How Dare You! "Deep Blue Sea 2"

Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)

Rated R

Starring Danielle Savre, Rob Mayes, Michael Beach, Aaron Ellroy, Nathan Lynn,

Directed by Darin Scott

The Story:

A billionaire decides to do some experimenting on sharks... and chaos ensues!

Come on folks, this premise works great.

See: Jurassic Park.
See: Deep Blue Sea.

See?

As I've well documented over the years, when a new shark movie comes along, I'm always looking to add it to the pile and give it a try.

Most of the time, even if it's not a great movie, I appreciate that it was made and I have a good enough time to justify spending 90 minutes on a low budget B movie.

In the last few years, I've even been rewarded with some pretty good shark movies to boot!

When I saw the trailer for Deep Blue Sea 2, I was amused that it seemed like it was going to be a note for note remake of the original film.

Well, how bad could that be, because I absolutely love the first one!

Yet it wasn't... and I didn't.

Everything that was great about the first one was missing from this tired retread.

They got nothing right for that matter, except for sharks gnawing on people... and even that wasn't very well done.

No stars of any caliber at all... wooden performances...

Not one bit of interesting plot or action...

It made 90 minutes feel like a 3 hour tour of the worst kind.

Had they called it any other cheesy shark movie name, I may have been kinder.

But when you hang an anchor around a fun franchise and sully its good name, I'm less kind.

"John Dies at the End" ... or Does He?

You are not going to believe this...

Or, maybe you will.

The Story:

There's a drug on the street called Soy Sauce.  It promises a high unlike any other.  However, when it comes into the possession of John (Rob Mayes) and Dave (Chase Williamson), the duo uncover something so dark, so sinister, that the only recourse Dave has is to tell his story to a reporter (Paul Giamatti) in hopes of spreading the truth.

And with that incredibly short, intentionally vague plot description, all I can say is to say more, would be to spoil a fun sci-fi/horror comedy that deserves to be watched.

Directed (and written) by Don Coscarelli, who last brought us Bubba Ho-Tep... well, that should tell you everything you need to know right there.

This movie is wild, and yet holds itself together throughout, adding layers of weird absurdity as it goes.

Never once does it go too far, or stretch credibility too thin.

It establishes its own rules and stays within them, or breaks them as the movie sees fit. : )

I'm sliding this one right next to Tucker & Dale and Cabin in the Woods as some of the most fun you'll have watching a scary movie.

Available to stream instantly on Netflix as of this writing.

Unless you've already watched it.  Or will already watch it in the past.

Final Grade: B+

Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I could definitely watch this one again to see what gags I may have missed along the way!