Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)

More people are turned into vampires as they go around spreading their evil satanic hate.

Director:

Scott Spiegel

Writers:

Scott Spiegel (story), Boaz Yakin (story)

Stars:

Robert Patrick, Bo Hopkins, Duane Whitaker

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Patrick	...	Buck
Bo Hopkins	...	Sheriff Otis Lawson
Duane Whitaker	...	Luther
Muse Watson	...	C.W. Niles
Brett Harrelson	...	Ray Bob
Raymond Cruz	...	Jesus
Danny Trejo	...	Razor Eddie
James Parks	...	Deputy McGraw
Stacie Randall	...	Marcy (as Stacie Bourgeois)
Maria Checa	...	Lupe
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Pam (as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen)
Bruce Campbell	...	Barry
Terry Norton	...	Teri Harper
Lara Bye	...	Motel Clerk
Joe Virzi	...	Victor

Storyline

Five criminals get together to rob a bank in Mexico. On his way to their rendezvous point, one of them gets into an accident, and stumbles upon the Titty Twister Bar. This little detour sets up the terror that awaits the outlaws and the officers on their trail.

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Plot Keywords:

1990s | vampire | mexico | impaled by pipe | blood splatter | 

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and gore, sexuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 March 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A Band Apart, Dimension Films, Los Hooligans Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Buck, played by Robert Patrick, recruits C.W. at the rodeo, he is seen wearing a shirt of the band Filter. Richard Patrick, the frontman of the band, is the brother of Robert Patrick.

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Goofs

When one of the vampires are thrown on the horn (mounted on the grill of the Cadillac), one of the horns move with the body, revealing it is not attached to the car, but to the clothing of the actor.

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Quotes

Jesus: [On the woman he just had sex with] She sucked me dry.

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Alternate Versions

Finnish video version is cut by 1 minute 35 seconds.

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Connections

Referenced in Death Proof (2007)

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Soundtracks

Spanish Kiss
Written by Dick Dale
Performed by Dick Dale
Courtesy of Dick Dale Enterprises

User Reviews

Fun Movie - But Where's The Plot?

I only caught the "edited" version on Sci-Fi Channel, but must admit that I found this to be a mildly entertaining film. It takes a basic ideas (vampires robbing a bank) and goes with it and runs.

The problem is that that's really all there is, and there's not much running track. Like the original, it tries to stay "reality" grounded as a caper flick, but given this is a shorter movie, this goes on _way_ too long before you actually get to vampires.

Once we get the first guy bit by a vampire, it moves along to "vampires rob a bank" and "vampires shoot it out with police." But...that's really about it. The writers seemed to have run out of ideas, and so we just get interminable variations on these two basic ideas. There is no real climax - the vampire bad guys are subsequently interchangeable, and the only really competent one (Jesus) gets killed before the formerly-dimwitted one. The ending is just one big shootout, prolonged by a convenient solar eclipse. Which is another pointless plot point - if you want vampires to be in the darkness, just keep them in darkness and have the sun come up normally. Adding the solar eclipse does nothing here. It's stuff like this which suggests the writers didn't know quite what they were doing.

As for the Raimi-esque POV shots, a little goes a long way - something that Scott Spiegel should have learned from the master. It's kinda fun the first twenty times, but after that...

Overall, I'd recommend it if you can catch it on the cheap. It's no classic, but it's mildly amusing.