Review of Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) by Thequietgamer — 05 Mar 2015
This time around Dead Snow wears it's absurdity on it's sleeve. The focus is definitely on the humor and gore. The result is a surprisingly enjoyable b-movie. As a result of it's goofiness this definitely isn't a movie for everyone. The stupid humor and gory violence make this a movie that's only going to appeal to a certain audience. An audience that's only interested in having some stupid fun with a very campy movie.
It can be quite funny at times. Although offensive moments are abound. It has no problem killing children and infants in gory and brutal ways. Director Tommy Wirkola tries to pass these moments off as shock humor. Instead they just feel like bad taste.
The rest of the humor consists of gross-out gags and self-aware moments. While it's usually very funny not every joke hits the nail on the head. The gore is excessive maybe, but still entertaining. The effects aren't as impressive as other films, but few of them are as imaginative with their kills.
All in all this is a pretty entertaining movie so long as you enjoy over-the-top, b-movie horror-comedies. There's enough blood, guts, and wit here to make up for most of it's shortcomings (things can move kind of slow). It's just cheesy fun that asks you revel in the camp with it. It's not the best example of how good these types of movies can be, but it's mostly fun nonetheless.
This review of Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) was written by Thequietgamer on 05 Mar 2015.
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead has generally received positive reviews.
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