Historically the greatest film sequels have always taken the best aspects of the prior film and accentuated all of the best features for the follow up. Prime examples of this approach can be seen in Aliens, Terminator 2, and The Godfather 2. Some film follow ups take the easy way out and merely recycle the original flick’s script with new cast members replacing stars that refused to return for another go. Check out the regrettable and forgettable Teen Wolf 2, Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, or Roadhouse 2 for further evidence of this phenomenon. Then there’s the dreaded “everything old is new again” format where they just take the first film and move the plot to some asininely contrived location. Speed 2: Cruise Control is a prime offender of this plot device.

For better or worse Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds is a hybrid of all three of these sequel archetypes. None of the name actors return, (yes I realize that I’m referring to Balthazar Getty, Navi Rawat and Henry Rollins as name actors) and it’s the same plot as the original but this time it’s different…instead of a bar it’s an entire town that’s trapped. See, different! But for the better part of it’s 100 minute run time Feast 2 enters into the good sequel range by going off the deep end with gross out humor and insane over the top gore.

The first Feast film was one of my favorite releases of 2006 and even though the majority of the film’s cast gets (SPOILER!) killed before the final credits roll I was eagerly awaiting a possible sequel. The original film takes place inside a bar that has been surrounded by a group of unidentifiable creatures trying to eat and/or fuck everything they can get their hands on. Feast was a fun post modern horror siege flick, its strength was the constant comedic tone highlighted by memorable gore scenes and its only real weakness was its small budget that restrained some of the effects and sets. While Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds turns the humor-gore knob up to eleven it’s shrunken budget gives way to horrible CGI effects and a laughably bad green screen background for the final act.

Feast 2 starts off with the last shot from the first film of the car containing the film’s lone two survivors; Bozo (Balthazar Getty) and Honey Pie (Jenny Wade) driving off into the sunset. From there the picture starts off with the arrival of Biker Queen (Diane Goldner) pulling up to the carnage coated remains of the bar. She’s the twin sister of Harley Mom, a victim in the first movie who was blown up in an attempt to kill one of the monsters. This use of an unrevealed twin was a clever way for Director John Gulager to get Goldner, his girlfriend in the sequel. Biker Queen was apparently supposed to meet up with her sister and party at the bar and instead she finds meaty parts of her sister scattered around the bar. She also comes across The Bartender (Clu Gulager) who was left for dead by Honey Pie in the original film. Knowing that the woman he wants revenge on is with him, The Bartender tells Biker Queen that Bozo killed her sister and he knows where to find him.

In the recent Dimension remake of Wizard of Gore the filmmakers filled the cast with various Suicide Girls ready to show off their tattoo and piercing coated flesh. On Feast 2 they rounded up a few chicks seen on the similar website “God’s Girls” to make up the posse led by Biker Queen. She, her sexy gang and The Bartender head off to the next town in search of Bozo and Honey Pie. Instead they find a small main street area decimated by a group of the monsters. It turns out that the attack on the bar was not an isolated incident and the problem is spreading. The Bartender and the girls met up with a handful of townie survivors including Honey Pie and once again the “Feast” series returns to its siege film roots. The survivors attempt to lock themselves up and away from the beasts while they’re picked off one by one until only a small amount of them remain for the next sequel. Feast 3 which has an undecided upon 2009 release date was shot in tandem with this film Back to the Future style.

Feast 2 is by no means a perfect film; in fact it’s far from it. But it’s entertaining as hell watching Gulager and company throw everything they can think of at the screen. Sometimes the attempts fall flat, sometimes it feels far too arty to be in this film but sometimes it’s spot on. Some of the high points include a midget Mexican wrestler with a cock so big it drags behind him in the dirt, incredibly hot chicks that spend a third of the film buck naked, gallons of monster cum, mountains of body parts, forced feline fornication and more. All of this is overshadowed by a scene that firmly puts Feast 2 in contention for the 2008 Tyler Award for most horrific violence implemented on a baby. It’s a hotly contested category featuring two other Dimension films Automaton Transfusion and Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears. All three films feature horrible, disgusting, perverted violence towards babies but “Feast” does so with such hilarious results that it’s really hard to take it seriously.

Feast 2’s main downfall is the horrible green screen background used towards the end of the film when the remaining survivors have taken refuge on a roof. For some reason instead of actually shooting said scenes on a real roof they decided to shoot it on stage in front of a green screen. Why the fuck the cast and crew didn’t just to the roof of a parking garage to film this is beyond me. The end result looks sillier than the moment in Wayne’s World where Wayne and Garth are goofing around in front of the television studio’s green screen. I kept waiting for one of the naked chicks to turn to the audience and say “Hey….I’m in Delaware.” The cheap effect damn near ruins the film and will possibly be a point of no return for many viewers not accustomed to such low budget location creating tricks. It was a serious cop out and one that severely hurt the film, speaking of bullshit cop outs, the flicks other major fault is its ending. It is a complete and total cheat and is sure to piss of the majority of the people watching it, especially given the fact that there is absolutely no indication of the upcoming third film. This type of an ending is a questionable gamble and with its poor execution could spell doom for this series. As groan inducing as it may have been, a “To Be Continued” should have flashed across the screen to at least give unfamiliar viewers a chance to decide to come back for a third helping.

Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds is a hell of a lot of fun, and a serious blast when watched back-to-back with the original in a drunken crown of like minded friends. Some of the camera effects are too artsy for it’s own good and should have been sidelined in favor of fixing the roof top’s location shoot. But besides the loose cinematography and occasionally sloppy editing, it’s a real crowd pleaser. If you haven’t seen the original I might recommend you wait until the third film comes out and just watch all three. It might be a bit of a wait but it will be an even longer wait if you get to the end of “Feast 2″ just to find out that there is no ending included with the film, just a credit roll. But shitty endings and crap digital effects aside it’s a blast. Dissolving grandmas, tiny luchadors, nasty creatures with huge dangling ballsacks, amazingly supple real breasts proudly displayed and it’s the first horror film to feature Cockroach from The Cosby Show! What more do you need?

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