The chilly & cold ruggedness of the grim Wild West is back for this Cool sequel of the Cult hit favourite, which i liked as it's got a real stark grim look of those harsh times & back with the bleakness is the excellent Danny Trejo as Guerrero, who is by now a Mythical warrior of vengeance & Trejo is Awesome once again.
Another B-movie star JAKE BUSEY (Starship Troopers) makes for a really slimy & nasty villain for Guerrero to go up against as Jackson Boomer & Busey who is in so many Direct-to-dvd films starred in another Good Trejo movie called REAPER, well worth checking out. Busey is have fun playing this evi leader of a gang who wants a hidden treasure that is a powerful ancient old book, the book of the dead, that will heal him & give his powers to control the dead & the living so a typical movie villain thing to want but it's fun.
With this sequel we get to know Guerrero more & meet his family & we get more a sense of his character here & that he's not a totally evil guy & we like him more so.
Trejo is such a good actor that his lines throughout the whole film feel so natural like it's what you would say & doesn't even feel scripted & i loved him even more so for that as his Guerrero felt real & natural even in this fantasy world. Trejo brings his natural rugged charm to Guerrero once again & as said i felt more for him here as a man & a human even though the devil still commands him. I did miss Mickey Rourke as the devil from the first film as he wasn't here but the film still was decent & hey i liked Jake Busey as the bad guy more here than that of Anthony Michael Hall in the first so both have their better bits & not so good bits. The usual big shootouts without ever reloading is back again but that's usual for a low-budget B-movie anyway especially a cheap Western.
Although a low-budget movie the old western town looks great as it did in the first film, so the production is very good & the music is often moody or frantic depending on the scene & usually works fine. I actually like these "Tombstone" films more than Trejo's "Machete" films because these are more serious & gritty adventures without the over silliness & comical moments that his "Machete" films are known for, i like the more natural flow of these films as grim 'n' gritty Supernatural Westerns with a few laughs sprinkled throughout but not over-the-top silliness.
There is some decent action that is similar in style to the first film but i did like the Magical Book mythology here that is steeped in old evil rituals & satanic cults & devil worshippers & stuff & even zombies!!!! That was all fun & interesting. This Awesome Avenger Guerrero should have his own franchise of films but i know Trejo now is in his late 70's so I'm just thankful & grateful that i have two Awesome Dead in Tombstone films to cherish & Trejo is now a Legend, a hero of Cult Cinema & all round well known nice guy who cherishes what he does & i love the happy energy he gives in his interviews as you can feel how happy he is to be an actor & how lucky he knows he is to here doing this!!! Trejo is a Gem of an actor & a fantastic screen presence & i actually think this sequel "Dead Again In Tombstone" is my favourite of his lead-starring films. Guerrero is definitely my favourite Trejo character followed by "Machete" of course. Yep a whole franchise could be built around Guerrero because he's such a Cool Bad-Ass Character.
So Dead again in Tombstone is an Awesome sequel with a more Mythical Danny Trejo as Guerrero & with an even more Supernatural & Exciting storyline, so enjoy.
Both "Tombstones" are Awesome flicks & both as good as each other in their own ways but this sequel is slightly better in my opinion.
Another B-movie star JAKE BUSEY (Starship Troopers) makes for a really slimy & nasty villain for Guerrero to go up against as Jackson Boomer & Busey who is in so many Direct-to-dvd films starred in another Good Trejo movie called REAPER, well worth checking out. Busey is have fun playing this evi leader of a gang who wants a hidden treasure that is a powerful ancient old book, the book of the dead, that will heal him & give his powers to control the dead & the living so a typical movie villain thing to want but it's fun.
With this sequel we get to know Guerrero more & meet his family & we get more a sense of his character here & that he's not a totally evil guy & we like him more so.
Trejo is such a good actor that his lines throughout the whole film feel so natural like it's what you would say & doesn't even feel scripted & i loved him even more so for that as his Guerrero felt real & natural even in this fantasy world. Trejo brings his natural rugged charm to Guerrero once again & as said i felt more for him here as a man & a human even though the devil still commands him. I did miss Mickey Rourke as the devil from the first film as he wasn't here but the film still was decent & hey i liked Jake Busey as the bad guy more here than that of Anthony Michael Hall in the first so both have their better bits & not so good bits. The usual big shootouts without ever reloading is back again but that's usual for a low-budget B-movie anyway especially a cheap Western.
Although a low-budget movie the old western town looks great as it did in the first film, so the production is very good & the music is often moody or frantic depending on the scene & usually works fine. I actually like these "Tombstone" films more than Trejo's "Machete" films because these are more serious & gritty adventures without the over silliness & comical moments that his "Machete" films are known for, i like the more natural flow of these films as grim 'n' gritty Supernatural Westerns with a few laughs sprinkled throughout but not over-the-top silliness.
There is some decent action that is similar in style to the first film but i did like the Magical Book mythology here that is steeped in old evil rituals & satanic cults & devil worshippers & stuff & even zombies!!!! That was all fun & interesting. This Awesome Avenger Guerrero should have his own franchise of films but i know Trejo now is in his late 70's so I'm just thankful & grateful that i have two Awesome Dead in Tombstone films to cherish & Trejo is now a Legend, a hero of Cult Cinema & all round well known nice guy who cherishes what he does & i love the happy energy he gives in his interviews as you can feel how happy he is to be an actor & how lucky he knows he is to here doing this!!! Trejo is a Gem of an actor & a fantastic screen presence & i actually think this sequel "Dead Again In Tombstone" is my favourite of his lead-starring films. Guerrero is definitely my favourite Trejo character followed by "Machete" of course. Yep a whole franchise could be built around Guerrero because he's such a Cool Bad-Ass Character.
So Dead again in Tombstone is an Awesome sequel with a more Mythical Danny Trejo as Guerrero & with an even more Supernatural & Exciting storyline, so enjoy.
Both "Tombstones" are Awesome flicks & both as good as each other in their own ways but this sequel is slightly better in my opinion.