In 3 Tagen bist du tot 2 (2008)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Andreas Prochaska

Writers:

Andreas Prochaska (written by) and
Agnes Pluch (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2008 (Austria)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

One year ago, Nina survived the attacks of a serial killer. She wants to flee from these memories but one call at night recalls all memories and she is again in the middle of a murder mystery. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Teenkill | Claim In Title | Sequel | Number In Title

Cast

Sabrina Reiter	...	Nina
Andreas Kiendl	...	Kogler
Martin Loos	...	Gust
Anna Rot	...	Gabi
Philipp Rudig	...	Josef
Barbara Weber	...	Gerti
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michou Friesz	...	Elisabeth
Helmuth Häusler	...	Hans
Susi Stach	...	Erika Haas
Julia Rosa Stöckl	...	Mona
Franziska Weisz	...	Sandra

Also Known As:

Dead in 3 Days 2 (International: English title)
In 3 Tagen bist du tot - Teil II (Austria) (working title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Ebensee, Upper Austria, Austria

Company:

Allegro Film

Trivia:

Jörg Buttgereit had been asked to write the screenplay, but his draft was rejected.

Movie Connections:

Follows In 3 Tagen bist du tot (2006)

If the first part was up to international standards, then the sequel is, too...

...in that sequels are always a little worse than their predecessors. "In 3 Tagen bist du tot 2" is a desperate attempt to repeat the success of part 1 by cashing in on the title. Other than a few characters returning, this movie has nothing to do with the story that it is supposedly continuing (the most glaring omission being the fact that no one in this movie ever gets a text message saying that the receiver of the message will die within the following three days).

Fair enough. If they got an interesting story to tell, why not use an already popular name to sell it, right? The problem is that the story isn't very interesting at all. The first half of the movie is extremely tedious, the second one is filled with clichés and hardly any surprises at all. How many more times are we supposed to jump at the old trick where someone goes to a mirror cabinet, takes something out, and when the door is closed again something horrible is seen in the mirror? How often do we need to see a steadicam-around-the-waist-shot à la Aronofsky?

On the plus side, though, director Andreas Prochaska does get a few things right again. The cinematography is beautiful and Prochaska really knows how to elaborate on the creepiness of old cottages in the mountains, right down to the harsh sociability of a meal of speck and Schnaps or some old soccer stickers on the wall. As he did in part 1, Prochaska presents the Austrian countryside as a place where horrible crimes could take place (made all the more believable by current events such as the abduction and abuse of Natascha Kampusch or the Fritzl family).

In the end, "In 3 Tagen bis du tot 2" may not be the most memorable horror movie, but it is another honorable effort at putting Austria on the horror-map. If it helps to create an interest in the genre among Austrian movie financiers, I'm all for it.