Lost Boys: The Tribe

Plot synopsis:
Chris Emerson (Tad Hilgenbrink) and his sister Nicole (Autumn Reeser), children of Michael Emerson (from the first The Lost Boys movie) have moved to the surfside town of Luna Bay, California following the death of their parents. They rent a house from their Aunt Jillian (Gabrielle Rose), and Chris sets out to find a job as a surfboard shaper. The only surfboard shaper in town is Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman), so Chris leaves his name and address on Edgar's screen door. Later, as he's watching the sun set over the ocean, he is approached by Shane Powers (Angus Sutherland), who Chris recognizes as "the greatest surfer in the world," but who just up and disappeared. Shane invites Chris to a surfer party. At first, Chris doesn't want to go, but Nicole talks him into it. Neither Chris nor Nicole know that Shane is a vampire.At the party, while Chris is in the shower with Lisa Thompson (Moneca Delain), Nicole links up with Shane. Shane tricks her into drinking some of his blood from his hipflask and then takes her for a motorcycle ride. By the time they get back, Chris is hopping mad, punches Shane in the mouth, and tells him to stay away from his sister. On the way home, as Chris reads the riot act to Nicole, she suddenly starts feeling sick. He helps her into the house, telling her that she's probably just drunk. Nicole grabs him by the throat, hoists him up into the air, and says, "I'm not drunk." Suddenly, she is hit on the back of the head, drops Chris, and falls to the floor. Edgar Frog introduces himself as "surfboard shaper and vampire hunter." Chris takes a swing at Edgar, and when Edgar tells him that his sister is one of the undead, Chris kicks him out of the house.Just after kicking out Edgar, Chris hears a knock on the door. Thinking Edgar has returned, Chris opens the door angrily and sees Lisa standing there. She takes off her clothes and asks him to invite her in so that they can finish what they started in the shower. Once inside, she jumps all over him, so much that he fights her off, causing her to accidentally become impaled on a rack of antlers hanging on the wall. When her body suddenly turns to stone and explodes into pieces, Chris can see that she definitely was not human, so the next morning he pays Edgar a visit. Edgar explains that Nicole is still just a "half vampire" and won't gain full status until she makes her first kill. After downing a glass of "Frog juice" (garlic, holy water, and a raw egg), Edgar also tells Chris that the only way to save Nicole's mortal soul is by killing the head vampire before Nicole gets a chance to feed.That evening, Nicole wakes up hungry, but not for food. She phones Evan (Greyston Holt), a guy she met on her first day in Luna Bay, and invites him over. When he arrives, she immediately takes off her blouse and begins to loosen his clothes. Just as she's about to bite into his neck, Chris comes home and puts a stop to it. He kicks Evan out, but Evan gets attacked by vampires anyway while on his way home. Edgar and Chris decide that the best chance they have of destroying Shane is by finding the vampires' nest. In order to do that, Chris offers to become one of them so that he can be taken into the nest; he also promises to betray them to Edgar in the end.Meanwhile, Nicole has awakened and been summoned by Shane to meet him at the nest. Chris reports Nicole as a missing person, but Sheriff McGraw (Daryl Shuttleworth) doesn't seem concerned and shows him the large number of missing person reports, one of which includes Evan, hanging on the wall. When Chris exits the sheriff's station, he is met by vampire Jon (Kyle Cassie), who offers to take him to Nicole at their nest. Nicole has chosen to be with Shane, who explains to Chris that becoming a vampire means that you will never grow old, never die, and never know fear again. Later, when the Tribe storms the Sheriff's station and leads the cops on a wild goose chase, Chris joins in with them, but when they return to their nest, they refuse to allow Chris to enter.The following night, Chris joins the Tribe, who are entertaining some girls around a campfire. Along the way, Shane passes around his hipflask, and Chris takes a long drink from it, starting himself on the way to turning into a vampire. Shane and Nicole decide to leave the party, but Chris is ordered to stay behind. Suddenly, the