A More Idiotic Sequel To A Dumb Classic

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This sequel to the surprise box office hit The Blue Lagoon.It mimics its predecessor's romantic adventure formula of a lush tropical locale inhabited by scantily clad, nubile teens discovering their sexuality. This romance and adventure film stars Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause.It is produced and directed by William A. Graham. The screenplay by Leslie Stevens was based on the novel The Garden of God by Henry De Vere Stacpoole.

The film tells the story of two young children marooned on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific. Their life together is blissful, but not without physical and emotional changes, as they grow to maturity and fall in love.Spotted adrift in a boat with his deceased parents Richard and Emmeline, a baby boy is rescued by a passing ship. Adopted by the widow Hargrove, infant Richard is soon at sea again after he, his new mother and her baby daughter Lilli abandon ship in the face of a cholera epidemic. Washing ashore on the same island populated by the first film's heroes, Hargrove protects and raises her young charges until a disease also claims her life. Years pass and both Richard and Lilli become young adults. While Richard discovers his manhood by racing a lagoon shark and spying on the island's dangerous natives, Lilli becomes a woman with her first period. Eventually their raging hormones lead the two into each other's arms. Marriage and a pregnancy follow, but Richard and Lilli's union is threatened by the arrival of a ship carrying a lovely captain's daughter with eyes for the loincloth-clad Richard.

The Fijian background looks pretty, but there's no escaping the fact that the tropical flowers and trees seem smarter and more appealing than the people.The visuals are the only good thing about this movie. And nothing else.

A testament to that is the Razzie nominations it received which are the following:

Worst Director - William A. Graham Worst New Star - Milla Jovovich Worst New Star - Brian Krause Worst Picture - William A. Graham Worst Screenplay - Leslie Stevens Young Artist Awards: Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture - Milla Jovovich

Although it never won any award,it still reflects how poor this sequel was to a dumb classic movie.

score 4/10

Desertman84 7 January 2012

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