Review of Wolf Creek 2 (2013) by Dov D — 23 Nov 2014
An awful, misguided sequel that isn't a afraid to try new things, but fails in every execution. Everything that was great about the original is thrown out the window for comedy and weird, out of place social commentary.
Turning the villain into Freddy Krueger didn't give him more character, it made him silly. The film tries to do something interesting with character jumping. You never know who is actually the lead, making it so deaths are a surprise.
Still, none of the characters are that interesting to begin with. The original had strong females, but this one has the dumbest female in any horror movie ever. Her boyfriend is fighting the killer, and she is sitting there watching.
That doesn't make me like her, but that does make me not care if she lives or dies. A sniveling, screaming girl is not a character. It's an archetype that I was hoping was done with. Every single turn the movie made, I rolled my eyes.
By the end, I didn't care what was even happening. I just wanted this horrible sequel to be over so I could go watch the original. Another thing I have to point out is that there were a lot of scenes involving the gruesome deaths of animals.
Obviously there are many scenes of people being killed, but the scenes involving the animals were clearly put in for shock and comedy which I found abhorrent. Skip this movie, if you can even call it that.
This review of Wolf Creek 2 (2013) was written by Dov D on 23 Nov 2014.
Wolf Creek 2 has generally received mixed reviews.
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