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In this sequel to 1997's Wishmaster, an evil genie is released from captivity in a museum and quickly takes human form, where he starts granting wishes to the weak-willed in exchange for their souls. ... read more read more...~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Jack Sholder, Robert Kurtzman

Release Date: March 12, 1999

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DVD Release Date: August 17, 1999

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  • May 29, 2012
    Wishmaster 2 is a cheaply made sequel to the good first film. This one feels rushed, without taking the time to get things right. In doing so, the filmmakers fail at delivering genuine scares, and instead give us a film that is more silly than frightening. This film is painful to... read more watch, and the cast here are bad and they deliver wooden performances that are just forgettable. The film is basically designed to fill the needs of a sequel, where there isn't one. The film lacks anything to really please horror fans, and you're left wanting a lot more. This film is tiresome, dull and boring, not to mention very stupid. It was clear that the filmmakers didn't care how this one turned out. The first film was a good, entertaining although not perfect film, but it was watchable. This on the other hand is a wreck from start to finish. This is standard low-budget horror film fare and it shows. The film tends to use the same formula of the first, but dumbing down the interesting aspects that made the first good. With this film, it's just another run of the mill sequel with no objective. This film is just poorly constructed entertainment that just doesn't cut it. There's nothing remarkable about the film, and everything is forgettable. Wishmaster 2 is a film that really doesn't stand out, and there was lots of potential in making a good sequel, unfortunately all that was wasted with a poor script, and lazy filmmaking. Definitely stick with the first film, but avoid this one along with all the sequels.
  • March 17, 2012
    Titillation fills in for fewer makeup effects as the first and so we've a couple of writhing-in-terror-in-bed-in-my-underwear scenes with Holly Fields and that's about it for this installment of the series. Many scenes of the bad guy standing around saying "fulfill the prophecy!... read more" w/o doing a damn thing about it. Nearly frustrating.
  • October 18, 2011
    Well it's not as good as the first I'm afraid, good to see Andrew Divoff back again as I think it was a new actor for the 3rd and 4th films. He hams up the Djin rather well, but the deaths are not as inventive as the first. I didn't think it was quite as gory as the first and it ... read moredidn't have the dark humour of the first either. If you liked the first you might enjoy this, it just doesn't reach the heights of the first.
  • June 28, 2011
    "Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies" Well I guess bad movies don't die either. With the lack of shock, the funny scenes, the bad acting, the lame special affects and overall anti scariness, it seems this particular bad movie seems to live forever, but for all the wrong reasons.

    Fir... read morest of all, the special affects are downright awful. I could buy a better demon mask from a preschooler working on an art project. The deaths were unrealistic too, particularly the "bee" death at the casino.

    Maybe this movie would be better if it was a comedy, because I found myself and my siblings unintentionally laughing the whole time. In fact there was one scene where the evil Djinn picks up a rock, makes it disappear and says "Magic!". For no reason at all! Did the director just think "Do you wanna know what this movie needs? A evil demon making a rock disappear and say magic for no particular reason at all!"

    The deaths are unintentionally funny to. Like the scene where the inmate wants to get "wasted" so the demon makes his fellow inmated kick him to death? Lame, lame, lame, lame LAME!!!

    Bottom line, this is a pretty bad horror film. Pretty, pretty bad.
  • April 26, 2010
    Andrew Divoff continues to own, in this samey/samey sequel. It's ridiculous, going for laughs and gore, but never a scare. The moment someone says "I wish my lawyer would go fuck himself!" You know you're in for a treat. It may not make any sense, but at least it was entertaining... read more in a weird way. The film shouldn't be taken seriously, but it should at least create some rules for its mythology. It seems that the Djinn can now pick and choose which wishes he grants, and manipulates them in ways that don't make sense. There's also too much God talk, from a terible Paul Johansson. To top it off, our heroine is a murderer. In a film like this, you're not going to be able to connect the audience with a complex character, so why bother?
  • December 12, 2009
    Wishmaster sequel with Andrew Divoff were not bad but I ll forever stuck on the prequel.
  • October 18, 2008
    Pretty shameful compared to the first one. The plot holes multiplied 10 fold from the first one...there seemed to be a bunch of rules that all the sudden were different in this one. Way less neat special effects, not as funny or fun. And the two main 'good guys' were really lame.
  • September 15, 2007
    Ugh. As good as the original was, this one is awful. It seemed like an excuse to find more ways to pervert wishes, but that's about the extent of this movie's merit. I didn't like the heroine and I especially didn't like the way she had to fall back on religion, rather than relyi... read moreng on smarts and internal fortitude like Alex in the first movie. This was just so disappointing. I was glad they got the same actor to plat the Djinn though.
  • July 15, 2007
    Only half as good as the first Wishmaster movie, because the Djinn spends too much time in human form, and we have that awful prison setting. There's a good casino mass-slaughter scene which is as great as the original's cocktail party massacre.
  • March 13, 2006
    I watched a man make love to his butt in this movie.

Critic Reviews


Michael Dequina
November 24, 2009
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

You've seen it all before--or, hopefully, you haven't (and won't). Full Review

Stefan Birgir Stefansson
February 21, 2008
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

disapointing sequel

Rob Vaux
January 14, 2003
Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium

A cheap, quick-fix horror sequel that methodically destroys its predecessor's shaky appeal.

Greg Maki
July 12, 2005
Greg Maki, Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

No review available.

Clint Morris
May 6, 2005
Clint Morris, Film Threat

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John J. Puccio
September 10, 2002
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

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Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

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Jeremiah Kipp
January 27, 2002
Jeremiah Kipp, ToxicUniverse.com

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Mike DeWolfe
January 1, 2000
Mike DeWolfe, Apollo Guide

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