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ABCs of Death 2
Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.
Release : | 2014 |
Rating : | 5.4 |
Studio : | Drafthouse Films, Timpson Films, |
Crew : | Director of Photography, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Eric Jacobus Julian Barratt Ian Virgo Miguel Ángel Muñoz Sherry Lara |
Genre : | Horror |
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Best movie of this year hands down!
Sadly Over-hyped
Expected more
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
I have not seen the first one to make comparisons, but I did enjoy the originality of many of the skits. There are 26 different comedy-horror episodes each using a letter of the alphabet. I gave myself 3 guesses for each episode, and in one instance gave myself credit for a derivation of the word. I managed to get 9 out of 26. B,V, and X were easy to guess. P is cleverly impossible. Some episodes are better than others. Some were not great, but enjoyed because of the uniqueness of the tale, something which lacks in modern horror.Guide: F-bombs and Nudity.
More miss than hit, again.The first ABCs of Death was a novel concept but the result was a mixed bag.The idea of both movies is that 26 different directors each take one letter of the alphabet, and make a short (4-5 minute) death-themed story on it. Segments are shown in order, ie from A to Z, and end with "(whatever) letter is for (something)'.Nice idea, but the execution didn't quite measure up to the concept. The short stories vary from very clever and interesting to incredibly stupid. Some are clearly made just with shock value, and no narrative, in mind.ABCs of Death 2 is slightly better than the first movie, but now the novelty has worn off. There are some great little stories - B (directed by and starring Julian Barratt, of The Might Boosh fame) is funny and interesting and C makes a very good point in a very short space of time.Less incredibly stupid stories than the first one, but not much more good ones either.Overall: so-so. More bad stories than good.
Let's get down to business:A - A great start. It cleverly contrasts the glamorous fantasy with the harsh reality in the life of a professional assassin, and has a terrific ironic payoff, to boot. ***1/2B - A little too much shaky cam, but a funny ending makes it worth it. ***C - Gruesome and brutal miscarriage of justice. ***D - Great claymation, but I did not understand the "story" at all. **1/2 E - Imaginative direction, WTF ending. **1/2F - Well-done, sad tale, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (!) The woman in this one gives one of the strongest performances in the entire film. **1/2 G - The first complete dud. Ugly and disgusting, and not in a good way, either. Ugh! 0H - A curious little animation piece. **I - An one-joke premise (old matriarch won't die no matter how many times her inheritors "kill" her) that can barely sustain even three minutes of running time! *1/2J - A disturbing, effective anti gay-intolerance parable, though I don't quite "get" the title (J is for Jesus). **1/2 K - Artistically made, with a beautiful leading lady and hypnotic imagery, but also a nonsensical story. **1/2L - Poorly put together and disjointed. *1/2M - Hard to believe THIS was voted the best entry in the long-running open-for-public competition that was held for choosing who would get to do this particular letter. *1/2 N - A creative N.Y. love story, with a macabre end. **1/2 O - Sounds better than it plays (zombies judge and condemn people to death for killing....zombies!). **P - Awful sub-Three Stooges "comedy", though slightly more bearable than "G" above. 1/2 Q - Smart and funny. In America, can you marry your widow's sister? ***R - Very suspenseful, but a frustratingly incomplete ending. Probably the short most in need of expansion. **1/2 S - Good use of the split screen(s), some unexpected stings in the tail of this tale. ***T - A disappointing throwaway, I expected more from the Soska Sisters. *1/2U - One of the best entries. Eloquently tells a complete story in three minutes - without any dialogue! ***V - A bold and creative technical experiment - largely successful. ***W - Wickedly funny and thoroughly perverse (wait till you see "Fantasy Man"!) ***X - Far from the most graphic, but probably the most extreme and sickening of the shorts, in terms of what happens in it. **Y - Trademark Japanese wackiness - but with a point! **1/2 Z - Astonishingly gruesome "body horror", for the strongest stomachs only. Others might be advised to finish the movie five minutes earlier. **On the whole, "ABCs of Death 2" improves upon its predecessor; the production values / special effects / camera work are superior, there are a couple of shorts that surpass any of those in the first film, and only two - G and P - out of the 26 are completely skip-worthy, IMO.
i loved the first one ; so disappointed in the second chapter. just one or two stories among the 26 are good. It s warning for those who really enjoyed the first one .I feel like i lost my time watching it. i loved the first one ; so disappointed in the second chapter. just one or two stories among the 26 are good. It s warning for those who really enjoyed the first one .I feel like i lost my time watching it. i loved the first one ; so disappointed in the second chapter. just one or two stories among the 26 are good. It s warning for those who really enjoyed the first one .I feel like i lost my time watching it. i loved the first one ; so disappointed in the second chapter. just one or two stories among the 26 are good. It s warning for those who really enjoyed the first one .I feel like i lost my time watching it.