The Wicker Tree - It takes quite a bit to make you pine for the Nicholas Cage version      

In short: why bother?

Yes, the original Wicker Man was a classic. Yes, the remake was completely pointless (and that's being kind). So... here we have a (semi) sequel to the original Wicker Man. And, if you look closely at the promotional material, you'll notice that it even has good ol' Christopher Lee in it. So, it must be good... right?

Wrong.

The first thing you should know is that Christopher Lee's `input' is literally less than a minute long. The film is almost a remake (in as much as there's nothing new in the story, so it's basically a retread of the old version). Two American Christians come to a small village on the Scotland/England border to help spread the word of God.

If you've seen either of the Wicker Man films you'll know what happens. If you haven't, you'll probably guess.

The acting is poor all round, some of it bordering on comedy. The `horror' is lacking. No gore here and the `traumatic' scenes from the original are not even nearly repeated here.

Simply don't bother with this. It adds nothing to the original except to cash in on its reputation. Even if you haven't seen the original, don't expect an interesting horror film here. Just don't bother. Did I mention it's not that good?

1/10 This might as well have been written, directed and produced by Uwe Boll