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3.0 out of 5 stars not bad but not as good the first volume, April 27, 2000

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Michael Toland (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Violence Jack, Vol. 2 (VHS Tape)

The first part of the Violence Jack trilogy is a grim and exceptionally violent exploration of the depths to which humanity would sink if civilization as we know it were to go the way of the dinosaur. Its relentlessly downbeat tone made the explicit physical and sexual brutality seem like what it is: ugly and hateful. While it's not everyone's cup of molten lava, it's not simply an exploitation piece meant to help emotionally-stunted adolescents get off.

It's difficult to say that about part 2, however. With the theme being pretty much exhaustively explored in part 1, there's not much to do here but repeat the story. Evil gang of thugs kills, rapes and mutilates innocents, mysterious giant appears out of nowhere and deals death to gang in various brutal ways. It's not a bad adventure story, but at the same time it doesn't have the thematic resonance of the first one. There's simply no point here except to show off the violence. It's like an episode of the Mad Max movies with more blood.

Interestingly, although the helpless women in this one are obviously offered up as sex objects this time (this wasn't the case in the first one), the sexual violence is actually toned down.

In summation: not as good as the first one, but much better than the third one.