Wrong Turn 2
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| Wrong Turn 2: Dead End | |
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 Wrong Turn 2 DVD Cover Art |
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| Directed by | Joe Lynch |
| Produced by | Jeff Freilich Erik Feig |
| Written by | Turi Meyer Al Septien |
| Starring | Erica Leerhsen Henry Rollins Texas Battle Kimberly Caldwell |
| Music by | Bear McCreary |
| Cinematography | Robin Loewen |
| Editing by | Ed Marx |
| Distributed by | Fox Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) |  October 9, 2007 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States/Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4,000,000 |
| Preceded by | Wrong Turn |
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Wrong Turn 2 (a.k.a. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End) is a 2007 horror film which stars Erica Leerhsen, Henry Rollins and Texas Battle. It is a sequel to the 2003 horror film Wrong Turn which starred Desmond Harrington and Eliza Dushku, and has been available on DVD since October 9, 2007.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Nine years after the events in the first film, Wrong Turn 2 opens with eight strangers competing in a Survivor-like game show led by retired military commander Dale Murphy, who makes them give up all outside communication before starting. As they move into the forest, the surviving cannibal from the first movie attacks and kills one of the show's producers. He then knocks out and captures Dale.
The cannibals then butcher the remaining contestants. Mara, after catching her boyfriend cheating on her, goes with Nina to a cabin in search of a phone. There, they witness one of the cannibals giving birth, and are, in turn, spotted. The girls escape as "Ma" kicks down the door. Mara is hit in the head with an axe and killed as Nina escapes. As "Three-Fingers" tortures Dale, he uses a moment to his advantage, manages to escape, and shoots the mutant with a shotgun.
Two more contestants, Jonesy and Amber, find another contestant, Jake, at a barbecue pit. As they eat, a crazed Nina races up and tells her story. Jonesy then realizes it has been Kimberly's leg that they've been eating. As they run, Dale finds "The Old Man" (from the previous movie) in his cabin. Dale tells him about the cannibals and soon realizes the man is their un-mutated father. After a brief skirmish, Dale kills the old man.
Jonesy and Amber are soon after killed, while Jake and Nina are trapped. As they torture Nina and Jake at their dinner table, an enraged Dale enters their compound, kills several of them, and is then killed by a spool of barb wire that gets wrapped around his throat. Nina and Jake escape, killing what they believe are the last mutants by pushing them into an enormous grinder. Nina and Jake then find an abandoned sports car and drive away to safety.
As the film ends, the still alive "Three-Fingers" feeds the newborn mutant baby a human finger and a bottle. His laugh is heard over the end credits.
[edit] Cast
- Erica Leerhsen — Nina Papas
- Henry Rollins — Dale Murphy
- Texas Battle — Jake Washington
- Daniella Alonso — Amber
- Steve Braun — Jonesy
- Aleksa Palladino — Mara
- Matthew Currie Holmes — Michael
- Crystal Lowe — Elena
- Kimberly Caldwell — Kimberly
- Wayne Robson — Old Man
[edit] Production and release information
Wrong Turn 2 began filming on May 29, 2006, and finished on June 30, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. A one-minute teaser trailer was screened at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in Chicago on February 25, 2007 [2], and released on-line on March 2. A second teaser trailer, this time edited by director Joe Lynch, was shown at the WizardWorld convention in Los Angeles on March 18, and released on-line on April 2.[3]
The first film stills were released to Fangoria.com, Dread Central and Bloody-Disgusting, quickly followed by the release of the official cover art, DVD details, and disc specifications. A month later it was announced that the film was accepted at the London FrightFest Film Festival and Austin's Fantastic Fest, and premiered on August 25 in the United Kingdom, and September 21, 2007 in the United States.
Fox Home Entertainment released the film on DVD on October 9, 2007 in an Unrated version with extras that include commentary by director Joe Lynch and actors Erica Leerhsen and Henry Rollins, a second commentary by writers Turi Meyer and Al Septien, a featurette on the making of the movie, and the trailer.
[edit] Reception and box office
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End received mostly positive reviews, gaining a 75% fresh rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 8 reviews [4].
Uncle Creepy of DreadCentral gave the film 8 out of 10 stars stating that the film "is a hot ticket for some gore-soaked backwoods mayhem that gets even better with repeated viewings and lots of booze". Bloody-Disgusting stated that "what could have been a cheap and lazy cash-in turned out to be one of the year’s better genre offerings".
The film debuted at number 9 on the Billboard Top DVD Sales chart, and has grossed over $7 million on DVD rentals, already covering its budget of $4 million.[citation needed] At the Gérardmer Film Festival it won the "Best Direct-to-Video Film" award
[edit] References
- ^ Wrong Turn 2 Release Date.
- ^ Wrong Turn 2 director at Chicago Fango con.
- ^ Wrong Turn 2 Release Date.
- ^ Wrong Turn 2. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
