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Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

Original title: Død snø 2
  • 2014
  • R
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
28K
YOUR RATING
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you'd have to assume that things couldn't get much worse. In Martin's case, that was only the beginning.
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Still on the run from a group of Nazi zombies, a man seeks the aid of a group of American zombie enthusiasts, and discovers new techniques for fighting the zombies.Still on the run from a group of Nazi zombies, a man seeks the aid of a group of American zombie enthusiasts, and discovers new techniques for fighting the zombies.Still on the run from a group of Nazi zombies, a man seeks the aid of a group of American zombie enthusiasts, and discovers new techniques for fighting the zombies.

  • Director
    • Tommy Wirkola
  • Writers
    • Tommy Wirkola
    • Geir Vegar Hoel
    • Stig Frode Henriksen
  • Stars
    • Geir Vegar Hoel
    • Ørjan Gamst
    • Martin Starr
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    28K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tommy Wirkola
    • Writers
      • Tommy Wirkola
      • Geir Vegar Hoel
      • Stig Frode Henriksen
    • Stars
      • Geir Vegar Hoel
      • Ørjan Gamst
      • Martin Starr
    • 95User reviews
    • 151Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 16 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Geir Vegar Hoel
    Geir Vegar Hoel
    • Martin
    • (as Vegar Hoel)
    Ørjan Gamst
    Ørjan Gamst
    • Herzog
    Martin Starr
    Martin Starr
    • Daniel
    Jocelyn DeBoer
    Jocelyn DeBoer
    • Monica
    Ingrid Haas
    Ingrid Haas
    • Blake
    Stig Frode Henriksen
    Stig Frode Henriksen
    • Glenn Kenneth
    Hallvard Holmen
    Hallvard Holmen
    • Gunga
    Kristoffer Joner
    Kristoffer Joner
    • Sidekick Zombie
    Amrita Acharia
    Amrita Acharia
    • Reidun
    Derek Mears
    Derek Mears
    • Stavarin
    Bjarte Tjøstheim
    • Priest
    Christian Rubeck
    Christian Rubeck
    • Politiman
    Charlotte Frogner
    Charlotte Frogner
    • Hanna
    Jesper Sundnes
    • Nazi Doktor
    Tage Guddingsmo
    • Zombie Navigatør
    David Skaufjord
    David Skaufjord
    • Zombie Tanksjåfør
    Daniel Berge Halvorsen
    Daniel Berge Halvorsen
    • Major Stubbe
    Guðmundur Ólafsson
    • Eldre Dame Talvik
    • Director
      • Tommy Wirkola
    • Writers
      • Tommy Wirkola
      • Geir Vegar Hoel
      • Stig Frode Henriksen
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    User reviews95

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    9paul_haakonsen

    Better than the first movie in every sense...

    Can't believe it has been 5 years already since the first "Død Snø" movie was out. Time really flies by fast, and this sequel has been long awaited. And it was with a great amount of expectation and high hopes that I sat down to watch "Død Snø 2".¨

    Whereas the first movie was entertaining and loosely similar to "Evil Dead", then "Død Snø 2" has added more comedy, but also a great upgrade in budget, and it really shows.

    Everything in "Død Snø 2" is just a step up from what it was in the first movie, from the camera-work, to the zombie make-up, to the production value, and the list goes on and on. And for the gorehounds, then "Død Snø 2" really offer a good amount of entertainment.

    "Død Snø 2" is entertaining, just bear in mind that there is a fair amount of comedy throughout the movie as well, and if you enjoy movies such as "Evil Dead", "Shaun of the Dead", "Dead Alive" and the like, then you will most definitely like "Død Snø 2" as well.

    I was more than genuinely entertained and surprised by this movie, and it is a very worthy addition to the movie collection of any zombie aficionado. And the movie has enough contents to sustain more than a single watching. "Død Snø 2" is well worth the time and effort to sit down and watch.

    I am rating a "Død Snø 2" a solid and well-deserved 9 out of 10 stars.
    7justbob1982

    Funnier sequel

    Version: Grimm Up North festival screening

    Actors: 6/10

    Plot/script: 7/10

    Photography/visual style: 6/10

    Music/score: 7/10

    Overall: 7/10

    Nazi zombies! 2009's Norwegian horror film 'Dead Snow' was the very definition of a 'high concept' movie, given that it could be fully described and sold with those two words (and punctuation). I found it no more than OK, but someone would appear to have appreciated it because Hollywood tapped director Tommy Wirkola up for 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters', starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton.

    Again, critical reviews were somewhat frosty (no pun intended), but H&G:WH made a comfortable profit, and Wirkola has used his industry cred to come back to 'Dead Snow' for a sequel.

