Battle Zone 2: San Jose Families

[Eric T. Jones]

View the Film:
YouTube
Part 1- www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgUMMRHu0RU
Part 2- www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ9in9x2Thk
Part 3- www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq8Xl9YIjGE
Part 4- www.youtube.com/watch?v=w83OCj1rVcQ
Part 5- www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyI4NbVWec0

View the Bloopers:
YouTube- www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aiWyVForuA

View the Trailer:
YouTube- www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcvmtjL4MVk
Vimeo- www.vimeo.com/6107746

Runtime: 50:07
Initial Filming Date: June 2007
Filming Wrap Date: September 2009
Release Date: October 10, 2009

CAST AND CREW

CAST
Oliver Li- Michael Yamato
Joseph Payne- Don Pianto
Alex Moresco- Don Vezzini
Brandon Behen- Leo
Casey Sakima- Male Ninja
Cris Torres- Bernardo/Nick Barret
Simone Saccani- Big Tony
Marc Wheeler- Hit Man
Oleg Shabrov- Frankie
Daniel Esparza- Phillip Bridges
Aniket Das- Commissioner Wayne
Alex Sahanyuk- Don Belenov
Brian Li- Atsuya
Neta Assaf- Ms. Hammond
Sapphire Fein- Commissioner Thrace
Nick Erickson- Senator Craig Mitchell
Richard Davis- William Dawson
Eric T. Jones- Big Tony's Driver/Vezzini Guard
Bonnie Qin- Female Ninja
James Barker- Vezzini Guard
Nikolay Shurygin- Vezzini Guard
Kevin Johnson- Vezzini Guard
Nima Khalily- Vezzini Guard
Yarryd Alfaro- Vezzini Guard
Cristof Gilmore- Vezzini Guard
Brandon Maleski- Vezzini Guard
Linda Bianchi- News Reporter

CREW
Make-Up- Laura Bianchi
Italian Translator- Erica Cei
Casting- Joseph Payne
Costumes- Dead Moose, Inc.
Costumes- JP Films (c)
Weapons- Brian Li
Weapons- Joseph Payne
Weapons- Nikolay Shurygin
Fight Choreographer- Brian Li
Camera- Joseph Payne
Camera- Oleg Shabrov
Camera- Alex Moresco
Camera- Brandon Behen
Camera- Marc Wheeler
Camera- Oliver Li
Camera- Cris Torres
Camera- James Barker
Camera- Alex Sahanyuk
Camera- Eric T. Jones
Original Score Composer- Joseph Payne
Editor- Joseph Payne
Writer- Joseph Payne
Director- Joseph Payne

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (4:3 master)

[Eric T. Jones]

"Battle Zone 2: San Jose Families" strives for intricate plotting as much as it strives to have absolutely nothing to do with the original. You do not need to see the first "Battle Zone" to enjoy, and those looking for nonstop action will be sorely disappointed by its many expository dialogue sequences. It gets pretty convoluted and as the closing music (along with *ahem* Mr. Payne's accent) would hint, there's more than a reference to "The Godfather".

Except it has ninjas. This is a film that won't even leave the Russian mafia out, and the result is the same technical quality of a JP Films (c) production, except with far less music, and even more delight in the plotting (the cold mob hits never get old) than in the action. It easily tops the first "Battle Zone"... and who knows, maybe even "House of Horror".

As for me, I laughed long and hard through many parts of it, and given the actors' faces, it's evident they were having lots of fun, too. There's room for a smoother dialogue mix and un-stretched segments (most of it was filmed in 4x3 but some was in 16x9, the compression making some characters appear like toothpicks), but it runs much faster than its 47-minute runtime.

Bonus points if you hate Dead Moose, Inc. Every DMI member on-screen gets killed at least once (I must have gotten killed at least six times, although I didn't run an actual tally).

***1/2 out of four.

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