Octopus 2: River of Fear (2001)

Director:

Yossi Wein

Writers:

Boaz Davidson (story)
Danny Lerner (story)

Release Date:

1 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Out of time...out of breath!

Plot:

Dead bodies are being found in the New York harbor. The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick...

Plot Keywords:

Octopus | Giant Octopus | Captain | Second Part | Reverse Footage

Cast

Michael Reilly Burke	...	Nick Hartfeld
Meredith Morton	...	Rachel Starbird
Fredric Lehne	...	Walter (as Fredric Lane)
John Thaddeus	...	Tony
Chris Williams	...	Payton / X-Ray
Stoyan Angelov	...	X-Ray
Paul Vincent O'Connor	...	Capt. J.R. Hensley
Clement Blake	...	Mad Dog (as Clement E. Blake)
Duncan Fraser	...	Mayor
Violeta Markovska	...	Anna Lee
Mariya Mihailova	...	Kid
Alexander Kalinov	...	Kid
Kalin Kalinov	...	Kid
Bogomil Kalinov	...	Kid
Mila Atanasova	...	Kid

Also Known As:

Octopus II (UK) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language.

Runtime:

Germany:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:12 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Martien Holdings A.V.V.

Goofs:

Continuity: The establishing shot of the Mayor's office building (at night) shows a well-lit skyscraper in the background. In all subsequent shots from the same position the building is shown in daylight and the skyscraper is gone.

Movie Connections:

Follows Octopus (2000) (V)

Giant Octopus meets NYPD Blue!

I liked this movie a lot better then part one until the ending. The acting while not great (remember this is a direct to video movie after all) is a hell of a lot better then the first flick. Furthermore the effects are much better. The Octopus is actually in this movie a lot as opposed to being a minor character in the first flick which dealt with a submarine crew escorting a terrorist back to the U.S.A. Plus the Octopus looks a lot better. While there is really bad CGI effects, most of the effects were utilized with a huge animatronic Octopus as well as various tentacle props giving the Octopus a more solid look rather then BAD painted effects from the first film. HOWEVER the massive Stock footage from part one kinda ruins it after a while, BUT the ending destroyed this movie entirely for me!! To massive amounts of footage of kids singing on a school bus, to a complete and shameless rip-off of the film DAYLIGHT to 15 minutes of kids being rescued from the bus, to a horrible actress pretending to be an old Jewish women to the Octopus getting completely blown to bits only to resurface completely unharmed moments later to 6 different stock footage shots of the Octopus finally blowing up at the end to me scratching my head in disbelief!!