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Dante and Nero
are the only survivors from ghost
attack in an island resort. Still unable to escape
from the island, Dante and Nero had to deal with
another group of boys and girls visiting that island
to prepare a rave party. Unable to prevent them, one
by one from the group lost their lives. Dante and
Nero had to face the island ghost again before the
next group containing hundreds of boys and girls
arrive to that island for party!
The first Pulau Hantu must’ve gained plenty of money,
hence the sequel. Unfortunately, the silly director
Jose Purnomo decides to redo his stupidity again
resulting in a pure crap fest. The first movie has a
novel idea of showing water ghosts in action, plus
the usual eye candy of hot teens and cute boys. This
time, practically the girls sexuality are upgraded
several stages above, more unfunny jokes and goofy
acts, but the scary scenes are done terribly, mostly
in the same manner as the first film, no improvement
at all. And the first Pulau Hantu isn’t scary at all,
though at least a bit fun to a certain extent.
The most explicit weakness in this movie can be
concluded in one word: logic. I’m not sure if there’s
any better word than that, so let’s just see these
things: A group of teens are visiting the ghost island,
unaware that recently the ghost has run amok and
slayed most of the visitors, leaving only two
survivors, i.e. our “heroes”, Dante and Nero. The
island resort has lost its caretaker and staff, so no
one will serve the guests. Has it ever crossed the
mind of these gullible new visitors when they arrived
on the island, and there are no staff to serve them?
Isn't it a bit suspicious when there’s only Nero who
meets them? Is that what an island resort supposed
to look like?
With no staff, but they can still have a dinner! Where
on earth would all the meal come from? OK, it is said
that one of the girls cooked, but come on, if you’re
having a vacation in an island resort (not renting a
villa), will you cook by yourself? With no staff, how
could all the rooms remain clean and tidy? These
groups spent some days before the terror begins.
Plenty of services are definitely required during that
time. If you’re a guest, wouldn’t you have complained?
Are these morons taking care all of their needs on the
island? Come on!
Just to remind you that in the first movie, due to the
ghastly terror by the ghost, the island resort is
deteriorated. For instance, the electricity’s gone,
and the resort must be messy. But everything is OK
when these new visitors arrive. Who fixed that? Now
concerning the acting: Dante and Nero had undergone a
horrible experience losing their friends, killed by
the island ghost in the first movie. But as sole
survivors how could they simply switch attitude in a
split second after seeing this group of hot chicks
coming? If you’ve just survived from an event that
almost took your life, and you’re still shell-shocked,
would you ever think about flirting afterward?
Maybe the answer is explained in one scene: Nero was
asked by the new boy after the new calamity has
started: “If your friends died, then how did you
survive?” He simply said, “I don’t know either!” Well,
I conclude that’s also an honest expression of the
director and scriptwriter that they really have no
idea what this movie is all about, and why they’re
making this movie! This time Pulau Hantu 2 adds more
new casts with enhanced “assets”. Yes, the girls in
the 1st Pulau Hantu were OK, but this time almost all
the girls are hot, including the extras.
Some familiar faces appear here, the new debut Wiwid
Gunawan who previously performed as a hot widow in
an adult comedy Kawin Kontrak now graciously showing
her big butt and boobs again (but not naked
unfortunately). Uli Auliani (Legend of Sundel Bolong)
also appears here, and showing her fabulous assets as
well. Plus other green teens who knows very little
about acting and they are the usual, eye candies. The
original actors who played Dante and Nero reprise
their roles, still stupid, still goofy, but what else
do you expect? We also see some underwater scenes
where the boys and girls diving, exposing their asset
as well as the beautiful underwater environment.
We still see the same ghost, a Michael Jackson
look-alike, appears lurking and killing here and there
with the ugly face shown shamelessly, since the ghost
isn’t scary at all. The magical rag doll also returns,
the grabbing hands return, but overall, no new scares
at all. The “action scenes” remain the same most of
the time: some unimpressive bloody kills, goofy chase
scenes where our heroes are chased by ghosts, their
legs grabbed by the ghosts from underground, and of
course, while they were being chased by the ghost,
they scream like hell a la Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.
Some comedy aspects are here too, but this time it’s so
stupid, that I really missed he punch line. Dante
seduced the new girl simply by saying stupid story
and stale pickup words, and the girl easily melts?
I don’t know whether Jose Purnomo tried to mock or
create a parody from popular teen flicks and their
clichés, or he simply wants to goof around, but one
thing for sure for me, they are not funny at all.
The director still uses same technique such as sudden
scene change, sped up movement, and paused scenes.
Maybe he’s trying to show the audience, “Hey look,
this is my style here.” Well, why should the audience
be impressed with such unnecessary style? I believe
the producer tries to sell Pulau Hantu 2 based mostly
on its 1st film popularity and the sexy actresses and
handsome actors. But hey, any sexual scenes would’ve
directly cut in the first place by the censorship
board, so what’s the point here? If I want to watch
sexy ladies with their bare boobs and butts, I‘ll
watch blue movie. If I want to see beautiful
underwater scenery I’ll watch Discovery Channel or
National Geographic. If I want goofy chase of goofy
characters against ghost, I’ll watch Scooby Doo
cartoons. The difference is, some ghosts in Scooby
Doo cartoons are spookier than Pulau Hantu’s ghost!
A little blood, but the first Pulau Hantu has more gore.
Nothing to write home about. Still the same
boom for shock scene but not much, and nothing
special for the dramatic scenes either, if there’s any.
Jose Purnomo might’ve owed the producer a lot of money
that he had to create this trash. Desperately trying
to reprise the success and profits from 1st Pulau
Hantu (which in fact wasn’t impressive either), the
producer just blindly churned this very inferior teen
horrors, simply by adding more hot actresses but
neglecting all scare and shock as what a horror movie
should be. Don’t bother.
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