Right, well I had watched the 2012 movie "Reipu Zonbi: Lust of the Dead" years ago, and I vaguely recall it as being a really, really bad movie. So as I had the opportunity to sit down and watch the 2013 sequel "Reipu Zonbi: Lust of the Dead 2", it was with quite some reluctancy. However, I opted to give it a chance on the account of it being better than the first movie.
However, I have to admit that I wasn't harboring any expectations really to writers Yûko Momochi and Naoyuki Tomomatsu to deliver something outstanding. I mean, just look at the title alone, and the fact that the movie is starring Asami.
And as it turned out then "Reipu Zonbi: Lust of the Dead 2" was every bit as bad as the first movie, and then some. But hey, if you enjoyed the first movie then you'll also enjoy this sequel. I didn't enjoy the first movie, nor did I enjoy this 2013 sequel.
The special effects in "Reipu Zonbi: Lust of the Dead 2" are exactly that; special. And not in a good way. The special effects here are very low budget and amateurish. But then again, of course there is an audience out there for a movie such as this; perhaps a mostly Japanese audience I suppose, since this franchise has spawned five movies.
And with "Reipu Zonbi: Lust of the Dead 2" being as bad as the first movie, I am not even going to bother with the rest of the movie. This is definitely in a league of its own.
My rating of director Naoyuki Tomomatsu's 2013 "Reipu Zonbi: Lust of the Dead 2" lands on a very generous two out of ten stars, mostly for the effort they put into making this movie.
