“Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies” is pretty much the same as the first movie with some impressive practical special effects but everything else is pretty lame. This one did not even get a theatrical release as this was a tv movie.

The same demonic djinn (Andrew Divoff “Air Force One”) is back after being accidentally released from his slumber during a botched robbery. Now, he’s out to grant wishes to anybody he meets so that he can claim 1,001 souls in order to fulfil an ancient prophecy and take control of the Earth. Can this evil entity be stopped or is the world doomed?

Andrew Divoff is clearly having a lot of fun with the role as the evil genie. He’s actually fairly entertaining whenever he’s on the screen but unfortunately, the rest of the movie is a complete mess. When he’s in his true form, the costume design is pretty good but he still doesn’t look all that scary. The other characters in this movie are just dreadful. I didn’t care about the main girl, Morgana (Holly Fields). Basically, whenever Divoff is not there, this movie just grinds to a complete halt. Some of the effects used when people’s wishes are fulfilled are quite good.

I think the performance from Divoff and the practical effects are good but that’s about it. Some of the wish fulfilments are really odd as we see a lawyer literally have sex with himself and we also see an old woman excrete gold coins (thankfully we don’t see any graphic detail in either case). Most of the characters are really bland and some of the digital special effects look terrible. If you really liked the first “Wishmaster” then I imagine you will enjoy this one too. You don’t need to have seen the first one to understand this one either.