Solo Review: Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)

Sub-Genre- Vampire shenanigans
Cast Members of Note- Corey Feldman! And a quick cameo by Corey "The Cocaine Kid" Haim... Plus Kiefer Sutherland's little brother, Angus Sutherland, as the main bloodsucker.

So like, a bunch of gnarly surfer dudes are vampires, and they do some bogus things to like, these normal people... and then Mr. Hand takes away their pizza and lectures them about wasting his time or something...

Two kids (who may or may not be Michael and Starrs' kids from the first movie) move to California to stay with their lame Aunt. She tries to get them to watch The Goonies and have "Vick's Back Rub Night," but they instead opt to head to a party hosted by the vampire surfers. The sister gets drunk on Vampire Blood, acts a fool, sluts it up for Donald Sutherland's less famous son, and forces her brother to get the help of good ole' Edgar Frog. (He kills vampires, for those of you too lame to not remember the first movie...)

Keanu Reeves is Kiefer Sutherland's brother? Whoa.

Edgar's brother is missing (unless you watch the deleted scenes), Sam is missing (until the credits), but at least he has a mortar that fires Holy Water balloons, and he still has his trusty tapioca slingshot. The Sutherland kid is screwed! I won't ruin the ending for you here, but Sam is now a Vampire. Oops...

"Grrrrrr!"

Not too bad. With the first Lost Boys being one of our all times faves, I was expecting this one to blow more than Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton on a typical coke-fueled cock binge; but it didn't. The vampires in this one were in no way as cool as the ones in the 1986 original, nor was the story as compelling or tight character wise, but it had its moments, and managed not to piss me off. That's a big thing, believe it or not.

Fun fact: Kiefer Sutherland played David in the first Lost Boys, and his little brother Angus plays the head vamp, Shane, in The Tribe.

The Corey Haim cameo might be the best part of this flick; watch the credits to catch it. There were a bunch of nods to the first movie in this one, which definitely made it more fun to watch. I also love the new version of "Cry Little Sister," the classic song from the original's 1986 soundtrack.

Back together again like cocaine and whiskey! Wooo!

The vampires in the first Lost Boys were just that, Lost Boys; they seemed to be kids who were plucked from their lives, bitten, and allowed to run free, raising themselves on blood and endless partying. The new vamps of The Tribe seem like they're more along the lines of dickhead surfers. They weren't very compelling at all.

THESE are the only Lost Boys that will ever count.

I was sad that the soundtrack sucked for the most part in this one, especially as the original movie's was so totally rad.

Some decent bloodletting, especially during the mass-slut-killing on the beach. Nothing too over the top though

See? There's a little bit of blood in this one.

Moneca Delain as naked in this one.

Damn.

 

The originals are always better. Also, Corey Feldman still rules as Edgar Frog.

"Where's the cocaine?!?"

It managed not to totally shit on it's Classic precursor, but at the same time, it didn't come anywhere near close to being as good. It's a good effort, and just cool enough to make me glad that I watched it, from a completists' standpoint.

C-

Lost Boys: The Tribe is available now on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD.

Ladies and gentlemen, Autumn Reeser.