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Review: Of the three direct-to-DVD sequels I’ve watched recently, The Lost Boys: The Tribe was the best, but that isn’t saying much. The Lost Boys: The Tribe revolves around a “tribe” of surfer vampires, so you know right away this isn’t high art.

The high point of the movie is seeing Cory Feldman reprise his role from the original Lost Boys movie. Make sure to watch the alternate endings to see Cory Haim’s cameo.

The Lost Boys: The Tribe is a popcorn, check your brain at the door, movie for fans of the vampire genre. If you’re not into vampire movies, don’t bother.

Review: When I first heard there was a Scorpion King direct to DVD being released I was intrigued. While not a fan of the first movie, I was curious how the Scorpion King went from savior in his movie to villain in the Mummy 2.

Then I found out this was a prequel and my curiosity turned to apprehension. After watching the movie, all I can say is my apprehension was completely warranted. This movie is simply horrid.

I’m not going to give a synopsis of the movie. It doesn’t deserve it. Don’t buy this movie. Don’t rent this movie. Don’t Netflix this movie. Simply don’t watch this movie.

Review: First off, let me just say, I really liked The Mummy. While not high art, it was what it tried to be; a fun, summer popcorn movie. I enjoined Brendan Fraser’s performance and fell in love with Rachel Weisz as Evy.

I thought The Mummy Returns underperformed. It tried too hard to out do its predecessor; it was filled with silly and quite often bad special effects. But overall, I enjoyed it.

So I was looking forward to seeing the latest installment in the series. Let me just say, this is a bad, bad movie. I don’t know what was worse the script of the acting. Both were a complete mess.

I could spend forever nitpicking this movie apart, but aside from the terrible script, most of the movie’s issues can be distilled down to a single item: casting. This movie was horrible miscast.

Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh’s talents were wasted in this movie.

The idea of replacing Rachel Weisz with Maria Bello was a huge mistake; better to not even have the character of Evy in the movie.

But the single biggest flaw with this movie was Luke Ford playing the now grown up Alex O’Connell. I have seldom seen such stiff, emotionless acting.

I am a collector at heart and often feel compelled to complete the many collections I have started, but this is one series I will not be completing on DVD.