![]() As much as I want to like certain design concepts like snake-like vampire teeth, I can’t quite convince myself to fully play along. The show’s tone, just like in the first season, isn’t 100% serious, but takes itself more seriously than the films ever did, and maybe more seriously than it should take itself. Then a few minutes later, an ancient statue coming to life looks like a last-minute, rushed effects job – why the inconsistency? Quite confusingly, though, some effects (specifically, one vampire “burning up” from the inside, Iron Man 3-style) look amazing. This first episode is again directed by Robert Rodriguez, who directed 4 of the 10 season one episodes as well as the first film, and the action sequences are exciting and creative – a Rodriguez trademark. Unfortunately, the lower television-show budget means some of the CG effects aren’t as convincing as they should be. Some nasty and evil vampires surpass season 1’s villains, and they (as well as Jesse Garcia’s Texas Ranger Freddie Gonzales) promise to be on our heroes’ trail as soon as possible. In season 2, Richie Gecko and vampire seductress Santanico Pandemonium, are trying to bring down the vampire crime syndicate, while Seth Gecko and Kate Fuller (the pastor’s daughter) are robbing their way to new passports and identities, in order to stay as far away as possible from the law and vampires. Previously, we saw the bank robbing “Gecko Brothers” on the run from the law, kidnapping a former pastor and his two children in order to smuggle themselves across the USA/Mexico border. They ended up in the Titty Twister, a dangerous strip joint in Mexico populated by Aztec, snake-like vampires who lure travellers into their clutches to drink their blood and capture their souls. ![]() The first season retold, re-imagined, and expanded the plot of the 1996 movie on which this series is based, and now the second season is taking the saga in a new direction. It’s an interesting twist to have two vampires as protagonists, and splitting up the Gecko brothers into two separate criminal teams create a new dynamic, but the confusing and convoluted plot looks like it’s just getting more complicated. However, this new episode (titled “Opening Night”) reintroduces most the same people from season one. When the first season of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series reached it’s weird conclusion, I was anticipating that, in the style of the film series (also like American Horror Story or Fargo), the second season would tell a different story, featuring different characters, to expand the same mythology.
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