From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money(1999) Starring: Robert Patrick, Duane Whitaker, Bo Hopkins, Muse Watson, Brett Harrelson, Raymond Cruz, Danny Trejo, James Parks, Maria Checa, Tiffani Thiessen, Stacie Randall, and Bruce Campbell Directed By: Scott Spigel Review Hello Kiddies your pal the crypt-critic here, with a somewhat enjoyable sequel you might be able to sink your teeth into. I saw the original From Dusk till Dawn with George Clonney and thought it was a very fun ride. This sequel still maintains the fun of that film which is good but also a little stupid. A gang of bank-robbing misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the wrong bar... and crosses the wrong vampire... the thieving cohorts develop a thirst for blood! The film feels like it's own thing, so it's not really required for me to watch the first film but I myself just like to watch a film series in order either way. It has a pretty cool cast in lead Robert Patrick, Danny Trejo and Bruce Campbell cameo. This is a sequel that brings in the goods especially at the climax but this vampire film did not quench my thirst. I'm giving From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money a three out of five.

In a further melding of the crime and horror genres, "From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money" entertains as well as it can. Admittedly, it's pretty damn stupid, some of the effects are extremely hokey, and there's not much story to speak of. But it's got a sublime B movie cast, it's very lively and sometimes gory, director Scott Spiegel revisits his "Intruder" gimmick of coming up with ridiculous P.o.V. shots, and there's a healthy dose of humour. All of that makes this a sequel that's more fun than it might have been otherwise.Robert Patrick stars as Buck, a career criminal. Buck is convinced to join a bank robbing scheme by his associate Luther (Duane Whitaker). But Luther has angered the wrong individuals - the blood sucking variety - and this starts a chain reaction of vampirism; things keep going from bad to worse. The wonderfully idiotic twist is that Luther still insists on going through with the job. When the vampires increase in number and get out of control, Buck is forced to team up with his nemesis, a hard nosed Texas sheriff named Otis (the always amusing Bo Hopkins).Patrick, Whitaker, and Hopkins are joined by Muse Watson ("I Know What You Did Last Summer" and its first sequel), Raymond Cruz ("Alien: Resurrection"), Woody Harrelsons' brother Brett ("Strangeland"), and Danny Trejo, a holdover from the first movie. The cameos in the opening sequence are fun, too. James Parks plays the son of the character whom his father Michael portrayed in "From Dusk Till Dawn". Patrick and Hopkins are great (it's a treat to see Bo in an ass kicking role) and they pretty much hold the whole thing together.This is a "good", goofy, dose of no brainer entertainment for 88 straight minutes.Seven out of 10.

I know that the people making this film loved B-movies. You got the homages everywhere, from the first scene starring Bruce Campbell himself (is the term 'campy' coming from his name or the other way around?) to the scene where Robert Patrick puts on his shiny police shades and calmly walks toward the camera. The film even uses some camera techniques that remind of Sam Raimi (even if they make you woozy). However this has nothing to do with From Duck Till Dawn.You see, the original movie was about twisting characters out of their comfort story zone and throwing them into a gore filled, vampire infested bar in the middle of Mexico. This film loses immediately to having the same name, so removing the element of surprise and of "what the hell is going on", but also loses overall for having a really dumb story. It doesn't mean the movie is not fun, but there are no smart plot twists or fancy dialogues in this film.Still, fun to see Robert Patrick so young looking and fooling around. How does one get so freaking old in just 15 years?

Faithful to the source material but not enslaved to it, this fine genre film is a cult classic that surpasses the original in many ways. Superbly written and directed by a gifted master, the stage is well set for the actors to do some truly great work. Certainly Robert Patrick gives one of the finest and most inspired performances of his celebrated career. The supporting cast is also excellent and accentuates the dialogue supplied them in a superior script. The drama, the pathos, the humor of the first entry is all there and much, much more. This is one of those rare films that transcends the label of "sequel" and offers an even more intense and creative experience to the audience. Often overlooked and unrecognized as the rough gem it is, this motion picture deserves to be seen by more appreciative, sophisticated cinemaphiles on a wider basis.