Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back! (Video 2011)

Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back!: Directed by Andrew Cymek. With Brigitte Kingsley, Landy Cannon, Julia Schneider, Mike ‘Nug’ Nahrgang. Two years after Jason Parks (Landy Cannon) saved Warrior Princess Summer Vale (Brigitte Kingsley) from her life hunting Killopoths in the demon dimension, a sudden surge of supernatural activity and violent attacks have resurfaced on our plane beyond the normal parameters of the portal. The Rising Dark Agency, a black ops division of the government headed by Colonel Haggerd (Michael Ironside), suspects that the mystic strikes suggests the work of Mardock, an evil Demon-god capable of destroying worlds. When a new demon sub-species disrupts Summer’s wedding and eats her fiancée, the war on the new Demon Lord begins. With her group of misfits and their BFG’s – Summer sets out to destroy Mardock, but no one is prepared for who they find behind the Dark Lord’s ascension.

“I really couldnu0026#39;t give this movie more then a 5. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe writing is stilted, the characters two-dimensional (if that) and the lead actressu0026#39;s primary qualities are…well… her primary qualities. She looks fantastic standing still with her mouth shut. Unfortunately her acting is awful and her stage fighting looks like a 10 year old playing u0026quot;batman.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe makeup is amateurish, but the animation is okay and the CG frankly is surprisingly good, mostly demonstrating just how cheap and easy basic CG has become.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOver all it plays like a film written by high-school students, acted by first year college students and a porn star, with sfx done by mildly talented upper class college students. Despite all that, or maybe because of it, it has a genuine charm and appeal on the pure camp level. Sort of like the 60s Batman TV show.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you enjoy camp, then go for it. But otherwise give it a wide miss.”