14. Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001)
Yeah, a severe quality drop off. Yeah, losing Divoff hurts. And they want to try to emulate his voice with some terrible ADR effects. Which they love, because they tried to do it with another character. Budget got slashed from the second movie. as there is barely any money for decent kills. I understand replacing Divoff would be impossible, but dear got, his replacement is random british guy with a bad bleach job, whose voice is way to soft. Okay, I get budget cuts for the kills, but they make the Djinn here almost hating granting wishes, gone is the trollish behavior from the first two movies, just draining the fun out of it. And the added sleaziness of the movie just makes this the worst of the bunch.
Also, wtf is with the UK subtitile, Sword of Justice?
15. Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2003)
Okay, while having a lot of the same issues of the previous movie, in terms of budget for kills, it does significantly course correct in terms of the Djinn's personality. Michael Trucco/John Novak are a good tag team as the Djinn, even if not quite up to Divoff's standard. But the eagerness to grant cursed wishes is back, and that makes even the lack of super creative deaths more entertaining. It has a fun twist on the 3 wishes in order to unleash the Djinn's that also makes it more interesting that the previous movie. And yes, still has some of the same sleaze, but it doesn't seem to bother me as much. Though, I will admit, Tara Spencer-Nairn was a big reason why I rented this movie a lot back in the day....
On the video game side, I do need get back into Bayonetta. Though, I did pick up Predator: Hunting Grounds because of the new update, and that has been entertaining.