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BETTER THEN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, 3 Nov 2007
Squelched a thousand years ago into claiming a bride, the leprechaun (Warwick Davis) places a curse on the man's family to return a thousand years later to claim a bride from his family. At that time, his family is lead by Cody, (Charlie Heath) and his girlfriend Bridget (Shevonne Durkin), who he has selected to be his wife. Cody works with his friend Morty, (Sandy Baron) together in a tourist business. As the thousandth birthday approaches, Bridget is selected as the Leprechaun's bride. As Cody gets into trouble with the business, Bridget gets upset at Cody and goes out with his friend Ian (Adam Bisck) but gets tricked by the Leprechaun, who is stalking Bridget. When the Leprechaun steals her, Cody and Morty begin a supernatural quest to get her back. When Cody is accused of murder, his task becomes that much harder.
The Good News: Unlike the first one, you can definitely see Davis having a blast in this role. He bounces around in his walk, and he has a certain spring in his step. His jokes are definitely funnier and the gags are among his best. Morty's gag was pretty good, and I simply can't resist a film where a villain rips off a guy's finger and says "Finger licking good." Something about it just seems hilarious. The drinking game is pretty funny, and it is nice to see him drunk for a change. Also a nice change is that the Leprechaun has a good original motive for his rampage. To claim a bride is a great reason to slaughter people, even though here there really isn't as big a body count as one would've hoped. The few deaths, though, are very original. Being run over by a demonic go cart, giving birth to a collection of gold utensils and nick-knacks, and mistaking a giant fan for a girl and having your face ripped off through a trick are great deaths and very original. The fan gag is perhaps the best kill and is one of the better gags in the entire series. It's really a blast to see the scene, as it looks like a great new idea and it happens in such a way that you get excited to see what happens to him. This brings up the gore issue, which this is. There are some good blood splatters in the movie, but unfortunately no rivers. Some good burns are also found, as well as scratches, burns, and other devious wounds created by the Leprechaun.
The Bad News: While gorier than the first one, it still isn't as big a gore-fest it really deserves. All of the deaths are pretty gory, but the real blood is found on the "birthing" death. This is really sad when the rest of the series is known for it's over-the-top gore. Maybe not, be at least "Back 2 tha Hood" had some good gore scenes. Here, it's more of a graphic action followed by a cut away, then a cut back to see the damage done. It's a great technique, but it never lets you see the goods. Another thing, one that also seems to be a series trademark is the inclusion of a useless side-plot in the beginning of the movie to make it seem longer, but it still barely registers an hour and a half length. This is the series' greatest obstacle: the opening subplot isn't necessary in a film. Open it with the reincarnation of the Leprechaun and then give him a giant body count to go with the film. They really need to have a bigger body count, since I think this is the only part they need to rally work on.
The Final Verdict: As the first film in the series to be funny, it is a special mention for fans of the series. The film has enough good moments to recommend as just as good as the original, but before warned that it might seem longer than normal with the inclusion of useless side-plots.
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