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Episode 399: Evil in the Time of Heroes (2009)

Episode 399: Evil in the Time of Heroes (2009)

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Sneaking in before Michael and I discuss the craziness that is the Japanese Stacy and the Thai SARS Wars - Bangkok Zombie Crisis, and our 400th episode on which we cover vampires, and more so the Josh Hartnett bloody and brutal 30 Days of Night, I have this, Evil in the Time of Heroes (2009), the sequel to Evil (2005).

Not as well received as its predecessor, with a confusing ancient Greek plot, some very weird special effects, meaningless plotlines, and Billy Zane in a hooded cloak talking Greek.

We do pick up where we left off from the first movie, with soldier Kleamtis, teen Jenny, cute neighbour Marina and father figure Meletis being chased to the football stadium after leaving the creepy taxi driver Agrylis to hang dead from the pipe in the wall. The stadium is surrounded by zombies who get in in their thousands. Is it the end of our heroes?

Well no, as we get a total cop out we get a 10 minutes later card and all four just walking out of the stadium covered in blood.

And from there it goes downhill. We have rival factions with no real agenda other than pointless violence, flashbacks to ancient Greeks fighting zombies, Billy Zane walking around killing whole hordes and spouting nonsense, and bringing back the dead, including those we had wished stayed dead.

Despite a budget 10 times the original, better acting, better cinematography, and Billy Zane this is a much inferior movie to the original. The creepy Agrylis and his creepier sleazy dad, the pointless deaths, awful effects and bag of frogs storyline make it a 3/10 at best. Definitely avoid.

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