remaining vampires leap on the girls and begin drinking their blood. Chris pretends to go after one of the girls, but he actually tells her to run. Unfortunately, the vampires see what he's doing and start beating up Chris. Chris stakes Jon with a tree branch, but Erik (Merwin Mondesir) and Kyle (Shaun Sipos) move in for the kill. Suddenly Edgar arrives armed with wooden stakes, and Eric and Kyle run off.Chris and Edgar set out to rescue Nicole and kill Shane. While Chris drives to the nest, Edgar introduces him to his vampire hunting arsenal -- wooden stakes, metal stakes, resin stakes (light and easy to handle), an air-propelled rocket grenade launcher for holy water balloons, and a garlic bola. While Chris and Edgar search the subterranean bowels of the nest, first impaling Erik with a boring drill and then blasting off Kyle's head with the holy water balloon launcher, Nicole is being led by Shane to a coffin where a victim is being held for her first kill. Shane opens the coffin, and Nicole sees Evan lying there. She tells Shane that she can't do it.Chris makes it to the vampires' great room where he is joined by Shane. Chris leaps at Shane, and the two of them have at each other. Nicole walks in and tells Shane not to hurt her brother. When Shane doesn't stop, Nicole runs a stake through his chest. Shane tries to pull Nicole onto stake with him, but Chris decapitates Shane first. As Shane's body bursts into flames, Edgar arrives. "Build a man a fire and he's warm for the day," Edgar says, "but start a fire in a man and he's warm for the rest of his life." He then tells the Emersons that they'll be getting a bill for his services. Edgar and Evan leave together. Chris and Nicole, now cured of their vampirism, go home where they are confronted by their Aunt Jillian who accuses them of using drugs.In a final scene after the credits start to roll, Edgar meets up with Sam Emerson (Corey Haim), who is now a vampire. Sam says that he's come for Edgar, and Edgar says that he won't show him any mercy. The two then charge each other, and the credits resume. [written by BJ Kuehl]

Tags: violence, cruelty, murder, sadist

Review:
It seem to mix up Sam Emerson's character with Alan frog, having vampires mention Edgar's brother a few times, then having a 20 second cameo in the end credits with Corey Haim.The first low point, for me anyway, was the amount of swearing in the opening few minutes, it begins right after the Warner logo and is totally unneeded.
There's a cool weapons talk in Edgar frogs van, where he explains all the vampire killing equipment, but this only leads to an end battle which fall flat on its face.There is no plot twist or clever writing of any kind in this movie.
The Tribe saw the return of Corey Haim and Corey Feldman , famous couple by that time , in the 80s playing two Peter Cushing teens , booth of whom made several films as sympathetic adolescent duo ; however today they only play B movies .
Corey Haim returned as well, but only for one scene at the end of the movie, a special cameo , while the other Frog brother, Jamison Newlander, only appeared in an alternate ending found on the DVD .
It defiantly wasn't a bad film.Pros The cinematography was good The head vampire was pretty cool.I loved watching Edgar Frog again and Feldman did a great job at playing the character again.Cons The vampires looked like pigs, what was that about????
Ironically, however, if this film were released without the 'Lost Boys' title, it would probably have gone down as a decent modern vampire flick; but the film has given itself too much to live up to, and it really never had a chance of doing justice to the 1987 horror classic.
The film went direct to video, which is never a good sign and its cheap look and lack of original ideas ensures that it justifies this release; although on its own merits, The Lost Boys 2 is actually not too bad a film.
However, it's not long before they realise that the surfer crowd are actually vampires and when the sister falls for the head vampire, the brother has to act fast to save her.The story that the film is based on is clearly a direct rip-off of the original Lost Boys with only some minor character changes, although it is at least interesting.
Director P.J. Pesce does try, however, and does this mainly through bringing back Cory Feldman to reprise his role as one half of the vampire hunting Frog Brothers from the original film.
