.....and the Oscar for best screenplay goes to? Godfrey Ho, RoboVampire 3!
Excerpt A "The air in the float got out, making me go into the water."
Excerpt B "Ray, this is that b---h, her name is Jackie and she works for
Lawrence, she's a PI and I want her very dead."
Yep, even by Godfrey Ho standards "Counter Destroyer" (also known as "RoboVampire 3" or "The Vampire Is Still Alive") is just plain awful and not much fun at all, quite UNlike the first entry in the series, which is as entertaining as it is terrible. The movies plot (an odd word to use when describing a Godfrey Ho film) though lame, is to his credit a bit more coherent than a lot of his movies. But none the less this movie still has that scatterbrained quality, that all of his work has, so you'll likely be grinning and cringing throughout. Also for a Godfrey Ho ninja flick the violence factor in this one is much lower than one would expect, which doesn't help things along.
But the movies not a total loss as there are some funny things happening, such as the voice over work which, as always, is very badly done, often to the point of being comically bad and in a highly whimsical way. There are some stupidly funny characters (a Ho standard), some are downright ludicrous. The "peeing kid" near the end is really funny, especially when he starts jumping! Also, when the robo-character first makes his appearance, not being one for subtly, is utterly, cringingly tasteless - again even by Godfrey Ho standards. On the plus side, the robo-suit isn't quite as cheaply made here, as compared to the first film, not that that matters.
Alas in the end I'm afraid there's simply not enough to keep you hooked and this is easily one of Godfrey Ho's worst movies and if you aren't familiar with his work I'll spell it out for you: this is a really bad, bad, movie.
