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MR. BONES 2: Back From The Past

With Leon Schuster, Leeanda Reddy, Tongayi Chirisa, Meren Reddy, Kaseran Pillay, Keith Gengadoo

Written by Leon Schuster & Gray Hofmeyr
Directed by Gray Hofmeyr

To say that I approached this sequel with serious trepidation is an understatement. I expected this to be terrible, but was not prepared for the atrocio-meter to strike that high!
With so few locally made movies, I feel that I should keep criticism to a minimum and rather try to focus on the positive points… unfortunately there are virtually none (except for the fact that many local people got to work on a motion picture).
Disregarding the origins of the original Mr. Bones character (of a white baby surviving a plane crash and being incorporated into an indigenous tribe, becoming its shaman), an ancestor of Mr. Bones (fulfilling the same function many years before Bones first appeared) gets propelled into the future together with his king. They have to thwart a mischievous Indian who stole a mystical stone which has him shape-shifting via the king. Meeting up with a woman in Durban, their quest is to stop the stone from causing havoc, ending up doing more damage in the process.
The predictable culture clashes and confusion with modern developments and technology is rife, and often quite pathetic. Disrespect and bad taste jokes aimed at animals is also rather poor.
Having said this, Mr. Bones 2 has become one of the highest grossing South African made movies ever. Sad but true. Obviously there is no accounting for taste.
If you like an endless string of toilet humour, lame slapstick and crap songs, look no further.

DVD extras include a featurette, deleted scenes and promo features.

1 / C
- Paul Blom


0 1 2 3 4 5 6
- A - B
- C



6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temp.
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A: Multiple Viewing Potential
B: Deserves Another Look
C: Once Should Suffice

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