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The first movie wasnt to bad. At lease the acting was good in that one. The acting is really bad in this movie, and what is worse is that the best actres (crystal lowe) was killed off after about 20 minutes. It was good but for all the wrong reasons. I found myself laughing at the action, dialogue and acting. It was really predictable and boring! The gore (which is the best part about the move) sometimes looked fake (the pink insides, what were they supposed to be? intestines?)
Overall i would say dont watch this movie unless you want to watch a really un-scary, crappy movie that you can make sit and laugh at.
I did not like this as much as the first (that one gets a 5/5 from me!) but it's easily the best DTV movie I've ever seen. The directing and gore are top-notch... some of the acting was a little flawed but nothing too serious. However, the comedic tone gets old. Comedy-horror movies aren't so great -- bring back good, old-fashioned serious horror.
This movie was just bad. I figured it was gonna be great considering how good the first one was. But, I was dissapointed. Very disgusting some parts. I didn't even watch all of the movie. Just not good.
eh, this movie was as good as halloween resurection. The movie did finally get good after the whole "REALITY TV" thing, which was pretty much after everyone was dead.
I wasn't expecting much from a straight to DVD sequel to a Hollywood movie, but this one actually surprised me and entertained more than the original. The addition of plenty of physical props and special effects compared to the originals CG effects made this one stand over its predecessor. Overall a very fun film with gore aplenty and enough laughs to keep it gripping in between the action. I think I'd almost go as far as saying that this sequel tops the original in terms of overall quality.
Interesting enough starting point, but it all goes downhill from there. Horrible acting, horrible scripting... you name it. There are a few great gore effects and a couple of funny situations but that's it. Too bad considering that I loved the first movie. The rave reviews it is getting in many places do not help this movie at all, as you indeed expect a good movie which is not. Beware!
Posted By: satans_pimp at 3:12pm, February 16, 2008
some good gore effects. terrible story. terrible acting.What a horrible movie compared to the First one,the writers need to be kicked out of Hollywood.all i can say is GLAD i did not buy this one..WTF. if i could give a -3 rating i would. Tales from the crapper was a much better movie then this
It goes without question that 2007 has been a fairly decent year for horror releases.
Thanks to such films as 28 Weeks Later, Hatchet, and last but definitely not least, Joe Lynch’s long awaited sequel to Rob Shmidt’s 2003 grisly tale of a family of deformed, cannibalistic mountain men, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End. In most cases, I’m highly against sequels—mainly because they always seem to disappoint and often ruin something that was once a masterpiece on it’s own. For example, The Ring (based on Japanese director Hideo Nakada’s acclaimed horror-thriller Ringu) was, without a doubt, one of the scariest and most suspenseful films of the decade. Of course all of the glory behind such a well-crafted film was completely demolished by the follow up, The Ring 2. The most difficult fact about this to accept is that director Hideo Nakada was responsible for ambushing Gore Verbinski’s admirable re-creation of the original Japanese version of the film.
However, every so often someone has the guts to take on the intricate task of re-creating the same prominence that can be found in the first addition of what could possibly result in a series of horror films—better known as a franchise (I.E. Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Etc…) On very rare occasions, we are given the gift of an exemplary re-creation of one of our most cherished originals. Joe Lynch’s praiseworthy follow up to the popular 2003 film, Wrong Turn, is, without a doubt, destined to be known as one of the greatest horror sequels of the decade—possibly even of all time.
The film begins as we are introduced to a group of six very different individuals who have been chosen to star in a new reality television series hosted by retired Marine Captain, Dale Murphy. The simulated game of survival in the woods takes place in the backcountry of West Virginia, which just so happens to be inhabited by the same grotesque family of cannibalistic mountain mutants we were introduced to in the first Wrong Turn film. But wait—I forgot to give credit to the opening seen which features a catty and rather irritating blonde attempting to revive one of the mutants after running him down with her car. Seconds into the movie we see the girl literally getting split down the middle with an axe. I have to say, I’ve seen some pretty impressive opening scenes in horror films before, but none of them have ever blown me away to such an extreme degree as this one. The opening scene to Joe Lynch’s Wrong Turn 2: Dead End definitely deserves a standing ovation. After watching the first five minutes of the film, I knew I was in for a treat.
During the first half hour of the film, we are given a brief biography of each of the characters. The first, an artistic Vegan chick, followed by a dim-witted skateboarder, an athletic football star, a bodybuilding army girl, the quiet girlfriend of one of the members of the equipment crew, and a ditzy brunette. Each character contrasts the next, but they all have one thing in common: The desire to win the game and earn some cash. Progressively the movie starts to focus more on each individual’s strengths and weaknesses. Now as a devoted fan of the genre I tend to watch a lot of horror films, which, over time, has strengthened my ability to predict the fate of the characters. But in this case I ended up failing—several times—to foresee where each of the characters would end up. In fact, I’d have to say that Joe Lynch did an outstanding job of keeping the audience guessing until the very end.
As a sequel to a movie that was humorous and full of gratuitous gore, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, really outdoes itself at being a picture perfect follow up to it’s predecessor. The characters are better developed to an extent where the audience knows which ones they want to win or lose, live or die. On top of that, Joe Lynch and Al Stein got much more creative with the splatter factor—which we all know is essential element of a good horror movie. Compared to Wrong Turn, the death scenes in the sequel are outrageous in terms of how far Bill Terezekis and his crew went with the special FX. The kill scenes in the first film were all pretty straightforward—with exceptions such as a hatchet to the mouth and an arrow through the eye. In the sequel however, with death scenes featuring disembowelments, severed torsos, and bodies being fed through meat grinders, Bill Terezekis’ makeup work did an amazing job of justifying just how grotesque these mountain mutants truly are. I can’t even begin to describe how much of a relief it is to watch a horror movie with only one CGI enhanced kill scene in it.
Somewhere in the midst of all the hype about horror remakes and on screen adaptations of graphic novels there lies the “dreaded sequels”. But truthfully, some of these sequels deserve a lot more recognition that they are given. Is it because they are considered nothing more than a half-assed follow up to the first of what could possibly turn into many? Or is it because there are already so many disappointing sequels to good horror movies that the fan base is beginning to lose all hope? We the audience must keep in mind that as loyal fans of horror cinema, it is up to us to keep the industry thriving, and the only way that’s going to happen is if we give any and all horror films (including sequels) a chance. Sure we’ve been let down in the past—sequels such as A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2, The Ring 2 and hundreds of others have given us good reason to lose hope that maybe someday we will be presented with a creditable follow up to the predecessor. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a prime example of why horror fans should continue to hold on to some anticipation for future sequels, it’s a definite must see of 2007.
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