House of the Dead 2 (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Michael Hurst

Writers:

Mark A. Altman (story)
Michael Roesch (writer)

Release Date:

11 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

It Took Only A Single Zombie To Spawn An Army. It'll Take Everything Humanity Has To Stop It.

Plot:

A virus breaks out at a University and people start to become zombies. After 29 days, a team of AMS scientists and soldiers are sent in to deal with the problem. But while they search, things go wrong.

Plot Keywords:

Zombie | Axe | Nudity | Hit By Car | Machine Gun

Cast

Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Alexandra 'Nightingale' Morgan
Ed Quinn	...	Ellis
Sticky Fingaz	...	Dalton
Steve Monroe	...	O'Conner
Victoria Pratt	...	Henson
James Parks	...	Bart (as James Jean Parks)
Dan Southworth	...	Nakagawa
Billy Brown	...	Griffin
Nadine Velazquez	...	Rodriguez
Ellie Cornell	...	Jordan Casper
Sid Haig	...	Professor Curien
Danielle Burgio	...	Alicia / Alicia Zombie
Cam Powell	...	Lonny Evans
Mircea Monroe	...	Sarah Curtis
Paige Peterson	...	Tracy Leibowitz

Also Known As:

House of the Dead 2 (Australia) (DVD title) (USA) (short title)
House of the Dead 2: All Guts, No Glory (USA) (alternative title)
House of the Dead II: Dead Aim (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong zombie violence/gore, language, nudity and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

95 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Finland:K-18 | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | Singapore:R21 | UK:15 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, California, USA

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

This is one of the very few zombie movies where the word "zombie" is spoken. "Zombie" is said about 15 times.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the end Morgan and Ellis leave to Los Angeles and cities are smoking, you can see smokes are not moving in the background.

Quotes:

Cpt. Gerald O'Conner: Oh man, they got the Sarge. They killed the Sarge man!
[after seeing Sergeant Dalton killed]

Movie Connections:

References Aliens (1986)

Marginally Better Than The First

The original HOUSE OF THE DEAD was a joke! An insult to horror fans worldwide. Uwe Boll is and forever will be a hack in the Directors chair. There is no style or merit to his work. It is all plain, dull and over-the-top in a way that does not represent a keen and penetrating eye for Cinema.

With that said...HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 raises the bar...slightly. The story seemed to be put together better and had a focus in mind. Borrowing elements from previous zombie flicks like DAY OF THE DEAD, 28 DAYS LATER and countless others...HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 did not break any new ground. It did, however offer a story that was not painful to watch.