I would like to make an addition to this movie's tagline. It currently just states: "Their first mistake was stealing a corpse... Their second mistake was waking him up." Can we please add: "The third and biggest mistake anyone can ever make is to watch this giant pile of stinking movie rubbish!" I'm a big fan of the original "C.H.U.D" and consider it to be a modest and sadly overlooked cult gem of 80's horror. The sequel, however, I only consider to be a hugely irrelevant, imbecilic and redundant piece of crap. And it's not because I'm taking it too seriously or because I don't have a sense of humor
It's because the script of this supposedly light-headed and tongue-in-cheek horror comedy sequel is the complete opposite of funny. Part two has absolutely nothing in common with the cool original, which dealt with mutated creatures prowling the sewers of Soho, and should never have been associated with it. There's only one C.H.U.D left alive and the sleazy military colonel Masters orders to freeze the body, hoping that one day he can generate a race of indestructible zombie soldiers based on its capacities. Two dim-witted high school students snitch the body from a research lab and, moreover, accidentally bring it back to life at their house. The creature, moronically nicknamed Bud, wanders off into town where he infects a big number of unsuspecting civilians. I honestly don't want to waste too much time on reviewing "C.H.U.D II"
The humor is infantile, the characters are insufferable and the complete absence of blood is unforgivable. Lead star Brian Robbins truly irritated the hell out of me, what with his bizarre looking mouth and stupid grimaces, and even veteran actor Robert Vaughn couldn't bring a positive touch. In all honesty I even have to admit that I didn't manage to finish my viewing, and that really doesn't happen to me all that often. Totally ridiculous and retarded movie.