I thought the first one was enjoyable when I saw it over a decade ago.

I saw the second at the theater and it's one of the few movies I can recall walking out of. Not even 30 minutes in and I couldn't take it.

Then I re-watched the first one a couple years ago and was surprised at how bad it was.

O_E, we don't agree on very much, but you're on point here. It's not a good movie. Bad acting, mostly bad script.

I think the vigilante premise, Willem Dafoe to at least somewhat take away from the rest of the bad acting, and a few amusing lines is all this movie had going for it. All of that plus Ron Jeremy for campiness is probably why it won a cult following.