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This is the poster/cover art for Return Of The Living Dead 2, it's a pretty gorgeous piece of art in my opinion.
Return Of The Living Dead 2 is not as good as the first movie, not at all, the script isn't as strong and is somewhat derivative of the first, the actors aren't as good (the returning actors generally don't do as good a job, and them being there is used for a very odd meta joke), the characters aren't as good, the jokes aren't as good, it doesn't have as an outrageous as an attitude, the effects aren't as good, and it doesn't add up with the ending of the original; it's overall a lesser movie.
However, I don't think that it's a *bad* movie, in spite of paling to the original, I think it's a decent 80s schlock film, it's pretty much the 'kid friendly' version of Return Of The Living Dead, and when I say this, I mean that in the best possible way, because it's still a pretty violent and gory adventure film for kids, it tries to be fun (playing far more at humor) and I think it does an ok job, even if slightly cheesy and unbearable at parts.
It has some kid actors in it, being a somewhat more kid friendly movie, but they do an ok job too. One of them acted only in this one movie, and he's in the commentary track, as an adult, not actually afraid to take jabs at the movie here and there (pointing out that the music was changed for the home video release and so on), which I found entertaining.
It also has some pretty good music associated to it, though regrettably this music is absent in the home video releases that I'm aware of, most of the licensed music was replaced with new ambient tunes (though Doctor Doctor is still in there), it even replaces the Trioxin Theme remix, though I can't say I hate the new synth tune they put there in its place.
