Leofwine_draca I remember liking the original REEKER - a derivative B-movie but one with bite - so I thought I'd give this undistinguished sequel a chance. I wish I hadn't. The talent behind the first film has disappeared so what we get in its place is a dull and predictable B-picture with little to recommend it. Things kick off with a mini-prequel explaining the Reeker's origins - a particularly pointless bit of screen time, I have to say - before moving into the usual forgettable territory. It's cop versus robbers, except the two sides have to work together when the Reeker himself shows up, looking for blood.This is the kind of film that lazily throws in stock CGI explosions and some mild gore here and there in a bid to retain the audience's attention. Efforts are in vain, because the writing is so below par and the acting noticeably bad; no actors stand out from the crowd here, all are equally poor. The CGI effects seem worse than the ones in the original and never for the moment is there any real suspense or excitement. It's just below par all the way.

Martin (ThatsGoodInnit) I watched this one before the first film. I was pleasantly surprised after initially thinking within the first 15mins of it, it was going to be a pile of crap. some bits are a bit far-fetched but aren't a lot of modern horrors? But as the film and story continued, i found myself getting more into it. There's plenty of blood and gore, very over the top to be honest, but good. I was really impressed with a certain idea of the film! so not to give to much away about it but the idea of how they kept the story surrounding the location is cool and was humorous at one stage when a character uncovers a secret and then the horror comes more a light and you start thinking holy-crap, can you imagine that. The acting ability of the cast was also good, not sub-standard like some horror sequels of late. I didn't see the plot come together until the very end, i was surprised and found it quite unpredictable until i watched it again and pieced it together. so it's clever as i didn't see that coming. i would recommend it if you get the chance to see it.

Scarecrow-88 A serial Killer(Michael Robert Brandon)finally obeyed the voices and gave himself up willingly to die in the gas chamber so he could "work for Death" in dispatching those souls in limbo who are reluctant to die. A sparse group are the target of The Reeker, Death's psychopath whose presence is known by way of a peculiar stench. An incident involving three criminals on the lam and the citizens of a small desert town in the middle of nowhere will include the Reeker who has a fresh batch of victims to send to meet their maker. More or less a horror comedy where characters attempt to free themselves from their prison where a devastating occurrence took place which revolves around a shootout and gas tank explosion. Kind of a brother to THE FINAL DESTINATION series, where a group of people attempt to cheat death, unable to avoid their inevitable fates. Grotesque humor includes a victim walking around with half his head gone, the lower half of a victim running around without the upper torso, and a heart patient dropping dead wearing only a hospital gown(his chest bursting open)as he was running about in hysterics. We see a car crash into some sort of invisible wall which holds those caught in the limbo in the general area where the "big event" took place. The Reeker, when he rears his very ugly head, is an abomination of ragged clothes, face mask, and pale skin, accompanied by his "tools of the trade" (such as a drill). The deputy at the beginning of the film who was considered a local hero although the killer clearly had him caught between a rock and hard place, is played as an older sheriff by CHiPs own Robert Pine, who meets the man he helped send to the gas chamber in a different way than the last time. Mircea Monroe is a diner waitress who escaped LA hoping for a new start but an old boyfriend, Alex(Stephen Martines) finds her(he is one of the criminals who helped rob a bank and now wants her to join him now that he has money). Michael Muhney is the sheriff's son, Harris. Valerie Cruz is a doctor who tries to heal wounds as the Reeker goes on his rampage. Desmond Askew is Binky, Alex's accomplice, who causes the ruckus that spirals out of control resulting in exchanges of gunfire which sets everything in motion for the Reeker.

Paul Andrews No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker is set on a lonely strip of desert road in the middle of nowhere at a dusty diner & motel, on the day of his retirement Sheriff McAllister (Robert Pine) is about to hand the reins over to his son Deputy Harris McAllister (Michael Muhney) & are discussing things in the diner when a situation breaks out. There casino robbers on the run from the law arrive, one looking for his (very hot) ex-friend Maya (Mircea Monroe) who is a waitress at the diner. All hell breaks loose, a shoot-out between cops & robbers ensues & they all end up stranded there, cut off from the outside world by an invisible barrier & terrorised by a smelly ghostly killer but that's just the start of their nightmare...Like the original Reeker (2005) this was written, produced & directed by Dave Payne who also composed the musical score on both films & is basically more or less a straight remake as opposed to a sequel & I think it's telling that the number 2 doesn't actually appear in the title anywhere. I think that those who have not seen the original Reeker will enjoy No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker more than those who have since all the twist's & turns are exactly the same in both films especially the ending. Those who have seen the original Reeker will know exactly how this will end which obviously takes a lot away from the film, the original wasn't even anything that different anyway since the twist had already been done before & in a much better capacity in the excellent Dead End (2003) a couple of years previously so there's definitely a strong sense of déjà vu here with No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker (God I hate that title). Forgetting about the original & the not very original twist ending on which the whole film hangs No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker taken on it's own merits is fairly enjoyable with a nice pace, some good action, a plot that entertains, some humorous moments & dialogue, some spunky character's that are quite likable & one blonde bird who is drop dead gorgeous (call me weird but even when she is heard talking about someone taking a stinky sh*t in a grease pan she still came across as hot to me), some nice gore effects & one or two nice sequences that add up a better than average horror film & as I have said those not familiar with the original & therefore not expecting or know about the twist ending will find an enjoyable little twist filled horror film that delivers on several counts. Unfortunately those who have seen or know about the original can't help but know exactly where the film is going within the first fifteen minutes which is not good. So there you have it really, whether you like No Man's Land: Rise Reeker & how effective it's twist's & turns are will depend if you can guess or already know about it's ending & that's basically what it boils down to in a nutshell. Also one has to say that writer & director Payne has tried to expand on some of the ideas & themes of his original almost as if he was trying to explain away some of the ambiguities & mystery of the original, for instance he gives the Reeker more of a specific purpose, he gives it & his potential victims more boundaries & rules in which they function & operate & he even gives the Reeker an origin, birth & back-story which I am not sure was needed but Reeker is beginning to smell (pun intended) of a cheap endless sequel driven franchise based around some sort of monster or gimmick & I think Payne sets the roots for a possible series up here.It's quite interesting to note that although film is a very visual & audio based medium how many times the makers base scenes around bad smells which is something by it's very nature the media of film just cannot accurately convey in any way whatsoever. There's some decent gore on show here like decapitated heads & severed body limbs including a sawn off hand in a sneeky nod to the infamous sawn off foot sequence in Saw (2005), a drill through someones head, a pole stuck through someones body, someones chest is sliced open & some cool CGI computer effects to render half a guy's head & face missing while he is still moving around. The demonic Reeker itself is alright but it's scenes are always filmed with an annoying blurriness & wobbly straight line effect which lessened the impact & distorted the image too much for me.With a supposed budget of about $2,000,000 this was shot in California, Los Angeles for the interiors & Lancaster for the exteriors. It has a pretty slick look to it & feels more polished than the original, the special effects are good & it certainly looks better than most recent low budget horror fare. The cast are alright but no-one I have heard of or seen before although I will just say again that Mircea Monroe is hot in this.No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker is a better than average horror flick with good gore, good CGI effects, some humour & horror & at only just over 80 odd minutes it's fast paced with some good twist's & turns. The only problem is anyone familiar with the original will have already seen & therefore know about those twist's or turns which on the one hand is one of the films biggest plus points but by a bizarre sort of logic at the same time are one of it's biggest minus points as well.