The acting was awful and there were hardly any vampire moments.It was cool that Corey Feldman returns but does'nt show up much and his brother is not in it.The script was stupid, basically the whole film is stupid.
but the good news is that, although nowhere near on a par with the 80s original, The Tribe is still an enjoyable ride that remains true to the spirit of its predecessor: it's tongue is firmly in cheek, the vampires are cool (and once again make being undead look like a viable option), the characters are likable, and, best of all, Corey Feldman returns as comic-book-loving vampire hunter Edgar Frog.The film opens with a group of young surfers breaking into the grounds of an exclusive beach-front property for a spot of late night wave action, only to be confronted by the landowner, a rather miffed vampire (played by FX legend Tom Savini).
Now I don't know about you, but any film that begins with Tom Savini having his noggin bloodily removed and kicked into his pool gets my full attention (and admiration)!After this gory introduction, it's into the story proper, which sees a pair of orphaned teenage siblings, ex-surfer Chris (Tad Hilgenbrink) and his hottie sister Nicole (Autumn Reeser), experiencing vampire trouble after going to to stay with their aunt in Santa Carla (which, as we all know, is a haven for the pale of skin and pointy of tooth): Nicole is seduced by head vamp Shane (Angus Sutherland, Kiefer's half-brother) and becomes a half-vampire, and it is up to her older brother to save her from eternal youth and all-night partying (I said this film made vampirism seem appealing, didn't I!).As you can probably tell, the plot ain't exactly groundbreaking, being not much more than a reworking of the original film, but this matters not: there is still plenty of fun to be had, with some nice in-jokes (the fat shirtless Sax player was priceless!), sexy shenanigans with one hell of a horny undead babe who takes a shine to Chris, and the inevitable showdown at the end, which sees Edgar breaking out his full arsenal of vampire-slaying weapons for the occasion.It would be easy to dismiss this STV effort as a cheap cash-in on a cult favourite (it is definitely a shame that a sequel to such a great 80s classic didn't get a bigger budget and a major release); however, if you approach The Tribe with an open mind and without prejudice, then there's a good chance you'll find much to like about it.
When I first heard about it I thought 'It'll be just some B movie fan film', but then I found out both Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are in it, plus the other actor that played the other Frog brother (can't remember his name) in the original film.
If you hate the movie, there is a nice looking boy, who plays the main character- the good guy, out to save his sister from becoming a vampire.
Instead we get Lost Boys 2 where the vamps are a handful of dumb punks, legend lore is tossed out the window in favor of lame special effects, and the experienced vampire hunter hasn't improved his skills since he was 12 and has a sore throat or something - Feldman's voice made me laugh every time he spoke.
Well I was to say the least disappointed with the final product if this is what years of waiting gets me I just wish you had left it alone or maybe at the least you could have given us a half way descent sequel you couldn't even reunite the two Coreys I know Haim was a mess on the set but a competent director could have done something with this mess you totally wasted a prime opportunity in your use of Tom Savini as well, not to give anything away but you blew it.
Horrible!It was just crap!If they are going to make a trilogy,why do they have to screw it up?!The original was better,including the effects,the acting,and the story.The director,producer,and writer didn't even try to make this a good movie.I could tell.I was really disappointed after watching this crap!I can't believe people had to take their time just to make crap!I bet some actors in this movie even hate this load of crap!This movie does not deserve 4.6/10.It deserves 3.4/10 big time!Also it needed lots of razzies!Including it shouldn't be nominated it should win them all!.
I totally get the parallel to the original movie, but the weak fight scenes and effortless slaying of the vampires left me thinking it would not have been difficult to do a better job of those scenes, had someone actually WANTED to present something better than what was shown.One moment the vampires are demonstrating incredible speed and strength, then they are killed with very little effort.
A group of vampires who "are capable of knowing what you are thinking before you do" are surprised and killed because they didn't see what was coming next in the mind of their slayer.Yes, there were a few very attractive young women with very little clothing, and while that might carry a film to a certain degree, it wasn't quite enough to save this movie.If I had to guess, they blew the budget on the initiation scene and had nothing left to fund a solid set of fight scenes.Corey Feldman's performance may have been the highlight of the movie..
