1) I love the original "Lost Boys"
2) I am a fan of Corey Feldman
But, note at the time of watching, I had not watched "Lost Boys: The Tribe"... despite having Corey Feldman in it, I'd just never gotten around to it... it looked that bad!
So this movie is pretty much Corey Feldman running around dressed like he's still in the 80s and he's still a 16 year old kid. Edgar Frog still has the same gruff voice which Batman stole (obviously), and is still pretty much useless at killing vampires (while also being surprisingly efficient at killing vampires).
The vampires are now uber-goth rejects with big teeth and terrible one-liners and the updated soundtrack is enjoyably reminiscient of the original film.
Jamison Newlander returns to the role of Alan Frog, who has now gone half-vampire after a bit of an error during a vampire-nest raid. He doesn't get to be as glamourous a vamp as Michael was, and instead spends the movie being gross with bad hair and a scowl. There is an attempt to go into his obvious depression throughout the film but it is slightly overshadowed by the movie's action.
Corey, as I mentioned, is still rockin' the 80s look, living in a caravan (or that would be 'trailer' in America) and has seemed to have forgotten how to brush his hair.
Casey B. Dolan plays Zoe, the part-time comic book shop girl, part-time vampire hunter and full-time admirer of Edgar Frog. I liked her, she was not a terribly annoying character, which is unusual in modern horror.
Edgar is talked (read as 'paid') into helping out mysterious vampire-teen-trash author, Gwen Lieber (Tanit Phoenix), in the search and rescue of her brother whom she believes has been turned into a half-vampire.
Edgar arms for bear and, along with a reality TV personality, Gwen, Zoe and a really useless cameraman, goes in to battle at the nightclub where everyone appears to be turning into vampires. As usual, the aim is to kill the head vampire, and naturally, there's a twist...or two.
Some terrible one-liners with wonderfully straight-faced delivery and some pretty good 'grr-ing' from Mr. Feldman just made this movie for me. Plus, who doesn't like a good vampire explosion???? But let's get this straight, it's not a patch on the original movie....it's just better than the second one.
A few nods to the late Corey Haim who had not been available to be in the movie anyway before he sadly passed away in 2010 (I am not sure whether Sam's death was mean't to be poignant or not). And some general background story on the other original characters is also included, although not in a way that does any justice to the plot.
If you thought the first one was tongue-in-cheek, be prepared to rip your face open. But it's a pretty good 'turn-off-your-brain' movie.
[Picture: Warner Bros]
Hani
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