![]() Having missed the scheduled boat, they charter Captain Kirk (Jürgen Prochnow, 24, Das Boot), a local smuggler, to take them over, ignoring the warnings from his first mate that the island is cursed (after all, it’s called Isla del Muerte there’s no way anything good can come from having a rave on an island with that name). The film opens with five college students trying to get to a rave on an island in the Pacific Northwest. However, a quick search of Wikipedia shows that the movie is actually set as a prequel to any of the video games. Therefore, my commentary cannot make any firsthand comparisons between the movie and the source material. House of the Dead is basically classic Uwe Boll, complete with occasional clips from the source material.īefore I continue, I need to confess that I have never played any of the games in the House of the Dead series. And, significantly, his movies have the tendency to be universally regarded as awful, awful creations. Some of his directing credits include BloodRayne, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, and Alone in the Dark. For those who don’t follow that link, he’s a German director who has made many movie adaptations of video games. For those who don’t know who he is, follow that link. House of the Dead is directed by Uwe Boll. So let’s just jump right in and try to outrun the sharks, shall we? Because it’s gonna be a long swim… And as always, I will try to avoid giving away plot points, but it’s going to happen, mainly because there is just so much that I need to talk about for this movie. You’ve got to watch them all to get the full flavor of the series. So this is going to be the first installment of the second occasional feature here at Jumping Sharks – Franchise Week! It’s important to remember that not all the movies of a given franchise will be SyFy Originals but it’s just not right to start watching a franchise partway through.
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