Octopus 2: River of Fear

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Audience Member Why does it so long for damn kids to climb a ladder when at a playground they will climb anything they can before you tell them no. Reminded me of the way jaws was, people who believe, and then who doesnt. It passed the time more or less Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member There are some fun interesting pointers, but they don't go deep enough, and the characters suffer from lacking development. The octopus is typical creature fare, but gets shafted in the conclusion and tossed away like a memory. Still, the cheesy moments and straight-forward plot make it at least a fun monster movie. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Sometimes I'm just in the mood for a no frills budget horror movie. No thinking involved, no wildly fantastic special effects, just 90 minutes of a big rubber monster making people howl amongst the sea front! I can barely remember much of the first instalment but what I do recall is that it wasn't quite as bad as what I expected (but it was still quite bad). It hasn't gotten any better but the fact it has even spawned a sequel would be noted as a success. It surely can't be defined as horror due to its general lack of blood, gore, or anything remotely scary, but I guess it could give you nightmares if you were a 2 year old. To give it credit, the acting is ok, it flows reasonably nicely, but the monster is simply shocking. Thankfully we never really see a full feature shot of it, just a few close ups of its eye, and a whole lotta rubber as its tentacles wrap themselves around people's necks. It's harmless fun, but one not to be repeated in a hurry, if at all. It is however, one of the best octopus movies I've ever seen, coming 2nd only to the original (and yes, that is because I can't recall any others ever being made)! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member A giant octopus washed into the Hudson River from Nova Scotia of all places attacks boats and threatens to put a damper on Independence Day fireworks. Underwater scenes depict water that is much clearer than the actual Hudson. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Smidge better than the original. More practical effects but like in the original...how do the tenticles know how to find people? Theres a nice attack on the Statue of Liberty bit. But the finale involves maybe the worst senior citizen actress of all time!! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I'll give this to Octopus 2. Unlike Octopus 1, at least it tries and has a story that isn't completely botched in the script stage. The first one made the grievous error of having everyone stay in a submarine which meant the octopus couldn't really reach anyone. Now, the octopus is in the East River in "New York" which is really eastern Europe (this movie is not convincing at all in creating New York). The cast is okay in this movie. At first I was thrilled cause it seemed that Fredric Lehne was going to have a large role, but he's out for the count thirty minutes in. The octopus scenes are pretty terrible. There's an awful lot of Ed Wood style "shake the tentacles" scenes that go on and on and on. It took Fredric Lehne five minutes to die. And the end sequence involving lots of children getting trapped in a tunnel with some crazy old woman and her dog is hilariously awful. They pull out all the stops. Will the dog survive? Will the old woman survive? Will the children survive? Will the little girl in leg braces survive? The answer to all of these questions is "who cares". But, like I said, the director this time out is trying, and he is stuck with a horribly low special effects budget, terrible stock footage to make it feel like "New York", and actors who give their best "American" accent. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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