Hatchet 2 Review (Minor Spoilers)

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THE MOVIE: CRITIC'S TAKE

I couldn't wait to see this movie. The first Hatchet ended with me wanting more. The first movie was a comic relief from horror and I truly enjoyed it. I was hoping that the second one would carry the same weight. This film doesn't deliver the same bite the first one did but it remains a decent movie. So far the franchise is everything it was suppose to be; Wacky, disgusting, gory, tittyful fun!

STORY

It begins where the first movie left off... literally. Victor is choking the life out of Marybeth, this time played by Danielle Harris, on a row boat. She manages to get away and be saved by Jack Cracker (The one that drinks his own piss from the first movie), played by John Carl Buechler. He takes her to his cottage in the woods and informs her that she is very lucky. She tells him her full name and within moments tells her to get out. She is connected to Victor Crowley and doesn't want to get on his bad side. He threatens to kill her via a shotgun if she doesn't obey. Reluctantly she leaves heading back into town to get more information about her history with Victor. As for Jack Cracker, he wasn't so lucky.

Poor Bastard!

She returns to town and demands answers from Rev Zombie, played by Tony Todd. He tells her the real story of how Victor came to be and his death. She learns that her dad was one of the young boys who help kill him. Rev Zombie sees this as a chance to rid the swamp of Victor once and for all. He assembles a team of hunters to enter the swamp and hunt down Victor for a ransom. Danielle joins the trip but only to get the remains of her father and brother back. She doesn't know that Zombie is only using her to get her Uncle Bob into the swamp so Victor could kill him and the other boy. He thinks letting Victor have his way with the last two remaining boys, that killed him, will lift the curse. What a dick huh?

ASSHOLE

Once in the woods everyone starts getting their ass kicked. A guy gets his head cut off while banging a hot blond, a hot blond ended up banging a dead corpse until she received a Hatchet up the vagina, someone got cut in half, a person was pulled out of his own skin, and many more disturbing kills. It was freaking great! It ends similar to how the first one ended. It was a good way to make people question if this story is truly over. Let's hope not.

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ACTING

The acting here wasn't too bad. It doesn't match what the first one did but it was still enjoyable. Danielle did an OK job but I felt that the last actress was better. I couldn't feel chemistry with anyone unless they were talking to Tony Todd. He made this movie watchable and his performance as a creep was believable. The returning Parry Shen was better this time around. He played a less comical character and more of a sympathetic coward. He was the only one that I was routing for not to get killed, which tells me he did his job. Overall the acting isn't the best but it's not the worst either.

I never said this site was PG

SPECIAL EFFECTS

The effects here was good. You could tell that it was still low budget but I doubt that will matter to you. The kill scenes are the best part of the movie. Loved the part where the guy got ripped out of his own skin. That made my jaw drop. I felt that the makeup of Victor Crowley was less impressive this time. I had to take a double take to see if that was the same monster. Overall the effects aren't too shabby.

Ugly ass!!!

WRITING AND DIRECTING

The film was written and directed by Adam Green. This time around the characters were dull. He had a sad story going but failed to give it some juice. He could have done so much more with the other characters but he choose not to pull the trigger. The humor was lackluster and I failed to laugh like I did the last time. His directing has improved though. The action was in full view and the angles that he used didn't look amateurish. He learned from his past mistakes.

THE END

Overall the first one is better but the sequel does it justice. I enjoyed the deaths and story as a whole. It's a fun watch if you are into these type of films. It has it's jumps and scares that can make your stomach cringe. A decent B movie.

I had to show them titties one more time!!!

OVERALL

STORY  6 out of 10
ACTING 5 out of 10
SPECIAL EFFECTS 6 out of 10
WRITING 5 out of 10
DIRECTING 6 out of 10

OVERALL 6 out of 10 (DECENT FILM)