I was a huge fan of the original film and have just bought the Wishmaster Collection on Blu-Ray and just getting to watch all the sequels for the first time. I did not care for Wishmaster 2, even though it has a much higher rating than this one.
However, this film in question was actually quite a shock for me. I didn't expect to like it all, but I did interestingly. Unfortunately, Andrew Divoff does not return as the Djinn, and his replacement John Novak does not hold a candle to him, but still surprisingly does a pretty good job in my eyes. It is very interesting to see Jason Connery, Sean Connery's son, in such a movie and he too does very well.
The story gets a little different than the previous films, but I think that was a good thing. I mean how many more iterations can you do until you're just repeating. I quite enjoyed the new twist on the series, it really livens things up. It does kind of resemble a teen horror film, like Scream and Urban Legends, but since I am a fan of those films and genre's I think that was what made this film likeable for me.
I am a huge fan of B-Horror movies and can appreciate the corniness, unlike I lot of other people out there. I do recommend this film to anyone who loves these types of films and I know I will be re-visiting it in the near future.
However, this film in question was actually quite a shock for me. I didn't expect to like it all, but I did interestingly. Unfortunately, Andrew Divoff does not return as the Djinn, and his replacement John Novak does not hold a candle to him, but still surprisingly does a pretty good job in my eyes. It is very interesting to see Jason Connery, Sean Connery's son, in such a movie and he too does very well.
The story gets a little different than the previous films, but I think that was a good thing. I mean how many more iterations can you do until you're just repeating. I quite enjoyed the new twist on the series, it really livens things up. It does kind of resemble a teen horror film, like Scream and Urban Legends, but since I am a fan of those films and genre's I think that was what made this film likeable for me.
I am a huge fan of B-Horror movies and can appreciate the corniness, unlike I lot of other people out there. I do recommend this film to anyone who loves these types of films and I know I will be re-visiting it in the near future.