Whore 2

This film is one of my all time personal favorites. It captures perfectly both the pleasure and pain to be bought and sold on the seedier inner city streets. You feel as if you are actually there, simultaneously repelled and attracted to the parallel universe in which these characters live. Anyone who has ever wondered what the world of drugs and prostitution is really like need look no further than this movie. I found myself full of both pity and envy for the characters in this film. I was shocked and saddened by the lives of these women, yet somehow found myself wanting to be a part of their world. The ordinarily ho-hum Amos Kollek has created his masterwork here. It is a shame that such an absorbing and enlightening film is hidden under soft core like box art and a direct to video non-sequel title. Truly a hidden gem. A must see.

This movie is a very accurate portrayal of what the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of New York was like during the 1970's, 1980's and early 1990's. It is not so much a sexual exploitation movie as it is an accurate representation of what life was like back then in that neighborhood at that time.

The move was made twelve years ago, but even by that time, the neighborhood was beginning to be cleaned up. If you were to hang around Eighth Avenue and 42'nd Street today, you would more likely bump into celebrity talk show host Joe Franklin or actress Brooke Shields than you would a prostitute or a hoodlum.

Whore 2 (1994) was a name in only sequel to the brilliant Ken Russell film that featured Theresa Russell in the title role.

Three years later Whore 2 comes out. I found this movie to be a mixed bag with several different parts that go into many different directions. The very low budget gives this movie a definite street level feel. However the acting leaves the viewer

with a bad taste in their mouths. The "acting" is what crippled this movie (besides the sloppy directing and terrible script). In the hands of a professional this could have been something. A good idea that is badly executed.

The meandering storyline and bad acting keeps this one from becoming above average. Sadly I have to give this one a fair review. The movie had all the elements, a gritty feel and seedy characters and sets. All it needed was a good director and a decent script. Too bad this movie had neither. Better luck next time.

Fair.

C

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Like some of the others, a disclaimer: I saw it in the middle of the night on pay cable, and I was ready to watch whatever came on. But I still found myself much more entertained than I thought I would be, considering the title. It's much better than your average very late night fare.

Unlike everyone else I didn't just catch this half way through and watch it on basic cable. I liked the original Whore and thought this might be more of the same. Not at all, this film has an odd feeling of being older than the original. It almost fells like a movie from the 1960's. The acting is somewhat amateurish, but has an edge to it. The stories the hookers tell about their lives are sad and desperate. The main character is flat and that feeds into the overall sadness of the film. These people develop relationships among each other that feel more real than you get in todays action films. All in all, a good effort for a movie that most would pass by because of its name and subject matter. Worth a watch.