DMG I loved the first hatchet movie and as you can see from my rating, i love this one even more. And yes, i know many people think that this is the worst one of the series, i think it's actually the best one. They went from "pretty over the top but still quite realistic kills" to "extemely over the top and unrealistic kills". And that's what many people hate. I love the kills in this movie. And the effects, again, are great. I actually think that Victor Crowley looks better in this film. He doesn't look much different, but a little different. The main character in the second one is not being played by Tamara Feldman anymore, but by fan favorite Danielle Harris. I love her as Marybeth. I think she's awesome in this movie and i think she's an awesome actress in general. One of my biggest complains about the first movie was that some of the jokes were not funny. I have to say, i think every joke in this movie is at least a little funny. I pretty much like all of the characters. I think they're all really fun. And the acting in general is actually decent. My biggest complain about the second is again the pacing. I already mentioned that in my Hatched 1 review. I think this movie really is too slow. It takes too long for the action to get started. And my second biggest complain would be that the story is actually not very good. I don't hate the story, but i think it could have been better. Marybeth just decides to go there again, although she knows that everyone who's coming with her is probably going to die. I feel like it would've been better if she was somehow forced to go there. And i have to say, i think this movie has some of the best kills in the entire franchise and i overall love this movie. I think this definitely is one the best modern slashers. And the fight at the end between Tony Todd (who played Candyman) and Kane Hodder (who plays Victor Crowley in this movie and who also played Jason Voorhees in some of the Friday The 13th movies) is awesome. I'm just going to rate it now. 9 out of 10. absolutely love this movie.

capkronos Marybeth Dunston (Danielle Harris) goes to Honey Island Swamp to search for her missing gator hunter daddy and her brother and runs afoul of Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder). After jabbing out his eye with her finger, she makes her way to a shack where Jack Cracker (John Carl Buechler) takes her in. That is, until he learns her last name. He then kicks her out and tells her to go see Clive Washington aka Reverend Zombie (Tony Todd). As Jack sits down to watch footage from "Bayou Beavers," Victor barges in, rips his intestines out and then uses then to strangle him and pop off his head. Afterward, Marybeth goes to see the Reverend and learns all about the curse of the Crowley family... and how her father was one of three kids responsible for setting the Crowley shack on fire, leading to the death of young Victor. As a result, his ghost has haunted the swamp ever since.Seeking vengeance for her family's murders, Marybeth strikes up a deal with Zombie: He'll have his assistant Justin (Parry Shen; playing the brother of the character he played in the original) organize a posse of hunters if she gets her uncle to come along on the expedition. Marybeth comes through on her end of the deal by convincing her Uncle Bob (Tom Holland, best known as the director of FRIGHT NIGHT and CHILD'S PLAY) to come, as does the Reverend, who's able to convince a handful of people to accompany them by promising 500 dollars just for coming and an additional 5000 for anyone who's able to "kill" Crowley. Kill a ghost? Yeah, I know. R.A. Mihailoff (Leatherface from TCM III) and AJ Bowen (THE SIGNAL) are among those along for the ride. The gang take their boats deep into the swamp where they're slaughtered in various ridiculous ways by the hulking, monstrous Crowley.This both looks and feels much cheaper than the first and that's no big surprise considering the original was shot on 35mm film for 1.5 million, while this one was shot on digital for half that budget. Still, this manages to make a few slight improvements. For starters, the obnoxious, childish comedy elements have been toned down a bit here, which, in my opinion, is a good thing. Second, there's a nice flashback sequence explaining the origins of the killer. And third, Tony Todd gets to play a leading role this time out and, as per his usual, does a great job holding things together. Harris, on the other hand, I did not like. Her character is pretty grating, one-note and shrill and her come-and-go Southern accent (I THINK that's what she was shooting for at least) is terrible. The rest of the cast is so-so, though Colton Dunn deserves a special shout-out for being pretty amusing in his small part.But let's get real here, the target audience isn't really going to care much about the dialogue, plot, acting or production values: they've come here for the gore, and this delivers on that front. The director seems especially fond of head and face mutilations. There's a face sliced off, a face chopped to a bloody pulp, a face smashed to a bloody pulp, a face chopped to bits by an outboard motor and a head getting sanded down (and then smashed in) with a belt sander. Green also lets his inner 11-year-old out with "funny" murders like a guy getting decapitated while screwing his ex-girlfriend, a girl getting a hatchet buried in her ass and two guys getting their crotches simultaneously chewed up with the most comically big chainsaw you'll ever see.There are lots of film references, in-jokes and cameos here, too. Emma Bell and Shawn Ashmore (two of the stars of the director's FROZEN) both show up for second-long cameos, a few of the actresses from the first HATCHET are seen in handy cam footage and, during the hunter's meeting, you can spot genre directors Lloyd Kaufman, Ryan Schifrin, Dave Parker and Mike Mendez. Green also gives himself a cameo puking up some creamed corn on a street corner. A classy fella he is.

