Tremors 5 - Camino de Sangre

Tremors 4 wasn't a great movie, but it had some excitement in it. The same cannot be said for Tremors 5, which has remarkably little in the way of thrills and suspense.

There's also not much in the way of story or character. This time around it's basically just the Burt Gummer show, with other characters ranging from bland to irksome. And because the story soon separates into two separate threads that connect poorly, there is no real sense of momentum. And with no character development, you don't have much reason to care if these people live or die.

There are a bunch of logic issues as well, and all sorts of clichés, but I don't need to name everything wrong with this movie. The point is, nothing is done very well.

At the same time, it is perfectly watchable and keeps moving. So there's that. But if this is the best they can do, it's probably time to shut this thing down.

I dug this freak-show! It's a old school popcorn movie with some bad-ass monsters. It honored the franchise, which I love, but brought it up to date and delivered some scares. Kudos. I really loved seeing Burt in action again. And the addition of Jamie Kennedy was spot on. The South African gang of actors really spiced things up. The character of Den Bravers was the Crocodile Dundee of South Africa. I'd love to see Burt and Den together again in the next one. And Brandon Auret was tons of fun to watch as Dreyer. And now to Ms. Pearl Thusi. What a find she was. Pretty and athletic with a depth of character. Everyone really stepped up and added to the movie. Burt Gummer was in good company and of course, now we have to talk about the Graboids and AssBlasters. The new designs are greeeeattt! Updated and fresh. Well done to all involved. Can't wait for the next one.

I really wanted to like it, but it was an enterprise doomed to failure. Not only the graboids have a complicated life cycle that involves a flying version that uses igneous farts to propel themselves, but the movie is now located in South Africa and filled with clichés of how Americans see the place.

The monsters were cool enough, but the tension was gone, as well as the classic Tremors feel, where an isolated community gets together to defeat unbeatable carnivore beasts. Instead we have big guns easily killing big dumb animals. It's not a totally bad film for the Tremors "series", but certainly it is a disgrace to the original film.

Bottom line: watching it for the melancholy and the fun. Had neither.

South Africa, at a wildlife reserve appearing the monstrous Graboids, as the creepy and man eating animals are back. The reserve is besieged by the giant killers predators with several tongues. There comes Grummer, Michael Gross, and his pal Jamie Kennedy, both of whom join forces to defeat the invincible Graboids. As they attack above and in below. Along the way Grummer is locked at a cage and surrounded by lions and Graboids.

This is an agreeable followup, an entertaining, fun and quite bemusing juvenile romp. Dealing with the eerie and bloody predators that are back and even mutated and deadlier than before, terrorizing deeply the inhabitants of a South African reserve run by a beautiful veterinarian woman, Natalie Becker .The film relies heavily on the peculiar relationship between Michael Gross and Jamie Kennedy, including a sympathetic surprise among them. This is a funny adventure, being slickly shot and attempting to update the 50s and 60s monster movies to modern times. Pretty good digital effects recreating the carnivorous and ferocious animals.

The motion picture was professionally directed by Don Michael Paul. He is a secondary actor and an occassional professional director. He is a craftsman who has directed a few films as Jarhead 2, Sniper Legacy, Lake Placid : Final chapter, Death race : Beyond anarchy, Bulletproof 2, Kindergaten cops 2, Who is your caddy?, The garden, among others .

This is the 5 sequel, usually written and produced by SS Wilson, Ben Maddock, Ron Underwood, the first was Tremors by Ron Underwood with Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Tony Genaro, Victor Wong, Charlotte Stewart, Finn Carter . Followed by Tremors 2 Aftershock by SS Wilson with Fred Ward, Ariana Richards, Charlotte Stewart. Tremors 3 Back to perfection with Shawn Christian, Michael Gross. Tremors 4 by SS Wilson with Sara Bostford, Billiy Drago, JE Freeman, August Schellemberg. Tremors 6 A cold day in hell 2018 by Don Michael Paul with Jay Ashley, Greg Kriek, Alistair Black. And a TV series wirh Gladys Jimenez, Victor Browne, Marcia Strassman, Michael Gross.

Let me start this by saying I adore the "Tremors" series, one of the best monster movies out there, from first one filled with humorous parts and that little add-on kept till the very end.

This one is nothing short of that, but it simply looks like it lost its touch, like, it's not really the real deal, more of a cheap version of what we once had. For the die hard fans, sure, it will work alright, I'm quite happy I got to see yet another part, but for the rest, it will be just a movie.

Anyway, here, it is late night, raining, so I got a lovely atmosphere for some nostalgic moments, so I do enjoy the movie but it still feels like something is missing. I wait for other users to comment on it, maybe it is just me. Hope so.

Tremors 5, keeps the legend alive, but not kicking.

Cheers!