Wishmaster 2 - Evil Never Dies Details

Yet another Artisan Pictures effort that continues their tradition of making cheap and unbearably bad made-for-video sequels to their theatrical releases. Sporting a welcome evil smirk, Andrew Divoff returns as the Djinn (though he's off screen a lot), but this instalment completely changes his background and requirements for bringing hell to earth. This time, he must gather 1001 souls, which he does by granting people's wishes and twisting the results. Thus the bodies and his soul collection start to pile up. Except for the scene in which a convict wishes his lawyer would screw himself and the Djinn makes it literally happen, the movie completely fails to be darkly humorous, let alone scary. The low budget becomes more painfully apparent when the movie tries to re-create the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas.