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.
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Blom
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