vengeance20 I liked the first film! I thought it was pretty good! This one was pretty good too! Although there were a few things which I didn'tNow this one picks up from where the last one left off. Though it doesn't explain what happen to Ben! Did he die? Did he live? Not explained! Though if I were to take a wild guess I'd say the killed him off! Making the last Hatchet a typical Female Soul Survivor film! Ugh! Typical! Just plain sexiest! Anyways the plot for Hatchet 2 is Marybeth wants vengeance for what happened to her family as well as wanting to retrieve the bodies of family to be buried in her home town! Aside from the gore & bloody scenes, this film has quite a few revelation adaptions to the original Hatchet! Such as:The added if not deeper adaption of the events prior to Victor Crowley being born.One of the teens who set the cabin on fire was Marybeth's father (hence why at the beginning of the film, the filthy fisherman who saved Marybeth, abruptly asked her to leave at gun point!) Not to mention that the other 2 teens responsible were Marybeth's Uncle Bob & a friend of there's by the name of Tent.Tony Todd is in this film again as the reverend! He helps Marybeth, who seeks his help & gathers a bunch of hunters together to get the tour boat which never came back in the first film! He offers them $5000 if anyone captures Victor Crowley's head & retrieves the missing tour boat! There are many others which I won't give away, but are very interesting & keep you guessing throughout the film!The gore in this film was top notch as well as the violence! The vicious deaths like the head through the boat fan, the belt sander on the guys head & the death scenes with Victors getting his entire face caved in!!The Characters in the film were alright. VERY few were in the film though!Story-Line wise, was OK, straight forward, just like the first!Now, onto the things I didn't like:The first death scene was sloppy! The intestines of the fisherman were bone dry! Really! They were not even wet let alone blood covered when Victor ripped them out of his stomach (which by the way took little effort)! He then uses the intestines to strangle & decapitate the fisherman! A little far fetched but not as bad as the colour of the blood splatter which was too red for my liking!The replacement of Marybeth! A VERY bad move! Why!? Who do it? There's no need to do so! Unless there was a valid reason behind it! But really one of the things I dislike, which made me not want to watch Death Race 2 when Jason Statham got replaced!The death scenes were abit too comical & jokey to be taken seriously! Although they were bloody & vicious! It wasn't working for me! Comedy & Horror DON'T mix! Unless it's dark & less humorous! The part when Victor emerges from the bush with a massive if not stupid sized Chainsaw! Come on! Really!? Reminded me of the time I seen the trailer for Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III! The ending was great too, though it would seem Victor wasn't dead! The part when Marybeth yells "F*#K YOU!!" Before blasting the shotgun into Victor's face before the screen cuts to black! Awesome ending!To be honest, it was a great film! It was very bloody & vicious! Just the way I like it! But had a few things which didn't make it so good!Overall I say an 8/10! It's worth a watch!

The_Dead_See I'll come straight out and say I didn't like the first Hatchet. As a fan of old school slashers such as Stagefright, F13, Terror Train and Happy Birthday to Me, I was genuinely disappointed. For a movie that toted itself as having a great villain (which it most certainly didn't) and being a return to form, to me it came across as trying way too hard. It felt kind of like that kid who would hang around at the outside edge of your peer group in school trying to butt in with awkward unfunny jokes; and even if you felt sorry for him you couldn't accept him because he was, well, just not likable in any way whatsoever.Hatchet II was better. I'll give it that much.It was better just because the kills were more entertaining. They are satisfyingly gory, often to the point of being kind of ridiculous. There's no concession to realistic anatomy here, but there doesn't need to be because it's all about innovating new gruesome ways to dismantle a human body in a comedic way.Unfortunately, as with all of Green's other movies (Yes that includes Frozen imo) there's nothing else of any value here. Attempts at humor fall flat, attempts at quirky characters seem forced, and the flow and pace is choppy as hell (pun intended). What you've basically got is a boring clothesline with some nice bloody pictures hung along its length. So although I found Hatchet IIs kills entertaining enough to sustain my interest for the duration of the movie, I can't in good conscience give it any more than a 4/10 because it was a one-trick pony.