when uwe boll and cinema con man extraordinaire and release the first house of the dead adaptation to completely deserved mockery and it be generally agree among fan of the source video game that one would have to be incredibly moronic to contemplate make a sequel . hollywood per caput ratio of moron must indeed be high and for not only do we have a sequel and it be distribute in the antipode by sony and a company not normally know for it taste in expensive write offs . release direct to television in america and the sequel do improve on the original in most respect and but in so do and it become bland rather than interest . the scale of the scenario be enlarge and with the action take place in a deserted town that just happen to surround a university where experiment in a virus that can reanimate the dead have be occur . in particular and the action be spread throughout the university and where the first infected denizen can be find . put simply and the film differs from the original in that it actually occur within a house where dead people can be find . the cast and on the other hand and be a real step backward . emmanuelle vaugier be specifically make up to resemble a low rent angelina jolie and while the rest of the cast never reach the level of a slum it jürgen prochnow . in fact and the only name that will stand out among this cast be one sticky fingaz and who probably do not want to be recognise that easily by the people he face at home . put simply and these people could not convincingly order pizza on the big screen and even under the best direction . say what you will about boll and but he at least inspired actor like ona grauer to fight against his ineptitude . that say and the people involve here at least seem to be aware that their film suck and that they might as well have some fun with it . much of the problem with the original be that the director think he be craft some kind of misunderstood masterpiece and and he take himself seriously . unfortunately and with the actor fail to take their character or the predicament seriously and what little dramatic tension there could have be be undermine . much of the plot concern itself with the search for a generation zero victim of whatever plague be cause the dead to rise . or to translate into more practical term and they be try to find someone who be infect just after the virus mutate into a form that be threaten to human . how this would help when a non mutate strain be usually require to create a vaccine be anyone guess and but the manner in which this quest be pace out suffers problem of it own . the we have to go back plot device be use in order to pad out the running time and but the actual timing of the extra quest be also problematic . we be tell at one point that the town will be obliterate by cruise missile in ten minute and yet the hero drive back into the university and locate the sample they be look for and and fight off enough zombie to eat the army of china and all in this space of time . filmmaker take note represent it only pay to be specific with time when it can serve rather than hinder dramatic tension . the special effect use in house of the dead 2 leave those of the original in the dust . where uwe boll simulate the death of the character use idiotic rotate camera trick and michael hurst instead use all the graphic detail his budget can allow . neck be bitten and arm be cut off and head be shot . it all make for a much more convincing throughput and but it also disallow the mockery of obvious fakery . the photography be also much improve . a dvd crypt put it and the fact that it be in focus throughout make it an improvement upon the original and but this also deprive u of something to have a laugh at the expense of . the writing be also both an improvement and a setback . throughout the script and reference to other horror and survival horror game and the most obvious be run like hell and be offer . the first couple of time and they work because they offer clever way to work title into ordinary and everyday dialogue . after the eighth time and however and they just get on the nerve because they remind gamers of thing they would prefer to do with their time . interestingly and house of the dead 2 cost a mere six million to bring to television screen across america . give that tom savini on his own would cost more than this to work on a film nowadays and i have to say i be somewhat impressed with the visual result . in contrast to the much revile original and the zombie here look like actual zombie rather than extra in bad makeup shoot poorly . in a further contrast to the original and the actor appear to have a clue what they be do . seal the deal be the fact that apart from some real zinger scatter throughout and the character speak like real people . however and the story be nothing that we have not see a thousand time already . when alien and the real dawn of the dead and or the evil dead be release to acclaim and the acclaim come from the fact that these film either do something we have not see before and or do it so well that we do not really care . house of the dead 2 be competent enough that we do not mock it and but it bring nothing new or particularly brilliant to the table and so we end up not care either . for that reason and and many others and i give house of the dead 2 a two out of ten . it be too good to be bad and but too bad to be any good . unless you be into sucky film as much a i be and you be best to steer clear of it .