street Trash has little to recommend it.
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