House of the Dead 2 (2005) (TV)

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 28 Days Later... (2002)

Way better than the first

House Of The Dead was a trainwreck. Ask anyone. You didn't want to watch but you just couldn't keep your eyes off the horror that was on screen. Yup, it was that bad. So how did they come to make a sequel? Easy, as bad as the first film was, it still made money. Luckily, the sequel is a major leap forward in terms of quality. Some of the more lamebrained plot elements are still there ( I believe we have writer producer Mark Altman to thank for this) but gone are the wacky and pointless Matrix scenes and nonsensical cuts. Unfortunately, the second film still bears little in common with the game franchise. Hell, neither film has ever even been set in the house of the dead. This one takes place on a college campus! Sid Haig gets a few minutes on screen as Professor Curien (the only game element here) trying to bring the dead back to life and inadvertently creating the zombie plague. There is a small scene told in flashback that tenuously links this film with the first. Overall, while a jump in most respects (acting good, action good, zombies good) there are still a few problems that need to be worked out if this series hopes to extend to a 3rd installment. My advice: ditch Altman as a writer and get someone who knows what they are doing!