Chris and Edgar search the hiding place of Shane and his tribe to save Nicole.I saw the trailer of "Lost Boys: The Tribe" and I really expected a great sequel of "Lost Boys", but unfortunately I found a weak reference to the classic vampire movie.
The writer used the same storyline and introduced some gore, many naked or half-naked women (the stunningly hot Moneca Delain, for example, "acts" undressing her tiny bikini and having shower and sex with Chris) and a weird thirty-seven year old Corey Feldman acting like a teenager trying to repeat the success of the original movie.
Like the original, it had a great return from the ultimate vampire geek, Edgar Frog (played brilliantly by Corey Fieldman) when he saved Chris from Nicole as a turning vampire.
I was hoping something cool would happen with their Aunt (who is renting them space) it would have been rad if she was the head vampire and had a classic 1 liner like "couldn't you tell, first I sucked the money out of you, now its your blood" i mean come on there was no mystery to this movie whatsoever.
I don't think it's got the same "epic-ness" of the first, but the aforementioned familiarity with the first might be the cause of that.The acting is actually on par with the first, there are more than a few throwback references to LB, as well as some decent pop culture references that add fun touches throughout.Feldman does an outstanding reprisal of good ol' Edgar Frog, though I would like to see the current relationship with brother Alan explored more...but there was a definite linear storyline that they set up, so I suppose it's just as well they stuck with that.
Unfortunately all the good the writers and director had done in the first film has now to be seriously undermined by this poor excuse of a movie.If you like the occasional low quality, cheesy horror/vampire film and you have little else to do then you might as well watch it.Don't have expectation I believe 3/10 is an accurate score.
I honestly did not know what to expect from Lost Boys : The Tribe.Some sequels made straight-to-DVD result pretty good,like Wrong Turn 2 : Dead End or Species : Awakening.Other ones result pretty bad,like Hollow Man 2 or The Butterfly Effect 2.Fortunately,Lost Boys : The Tribe belongs to the first group.Although this sequel does not equal the excellent first part,I had a very good time watching it.The best element from this movie is the dynamic rhythm,which makes it very entertaining and not boring at all.The special effects do not appear too much but they are well done.Also,almost all the actors made a good work.Besides,the ending is satisfactory.The fails I found on this movie are two.For one sight,the screenplay is a rip-off of the original film.And,for the other sight,the actors who interpret the villain roles are not credible.In spite of that,I liked Lost Boys : The Tribe pretty much.This is a very entertaining rip-off and I enjoyed watching it..
All that mixed with the original idea of Lost Boys is a masterpiece.All and all, I gave this movie 9/10 even though the plot might be a little too close to the original.Watch it, it's time well spent..
I have the unpopular opinion that the original Lost Boys was overrated, I don't think it was a bad film but I don't see it as the cult classic many others do.This blatant cash grab sees Corey Feldman return as Edgar Frog as he comes to the aid of a man whose sister has been taken by vampires and turned into one of the undead horde.This didn't feel like a Lost Boys movie and has an identity of its own.
Sadly that identity is distinctly average and just another vampire movie.It has its moments, the script is well above par and it clearly has a budget behind it but there is little of consequence to get excited for even if you are a fan of the original.If you like Vampires and/or Corey Feldman you can find worse things to do with 90 minutes but if you're expect more of the same as Lost Boys (1987) you'll be sorely disappointed.The Good: Tom Savini Great soundtrack Good script The Bad: Pretty average stuff Things I Learnt From This Movie: None too surprisingly the blood and saltwater experiment is fictional Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day, set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
It's too bad there was no surfing in this (since they're supposed to be surfing vamps, in itself a problem...) but who cares, I hate surfing anyway.All of you Lost Boys are sad--unless the movie had your dreamboats like Alex Winter and the rest of your Tiger Beat fantasies you would hate this.And honestly, who cares if Corey Haim isn't in it?
