Andrew Divoff, the evil wish granting genie (or Djinn) of the first film, is again released (by an uncredited Corey Haim who's then girlfriend is the star of the film) and find himself in prison. There he again grants lots of wishes that go horribly wrong for the wisher. Tiny Lister plays one of the prison guards, so that fun. Bokeem Woodbine also shows up in a very small part early in the film. The main plot though revolves around the Dijinn trying to collect enough should to start the apocalypse and the surviving robber, Holly Fields, tries to stop him. The special effects are well done. Director Jack Sholder has some minor genre classics to his credit ("The Hidden" and "Alone in the Dark") and does a solid job here. Overall, this is a competently made horror films that is never boring, even if it's completely forgettable.

A troublesome woman named Morgana (Holly Fields) botches a robbery attempt, getting her boyfriend Eric and an innocent security guard killed in the process. To make matters even worse, Morgana awakens the ancient Djinn, ravished four souls to rule the earth. The Djinn takes blame for the murder in human form as Nathaniel, getting Morgana off the hook. Morgana succumbs to her guilt, electing the help of former flame, now religious Gregory (Johansson). OK, I fully admit that this can be cheesy fun at certain junctures. That doesn't mean it's a very good movie. Believe it or not, half of this movie is played for laughs. It doesn't know whether to take itself fully serious or be comedic. The Djinn going to prison storyline was admittedly amusing in doses with some funny jokes. But it felt a bit out of place as well. Think along the lines of Nightmare on Elm Street II: Freddy's Revenge when it comes to this movie, only not as entertaining. The gore is where this movie really delivers, but it is rather obtuse at times. I'm talking some really outlandish things. Ever seen someone literally "F" themselves before? How about somebody violently being forced through a jail cell? If that doesn't wet your appetite, we also get the finale in the casino, which is fun times. The oddest thing has to be a woman crapping out a bunch of gold tokens. The acting is decent. Andrew Divoff is fun as the Wishmaster. The makeup is starting to get too elaborate and corny, but he fires off one-liners with the best of them, "He needed to chill out" Holly Fields is excellent as the lead. She's a bit unsympathetic at times, but she ultimately won me over with sheer talent. Paul Johansson is a bit bland as the religious love interest. That was a major complaint of mine. They could have gone really deep with the love story between Morgana & Gregory, but it was done in a haphazardly way. It was far too rushed for me and the potential was there for something memorable. I didn't care for the contrived "happy" ending either. I didn't buy it at all, it was forced. This could have been a memorable sequel if they played their cards right. What we get in lieu of that is a passable STV sequel that ends up being completely run of the mill. It is fun in a cheesy way at times, just make sure you prepare for a lot of stupidity4.9/10

"Evil Never Dies"? That sounds so cool. Too bad it got wasted on this movie! Wishmaster 2 is about as pointless of a sequel as you will ever get, because 1) Wishmaster 1 was horrible and the simple plot did not need to be repeated in another simple, horrible movie 2) Doesn't reason #1 suffice to never, ever make a sequel to Wishmaster? The little red gemstone is not cool. It is not intriguing. It is dumb. It is lame. It is silly. But here is another movie about the genie who arises from the gemstone. What happens? Exactly the same thing that happens in Wishmaster 1, except this time we are given a definitive number of victims he will "grant" and a magical phrase that may or may not be able to stop him. There's also a few twists in the plot, such as Wishmaster going to jail and why he actually goes instead of, y'know, doing the genie thing and escaping.I don't know what else to say about Wishmaster 2 except it is pretty much exactly the same as Wishmaster 1 except even more "real." Wishmaster goes to jail, Gothic lead character, robbery, a toke off a joint, etc. The only difference is this movie is funnier (intentionally this time), the ending is a little different, and the characters are slightly more interesting. I guess if I had to pick between seeing either Wishmaster 1 or 2.. oh gee, I couldn't choose. I'd loathe to see them both so much. Again this is a good kids' horror movie, but due to some of the humorous parts it makes an OK watch for the few laughs.

I watched the first movie and I watched this sequel movie yesterday. Of course, an excuse was needed to free the Wishmaster again... what were the chances to free him again? Anyway, I was expecting to find many creative gory scenes. One was cool and another one was funny... but in general, it was a huge disappointment. The first movies seems to show more of those. At least they were better. The first wish was an obvious contradiction if it was taken literally (that was supposed to be the fun of the accomplishment of the wishes: they were taken too literally). It reminds me the disappointment when I watched the second Elm Street Nightmare...There were many limitations I don't remember to find on the first movie. For instance, the djinn now has to collect 1001 souls before the last 3 wishes. Since there isn't a good creative story, the writer just made up that excuse to fill the gap between the preamble and the "final fight". More of those when the main character starts to make some wishes, although one of them is understandable.The God, Devil, priest and Christian values don't mix well with the story, based, supposedly, on Babylonia or Persian beliefs. Is it a mockery of Christians? The djinn just looks like a pervert with that silly smile. I don't know when he's mocking or doing something else. Bad acting, bad story, bad movie.