Return of the Living Dead Part II

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Return of the Living Dead Part II

R

1988

1h 29m

Horror

Comedy

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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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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

[It's] hard to imagine even die-hard genre fans who adore the original have much that's all that positive to say about this unfortunate misfire.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 19, 2018

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Variety Staff

Variety

The only saving grace in a totally misguided effort is the performance of character actor Bruns who is quite funny as the slightly off-the-wall doctor.

Mar 26, 2009

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Time Out

Not even a nuclear explosion, it seems, can prevent a sequel to a tongue-in-cheek zombie pic.

Jun 24, 2006

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Film4 Staff

Film4

At a bad-taste banquet Wiederhorn would sit at the head of the table. His dead-hand direction owes little to Romero and more to Ed Wood as his characters stumble blindly around in search of a plot.

Aug 13, 2025

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

None of it makes much sense in terms of continuity, but it's pretty darn entertaining all the same.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 9, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

This derivative sequel lacks the potency of its predecessor, which clearly possessed "More Brains!"

Rated: 1.5/4

Jun 7, 2021

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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chris h

Alot of haters on this one,just because it used same formula as first.Ppl knocking this are most likely those that think...the witch is a good movie.I love this movie and captures the 80s how I remember

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/24/23

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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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