It was also directed by the Halperin brothers, the same people that directed its predecessor. So, supposedly this film takes place during World War I where the natives are showing the Americans that they can create zombie armies to fight in the war. They also show off how the zombies can get shot and actually have a bullet wound, whereas in, "White Zombie", there were no bullet wounds inflicted on zombies. The characters certainly have allot more personality than before and it might be able to help with Lugosi not being in this film. Also if you've seen this film already than you may be able to agree with me saying that the villain is so easily found that its made a mockery for the fact that they conceal him being a villain by making him close to the good guys in the beginning.
If you look at the scene where all the officers are in one room talking, there is one person in particular that stands out. So let us analyze this character shall we? Black hat, black suite, cane, goatee, mustache, and sinister grin.....I would be crazy not to check this guy out as a villain.(Here's a quick note: If you ever see a character in a movie that has all of these traits, then he/she is the villain) This movie also follows the same trend of having two men after one women. Congratulations! You have successfully pinpointed the first feature length film to ever involve an Edward/ Bella/ Jacob situation. Please don't ask me how I know about stuff like that. I can now say that without a doubt that there has been no action of any kind for an entire half hour, and that's saying allot considering that the run time for this film is an hour and two minuets.
However it does utilize some of the time to put in some character development and I am actually surprised because, "White Zombie" had very little character development when it was released. I almost forgot that this film had zombies in it. In fact, I almost forgot that this was even a horror film because nothing has happened! However close to forty minuets in we do see the first zombie created but they change how that actually happens. In,"White Zombie", Lugosi hypnotizes his victims and does a hand gesture, but in,"Revolt of the Zombies", one of the men mixes chemicals together, puts it under a fire until smoke rises, and blows the smoke to his assistant.
This is fine, I suppose except you can clearly see that the smoke envelops the man and not the assistant! Actually, its not quite sure which is the real villain. It seems as though every man wants to kill each other. However, the plot does focus on the secret of summoning zombies, and not a rivalry based on love. During the climax there is a revolt.....but not of zombies! Its only when the victims loose there, um, zombification, that they start to run a muck.
In conclusion: This movie was all around disappointing. All the aspects that made the first movie good aren't present in the sequel. There is no Bela Lugosi to steal the show, very little pay off once again and no action at all! I didn't think that this film could be worse than its predisesor but it managed to pull it off. Almost ninety percent of the run time was made up of dialog and half the time most things were unexplained concepts that worked with zombies in this film but not in the other. Where the movie faulted was when the whole movie was spent hyping up the zombies to be something worth waiting and hour to see when there really wasn't enough screen time to pay any thing off with the time left and what was left in the climax was just used clumsily. This movie can be summed up with one word: disappointing. But by all means your welcome to see for yourself. If you have different opinions about this film, please explain why there would be any in the comment section below.
3 stars
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