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Return of the Living Dead Part II

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A boy (Michael Kenworthy) and his friends free something evil from a canister fallen off an Army truck.
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Zero brains.

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Scott Cain Atlanta Journal-Constitution Both Mathews and Karen are poisoned by whiffs of the lethal gas and become corpses... they complain bitterly about the pain of being dead. They ought to complain even louder if they are asked to appear in "Part III." Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune "ROTLD II" may be junk, at least in the hands of director Ken Wiederhorn it's efficient, well-filmed junk. Rated: 2/4 Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Marsha McCreadie Arizona Republic The movie is cheaply made. Aug 29, 2025 Full Review Robert Sellers Radio Times This predictable sequel is dull and repetitive. Rated: 2/5 Aug 31, 2025 Full Review Lou Cedrone Baltimore Sun The film has a few laughs but never enough to matter. Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Joe Baltake Sacramento Bee "Return of the Living Dead II" doesn't bother to raise a lot of important moral questions. It's too busy trying to get us to barf and, when it doesn't doing that, it makes with bad jokes. Rated: 1/4 Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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xpig332 B If this movie were a meal, the best I could say about it is “it’ll make a turd!” Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review Nick O This makes the original ROTLD look like The Godfather. Leave your school books at home and get ready to party! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/22/25 Full Review Landon J Perfect category goodness. This belongs among the greats of the cheese zombie movie genre. Must see for B lovers. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Audience Member Not as good as the first but there are some great things in this one! Loved it!! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review BigD J This film is obviously not as good as its predecessor. Unfortunately, no gratuitous nudity in this one. Old man Ed's incessant whining and wailing is annoying. Other than that, it's definitely still a classic I go out of my way to watch. This film encapsulates the classic 80's horror ridiculousness cheese factor with some great comedic scenes along the way! More than worth the watch Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/24 Full Review Justin T I enjoyed this film. It is good, but not as good as the first film. It is crazier but less engaging as the writing isn't as strong. It's still a very cool sequence to the horror-comedy classic that is the original. It also suffers because the next sequel is so crazy you forget about this one in the middle. The makeup and special effects are excellent. I wasn't the biggest fan of the ending, the first one did a much better job of ending but that doesn't matter as the build-up was funny, violent and fun! If you watched the first then you might as well watch this on your path to the third one. Just don't bother with the awful 2005 sequels. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A boy (Michael Kenworthy) and his friends free something evil from a canister fallen off an Army truck.
Director
Ken Wiederhorn
Producer
Tom Fox
Screenwriter
Ken Wiederhorn
Production Co
Greenfox
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.6M
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Surround
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