I had reviewed The Lost Boys: The Tribe several years back, now I review it's sequel The Lost Boys: The Thirst. Is it as good or better than it's predecessor? well, the short answer is no...from here on out I will spoil one major plot twist in the film, not that I'd guess any of you would really care.
In The Lost Boys: The Thirst we join back up with Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman), legendary vampire killer. He learns that a new vampire, DJ X (Sab Castang), has been hosting raves where he infects the party-goers by feeding them vampire blood, cleverly disguised as a hip new drug called The Thirst. Popular vampire author (think Twilight) Gwen (Tanit Phoenix, who's got a beautiful rack. She's not above flaunting her cleavage and ass around and makes for good eye candy and not much else.), comes to Edgar with the request that she save her brother Peter (Felix Mosse), who has been captured by DJ X. Now, It's up to Edgar to save the boy, kill the head vampire, and save the world.
In this film, Corey Feldman is back as the boy who never grew up, Edgar Frog. He is the film's lead character this time around, a choice that probably wasn't so wise in hindsight. Feldman is clearly strying his best to do justice to the character, and there are moments where he shines but for the most part he growls his way through his performance (literally). At least we are given a reason for his bad mood, several years back his brother, Alan Frog (Jamison Newlander, who does a fine job with the scenes he is given) was forced to drink vampire blood and turned into one of the legions of undead blood suckers. Edgar failed to save his brother, and this has turned him into the cynical snark he is today. Naturally, the two do end up teaming up again at the end...and it is pretty cool to see The Frog Brothers back together kicking ass.
One of the problems I have with this film is that these vampires are some of the worst that I've seen. The vamps this time around are emo/goth kids who think they are cooler and better than everyone else. I really hated these vamps, I've known kids like this so you can imagine how much this character choice bothered me. Sab Castang plays who we preusme to be the head vampire (SPOILER ALERT: he's not). He is completely terrible, apparently having no grasp on what the concept of acting is. Luckily, the REAL head vampire actually does a pretty good job. I liked the kind of elegance the REAL head vamp brings to the role, and he puts up a decent fight near the end.
Another problem with the film is that it keeps flashing back to scenes from the first Lost Boys. This is one of my pet peeves that most sequels tend to do, so I really hated these parts with a passion. This is only made worse by the fact that most of the flashbacks serve little to no purpose in the film. They are there to give the audience nostalgic feelings. This is one of the dirtiest tricks that a sequel can pull, and this film does it again and again and again. Where's my stake when I need one?
Despite my complaints, I must say that the film does have some really great vampire kills (which I won't spoil here), some bad-ass weapons (like a holy water balloon shooter), and some cool one-liners. Quite a few of these parts had me giggling with glee.
While The Lost Boys: The Thirst is undoubtedly worse than The Lost Boys: The Tribe that's not to say it is a completely terrible film. The film does manage to surprise with a few bad-ass scenes here and there, however I can't really recommend this one to many except for those who are die-hard fans of the Frog Brothers (and even then, you still won't find all that much to enjoy here). See this one for the fun action/vamp killing scenes, and for Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander. If you can find this one at your local redbox, go ahead and fork over the dollar it costs to rent it...there are enough cool parts that you won't feel that it was a complete waste of time.
Be sure to tune in next time when I'll tackle the original classic.
2 STARS
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