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)

Entertaining and Gore Zombie Action Movie

In Guesta Verde University, the deranged Professor Curien (Sid Haig) is trying to bring back the dead, killing students for the experiment. There is an outbreak of zombies in the campus, and the government sends a NSA medical research team, formed by Dr. Alexandra Morgan a.k.a. Nightingale (Emmanuelle Vaugier) and lieutenant Ellis (Ed Quinn), with a special force leaded by lieutenant Dalton (Sticky Fingaz), trying to get the zero sample from the first generation zombie. The team has a very short time to accomplish their mission and leave the place before missiles are sent to destroy the area. However, the place is crowded of hyper sapiens and the group has to fight to survive.

"House of the Dead 2" is not so bad as indicated in many reviews in IMDb, actually it is an entertaining and gore zombie action movie. The silly beginning recalls "American Pie", with many partially naked women, and then the story shifts to a funny zombie movie. The choreography of the movements of the undead, the makeup and the special effects are good. I do not play the game, but I like zombie and trash movies, therefore I believe this film is underrated for fans of this genre. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "House of the Dead 2 - A Casa dos Mortos 2"