The Asylum strike again with “Titanic II”. This is not a sequel to the 1997 James Cameron film “Titanic” but rather a mockbuster set in the present day. This is such a lazy and pathetic film from start to finish. The movie was directed by, written by and stars Shane Van Dyke, who is the grandson of Dick Van Dyke (“Mary Poppins”). A significant amount of blame for this disaster must be placed the young Van Dyke.

A hundred years after the Titanic sank, the new Titanic II is to set sail. However, history is about to repeat itself as a terrible storm sends an iceberg crashing into the new vessel. The passengers struggle to survive this terrible ordeal.

The acting in this movie is just horrendous. We have some seriously boring characters here but this is a movie from The Asylum so I wouldn’t expect anything better. The characters here are just as boring as the characters in “Transmorphers”, “The Day The Earth Stopped” and their other mockbusters. I guess in a film about a shipping disaster, the ship itself is practically a character and the ship here looks terrible at times. The C.G.I. is as unprofessional and cheap as usual with films from The Asylum.

“Titanic II” should have sunk at the script stage. This is a pathetic attempt to cash-in on the continuing popularity of the James Cameron “Titanic” movie. I’ll repeat that this is not a sequel to the 1997 movie. This is a classic case of The Asylum trying to con naïve folks into seeing this stinker. Watching “Titanic II” is like watching “The Room” but without the comedic value. Whatever you do, please ensure that you don’t hand over any money to The Asylum because they’ll just keep making low-budget shlock like this until we’re all destroyed by a solar flare.