A few thoughts: While the first Leprechaun was by no means a serious horror movie, the sequel pretty much abandons all pretense and turns into a corny, violent comedy. No more shadows shrouding the Leprechaun's face, dramatic lighting, or jump-scares, this movie basically admits that the concept is silly and decides to have fun with it. And fun it is, in a disposable, stupid kind of way. Warwick Davis delivers a lot more funny lines and spends a lot of the time making really lame jokes and killing people in ridiculous and hilarious ways (a scene involving boobies and a lawnmower springs to mind), fully embracing the absurdity and following in the tradition of Freddy Krueger as a wise-cracking supernatural killer. This is not a series that could work if it took itself seriously, and luckily they knew that right away. Equally going in its favor, it never makes itself too dumb and self-depricating to be annoyingly desperate, like The Gingerdead Man sequels, finding a decent balance between idiotic and just serious enough. It's not great, but entertaining.
Fans of disposable slasher films. If you like the first one, odds are you'll like this one as well.
My grade: C-
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