Famed Ambassador Hotel sees its last movie shoot
Filed under: Horror, Casting, Distribution, Remakes and Sequels, Games and Game Movies
So the famous Ambassador Hotel, which has graced the screen in many a flick during the course of its proud and haughty history, has been torn down- but not before it got one last co-starring role. It is nice that the handsome old place will be used once again...it's just a shame that it has to go out on a made-for-TV sequel to one of Uwe Boll's worst films (and that's quite a distinction). House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim (I swear that's the real name of it) will premiere this Saturday, Feb. 11th, on the Sci-Fi channel. The movie culls together the acting talent of two upcoming made-for-tv comic book series Painkiller Jane and Blade, as both Emmanuelle Vaugier and Sticky Fingaz have co-starring roles along with a collection of less notable others (this is also quite a distinction). Oh, and Sid Haig.
That's right, the building where Robert Kennedy was killed gave its final bow as the home to a made-for-tv movie with a terrible pun for a name. On the bright side, at least the sequel to House of the Dead seems fully aware of what it is intended to be, a bad shoot-em-up with big guns and as little acting as possible. The original was kind of painfully fun in that "I can't believe this is so awful" sort of MST3K way, and that seems to be just what the sequel is attempting to recreate. And really, who among us doesn't love a good cheesy zombie flick every now and then?
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2-09-2006 @ 11:06AM
Peter said...
I actually wrote a review of House of the Dead 2 a week or two ago. Sci-Fi channel movies are always expectedly horrible, so to criticize one for actually living up to expectations is pretty redundant.
So me ripping into House of the Dead 2 further is more than meaningless, but aside from all the painfully obvious bad calls that went on throughout the production (largely to do with the script), it actually isn't that horrible.
No one should ever go out of their to watch it, and should probably actually make an effort to not see it, but it is at least better than anything Uwe Boll has ever vomited up. At least it doesn't inspire thoughts of suicide.
Anyways, I'm guessing the hotel was used for interior shots, because I don't remember ever seeing any exteriors of it...
Oh, and whoever thinks Sticky Fingaz is a good choice for anything should be punched in the head.
I can't believe I've now written about this movie not once, but twice. I hate myself.
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2-10-2006 @ 6:23AM
Serge Segal said...
I've seen House of the Dead 2 movie and it is not as bad as a first one. Although it doesn't have a good shoot'em all scene as in first movie, it does have a story (sort of) and suspence (kinda sort of too).
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