The Skulls II (2002) (V)

Director:

Joe Chappelle

Writers:

John Pogue (film The Skulls)
Hans Rodionoff (written by) ...

Release Date:

9 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

The Sexiest Thriller Of The Year!

Plot:

After a college student is tapped to join the elite secret Skulls fraternity, he witnesses a girl's death and his life starts falling apart.

Plot Keywords:

Secret | College | Murder | Secret Society | Death

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Robin Dunne	...	Ryan Sommers
Nathan West	...	Parker Neal
Ashley Cafagna-Tesoro	...	Ali (as Ashley Lyn Cafagna)
Lindy Booth	...	Kelly
James Gallanders	...	Greg Sommers
Christopher Ralph	...	Jeff Colby
Aaron Ashmore	...	Matt 'Hutch' Hutchinson
Andrew Gillies	...	Winston Taft
Stephen Young	...	Senator George Milford
Simon Reynolds	...	Dr. Phillip Sprague
Ardon Bess	...	Mr. Beckford
Sandi Ross	...	Mrs. Beckford
Margot Gagnon	...	Diana Rollins
Patric Masurkevitch	...	Lacrosse Coach
R.D. Reid	...	Professor

MPAA:

Rated R for brief nudity.

Runtime:

99 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Norway:15 | UK:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Universal Home Entertainment

Quotes:

Kelly: Ryan came, before.
Ali: I told you not to let him in here!
Kelly: Why are you breaking up with him?
Ali: I loved you like a sister, and it hurts me that you have to turn on me like this, as the apartment is in my name, I think its best for you to go by tomorrow.
Kelly: Alright, what did the skulls give you?

Movie Connections:

References "The Bionic Woman" (1976)

Soundtrack:

The World Is Mine

Sequel to a horrible movie offers more.

The premise of the Skulls and it's sequel is that we are looking at the inner workings of one of America's (fictional) secret societies.

Unfortunately because it is a sequel it will be compared to the original.

This film has the same premise as the first film. A young college student who is 'tapped' to become one of the elite of the elite, a problem crops up and there is a lot of running in fear for the life of our hero.

This installment offers up more sexual energy and more likable (and well played )dislikable characters, a few minor changes in casting could have been made. For instance the abundance of overly WASPish pretty boys. Without debating how ethnically diverse secret societies are, I'm sure all the younger members are not all pretty boys.

The story, what little of it was there, does turn the previous movie on it's ear, sort of. Which would have been more refreshing had it had the sence of suspense and wonder of the original and excluded the somewhat rushed-wanna-be-a-cool-plot-twist-but-wasn't ending. Make no mistake though, I am not saying that the first one had a lot of suspense, it just seemed to have more.Unfortunately the performances of the young actors could not bring this movie to life.

All in all, I would recommend it if you are not looking for much depth or story.If you're looking for a movie to satisfy look for something else. I would give it a 3 out of 10.