Buried Alive II

7 years later, someone decided to make a sequel to Buried Alive, but it doesn't seem like they had any major ideas for the story since this is nothing more than a gender swapped retread of the original film with a few forced connections to the first film so that it can feel comfortable calling itself a sequel.

This time around, Laura (Ally Sheedy) discovers a strange man (Tim Matheson who returns as Clint and directs the film) at her uncle's funeral and, at the same time, she's going through the same issues he went through in the first film as her husband Randy (Stephen Caffrey) plots with his mistress, Roxanne (Tracey Needham) to kill her.

Just as in the original, this poison doesn't work, Laura gets buried alive, breaks out, and gets revenge on her husband and his mistress.

If you haven't seen the original, Buried Alive II might work better for you. It's not a poorly made movie and the acting is fine, but it pales in comparison to the original, especially when you realize it's not bringing anything new to the table.

At one point in this movie, there is a quote that Sheedy's character's uncle bought Wal-Mart stock in the late 60's...Wal-Mart did not go public until 1971...He could not have bought stock in the late 60's ...

Though the situations and characters are fairly banal, they are mixed together in a sufficiently surprising way that I, at least, felt obliged to stay with it and see how it all turned out. That plus a performance of a certain class from Ally Sheedy, who gets about all there is to be got from a not especially interesting part.

The summary says it all really? I'm just looking this up as I watch it on ITV and a bit puzzled by the link. Does anyone else actually understand what the two films have in common - apart from being distinctly average? I haven't really got much more to say, but apparently I need to make this ten lines long in order to submit it, so bear with me while I babble a bit in between breaks to watch her eat the poisoned blowfish...well, that was fun - but still no sign of James Bond,high budget stunts, SMERSH, SPECTRE, or even Pussy Galore. I suppose that this is just one more of Life's great mysteries that I will have to live with. Anyway, that's my ten lines up. Any clues anyone?

Having taken revenge upon his wife for her conspiracy to murder him "Clint Goodman" (Tim Matheson) has returned to his small home town to pay his respects to his best friend who has recently died. Naturally, needing to conceal his identity he avoids people to a great extent but is spotted from a distance by his friend's niece "Laura Riskin" (Ally Sheedy). Although she doesn't recognize him at first she finally discovers the truth after a chance encounter later on. She also learns more details concerning why her uncle's good friend committed the actions that had been only rumors before. On that note, being her uncle's only living relative, she has inherited a sizeable amount of money which her husband "Randy Riskin" (Stephen Caffrey) wants all for himself--and his new mistress "Roxanne" (Tracey Needham). So taking his cue from those exact same rumors about how Clint was poisoned he has decided to use the same methods on Laura as well. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film borrowed much too heavily upon the same plot as its predecessor and as a result lacked originality. That said, although both Ally Sheedy and Tracey Needham performed quite well, the movie itself wasn't nearly as good as it could have been and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.