Another chapter to The Lost Boys; boy do I remember the day when Lost Boys fans were craving for a sequel, now they're just cranking them out like hot bread. The Tribe was a bit of a disappointment to me, it was too average and didn't have the same charm as the first film had, but then again what a challenge it had to arise too. But The Thirst was something that I was afraid of, where it seems that they are just trying to cash in. But I do have to admit that this film was a little more clever with it's ideas and at least wasn't trying to copy the first Lost Boys. Instead we follow the Frog Brothers and see how far they have come with their business. It's sad that only 2 original cast members could join this movie, sadly we lost Corey Haim this year and will never see him in another Lost Boys movie again but to not see any other of the old cast was a little sad. I think it would have been interesting if the little boy Laddie had joined the Frog Brothers. It seems like the Frog Brothers just skimp over what happened to the other characters and are back into the story.
Edgar and Alan Frog interrupt a half-vampire Senator who is killing a Congressman to finish his transformation into a full-vampire, but in the ensuing chaos Alan is forced to drink vampire blood, which will transform him into a half-vampire himself. Five years later in San Cazador, California, back at his trailer, Edgar is approached by Gwen Lieber, a writer of romantic vampire novels, whose brother Peter was kidnapped during a rave, and she suspects vampiric activity. She gives him a vial of a drug called "The Thirst" which is given to people at raves hosted by a person known as "DJ X"; he determines that it is vampire blood. Edgar visits Alan, who is now half vampire and satisfies his thirst for blood by feeding on animal blood acquired in his job as a taxidermist. Edgar tries to enlist Alan's aid in stopping DJ X from raising an army through his raves, but he refuses, having lost all hope that he can be saved. After a visit to Sam's grave, in which Edgar returns to Sam the Batman #14 that Sam had boasted having when they met, Edgar finds that Alan has left him a book of vampire history to help in his mission. Edgar gives the book to Zoe to research. She is attacked by a vampire, but she and Edgar defeat it, and she explains what she has learned about a ritual sacrifice during a Blood Moon, such as the one that will occur the night of the rave.
The Thirst has a more interesting story than The Tribe, but I would be lying if I said that I enjoyed it fully. I don't know if it was the direction or the actors, but a lot of things just seemed off key. From one minute it's an action movie and then the next it's a detective story then a horror story then a comedy, etc. The Thirst couldn't decide what it wanted to be so I couldn't decide if it was a good enough film to recommend. Since I'm such a huge fan of The Lost Boys I made the risky decision of buying first without seeing, so I'll probably watch the film again but for right now I'm not too impressed. It just seems like Corey Feldman is really trying hard to hold onto those days where he was the awesome tough movie star and I can't take him seriously in the film. The film style is too trendy for my tastes and just could have been handled in a better way as the action scenes are too hard on the eyes. I would say if you're looking to see where the story continues, this is an alright movie to catch, but as of a horror movie you could safely skip it.
5/10
Edgar and Alan Frog interrupt a half-vampire Senator who is killing a Congressman to finish his transformation into a full-vampire, but in the ensuing chaos Alan is forced to drink vampire blood, which will transform him into a half-vampire himself. Five years later in San Cazador, California, back at his trailer, Edgar is approached by Gwen Lieber, a writer of romantic vampire novels, whose brother Peter was kidnapped during a rave, and she suspects vampiric activity. She gives him a vial of a drug called "The Thirst" which is given to people at raves hosted by a person known as "DJ X"; he determines that it is vampire blood. Edgar visits Alan, who is now half vampire and satisfies his thirst for blood by feeding on animal blood acquired in his job as a taxidermist. Edgar tries to enlist Alan's aid in stopping DJ X from raising an army through his raves, but he refuses, having lost all hope that he can be saved. After a visit to Sam's grave, in which Edgar returns to Sam the Batman #14 that Sam had boasted having when they met, Edgar finds that Alan has left him a book of vampire history to help in his mission. Edgar gives the book to Zoe to research. She is attacked by a vampire, but she and Edgar defeat it, and she explains what she has learned about a ritual sacrifice during a Blood Moon, such as the one that will occur the night of the rave.
The Thirst has a more interesting story than The Tribe, but I would be lying if I said that I enjoyed it fully. I don't know if it was the direction or the actors, but a lot of things just seemed off key. From one minute it's an action movie and then the next it's a detective story then a horror story then a comedy, etc. The Thirst couldn't decide what it wanted to be so I couldn't decide if it was a good enough film to recommend. Since I'm such a huge fan of The Lost Boys I made the risky decision of buying first without seeing, so I'll probably watch the film again but for right now I'm not too impressed. It just seems like Corey Feldman is really trying hard to hold onto those days where he was the awesome tough movie star and I can't take him seriously in the film. The film style is too trendy for my tastes and just could have been handled in a better way as the action scenes are too hard on the eyes. I would say if you're looking to see where the story continues, this is an alright movie to catch, but as of a horror movie you could safely skip it.
5/10