Don't take that short-cut

Rating: 7/10 (22 July 2007)

I am not a fan of re-makes and seldom enjoy them. But this one surpassed all others. I actually got this because I spotted a trailer for Hills 2 and that intrigued me so I thought I would throw caution to the wind and try this one out, I was not disappointed. And whilst I did not think that this had the qualities of the original, I did enjoy it.For that had the stuff of nightmares, that tends to get lost in modern movie making. There where bits (and lots of those bits) that grossed me out but still I was transfixed. It was well acted and the make-up artist did a great job in achieving his goals of creating the results of nuclear fall-out. The horrors of messing with this stuff was startling in its reality. The vastness of America brought home in the knowledge that those missing have never been found. Which is similar to Australia where I live. No-one came looking and if they did, well. We create those monsters and then get upset when they bite back. Scary stuff. Loved the dog but get fed up with the easy victims they become although Beast sure did avenge his lady love. I thought the actors, all of them did a great job, but if any writers or directors read this I am sick of helpless screaming females. The only sad bit for me was that Ruby did not end up the way of the first production. Oh and in an earlier post the dog in Lost Boys was a Malumute not a German Shepard.