CoreyFeldman looks surprisingly young (compared to his show) and acted quite well (unexpectedly) the scene half-way into the credits was a nice treat along with the references made to the original and the goonies, overall i was quite satisfied and would definitely recommend this.I have to add though, i wish they put a tad bit more effort into it (some more back-story a little more development before the whole shh-bang) and had a cinema release..
It's not a perfect movie - the action is underwritten and the finale is anticlimactic, but there's interesting ideas here and the movie is surprisingly ahead of its time.I really don't get why people complain this one is "too different" from the first one, when it's a textbook "legacy sequel", i.e. a soft reboot/remake which has the same exact plot as the first one with a character from the original (Feldman) showing up in a supporting role.
In fact, I'd argue if this movie never came out, and they were to theatrically remake The Lost Boys today with a big budget, it would probably end up very, very similar to this.Not a must-see by any means, and nowhere as stylish or as fun as the original, but you can do much, much worse..
When the most interesting thing about the movie is that Corey Feldman reprises his role as vampire hunter Edgar Frog, although a 13-year-old acting like a tough vampire hunter is a lot funnier than a 40something vampire hunter, even if it's tongue-in-cheek.
The only things going for this film: Corey Feldman and a guest appearance from Tom Savini in the beginning - that's pretty much it.The film didn't hold my interest at all except for a couple of scenes with Feldman that I stopped fast-forwarding through to watch for him.Maybe I'm just getting old but the original "Lost Boys" is so much better and darker than this one.
No comparison at all.I highly recommend the original "Lost Boys" to vampire fans but not this film "The Tribe" (should be called "The Tripe" - yes it's that awful).2/10 - For Corey Feldman it gets an extra point..
I am a huge fan of the first Lost Boys, and I always liked COrey Feldman but I think this movie is way past his time.
I was never a massive fan of Joel Schumacher's quintessential 80's vamp horror 'The Lost Boys'( although its still a pleasurable outing and I did love its theme song), and I only watched this straight-to-DVD sequel (over twenty years is a long time coming) since it just happened to be on TV at the time.
i for one love this movie cause the head vampire is the real deal hes cool,calm,and is just cool looking.this movie deserves our respect it may be not as good as the first one but its good enough i mean if you don't agree with me then bite me if you are a true lost boys fan then you will like this movie i mean there are a couple of ups and downs but hey what move does'nt now Corey Feldman could've done better on his part but he still brings entertainment.when i saw the beginning i told myself here we go another bad movie but you know what i was wrong they kicked butt in this movie and those motorcycles were off the hook plus the women.corey haim's career R.I.P.1982-1989.
Not with what I've seen in "Lost Boys: The Tribe" so far, at least...About Corey Feldman in this sequel...
But him grunting like Stallone in an over-the-top fashion kind of worked in the original film, since he was a kid there, but in this sequel it came a little close to ridiculous one too many times.As far as I'm concerned - and got pretty disappointed because of it - Corey Haim isn't really in this film.
Haim has a fair amount of dialogue in that scene, and it ties in more with the original film (there's a third character returning also).Apparently a "Lost Boys 3" is in development.
I'm a huge Lost Boys fan & was expecting a lot from the sequel but unfortunately it was not up to scratch although the general set-up was okay, I found that the script was extremely badly written & it wasn't acted too well either.From the get go it was clear this wasn't so much a sequel as trying to up-date the original & it wouldn't have been bad if only they had got a better script writer, the dialogue was awful & the vampires just weren't cool enough they were more like stupid frat boys than the bikers they were in the Lost Boys.The acting was poor too, although Angus Sutherland's acting wasn't bad I couldn't help but compare it to Kiefer's & it was no where as good.
As for Feldman he was as good as in the first but even he could'nt take away from the bad script.Overall its not a complete waste of your time if you like vampire movies but the story is none existent & the actings not fantastic, I'd say if your new to the Lost boys your much better watching the first..
I remember watching the original Lost Boys for the first time when I was a kid and the movie blew me away.