    The Hollywood influence is evident in several areas of 'Dead Snow 2'. It is considerably larger in scale, for a start, including pitch battles between the undead fascists and their new (or rather, old) Communist adversaries, as well as a tank, large numbers of extras, and a lot more daylight wide shots that indicate a higher budget.

    Then there are the American characters, leading to a lot of the dialogue being in English, which is bound to raise the international saleability. It is also a lot funnier. The original played it more-or-less as a straight horror, buying into the ridiculous premise, but the sequel highlights this incongruity for comedic effect.

    There are also a few jokes at the expense of the Americans, sly cinematic digs and a whole lot of gore that leans towards the slapstick side. It reminded me more than anything of the Finnish 'Nazis on the Moon' comedy 'Iron Sky', and that is a positive association in my book.

    The music is very well-used, and I detected hints of world-building in the nature and rules of the resurrection, raising the prospect of an entire 'Dead Snow' series. There are some slightly uncomfortable hints of terrorist Anders Breivik in the demented Norwegian main character, taking extreme actions in response to a threat others cannot (initially) believe, but maybe I am just reading too much into it.

    It's all exuberant fun, with a commendable sense of its own ridiculousness. Some of the gags are a bit low-brow for me, but others are genuinely funny, end even quite witty. Dead Snow 3? Why not, I'd watch!
    9Hellmant

    Full of excessive and extremely grotesque zombie violence!

    'DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS. DEAD': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five) Sequel to the 2009 Norwegian zombie horror-comedy flick; about a group of students attacked by Nazi zombies, in the Norwegian mountains. The sole survivor, of that film, is now trying to defend a Norwegian town; from annihilation, by the Nazi zombies. It was once again directed by Tommy Wirkola and written by Wirkola, Stig Frode Henriksen and Vegar Hoel. Hoel and Henriksen also once again star in the movie and this time they're joined by Martin Starr, Ingrid Haas, Jocelyn DeBoer, Hallvard Holmen, Kristoffer Joner, Amrita Acharia, Derek Mears and Orjan Garnst (reprising his role as Colonel Herzog). I loved the movie; it's so much fun! Picking up right where the first film left off; Martin (Hoel) is still on the run from the Nazi zombies, and he crashes his car in the mountains. He ends up in a hospital where a doctor replaces his amputated arm, that he sawed off in the first film (to stop a zombie infection), with the undead arm of Colonel Herzog (Garnst). He can't control the arm, at first, and it murders several people. He later learns that he has special zombie powers, thanks to his new zombie arm. He also learns that Herzog, and his army of undead Nazis, plan on destroying a town; as part of a 70-year-old assignment, given to them by Hitler. Martin finds help from a WWII museum employee, named Glenn (Henriksen), and three American siblings; calling themselves the 'Zombie Squad'. They're lead by a nerd named Daniel (Starr). The movie is full of excessive and extremely grotesque zombie violence; it's definitely not a film for everyone, but it's also full of really funny light-hearted humor. The action scenes are so much fun and the characters are all likable and mostly relatable (in an exaggerated way). The additions of Star and Holmen, to the cast, are brilliant and there's a classic zombie sidekick character (Joner) as well. Hoel is also, once again, outstanding in the lead and Wirkola's directing is perfect. It's sure to become a cult classic, like the original, and its also highly reminiscent of 'EVIL DEAD II'; which is a good thing (in my opinion).
    7joris-van-zundert-285-869013

    Might revive a troubled genre

    Of course the zombie movie genre actually is one that has least of worries surviving a troubled movie market. Yet artistically it has seen little ingenuity off lately. Luckily the Norwegians decided to step in to turn the tide of ever more formula driven boring slaughter and slashing gore. If all zombie flicks would be adding as many original ideas as this one the genre wouldn't be facing imminent death by boredom. Let's hope the next one is even better. And let's hope that the producers will be brave enough to not give in to US inspired hypocrite 'moral' in aspiring to broader audiences. A doubtful moral that would probably threat depicting the metaphors for the deplorable human condition that zombie movies are all about. And one that would most likely kill the brilliant final scene of this one.
    6KineticSeoul

    Zombie brawl

    I personally thought the first one was better. This one tried and I appreciate the effort that is put into this. But it just felt way too drawn out and the over the top moments seemed more silly than it actually being cool. There is no suspense or anything all that cool really, even if it has over the top blood and gore scenes. While the zombies were actually kind of intimidating and creepy in the first one it, just isn't the case here. I thought some ideas that are dumb and clever at the same time sort of worked, even if it doesn't make much sense if you think about it. Yeah, they created a new genre of zombies, but that doesn't make it particularly good or anything. So the zombies knows how to talk, communicate, fist fight, use weapons and be able to run. And the head of the zombie pack can resurrect the dead, without much explanation. The first "Dead Snow" was a survival movie...Well sort of. This one is a zombie brawl, it's somewhat entertaining for a while but it loses it's flavor quickly. I give this flick a 6.3/10 because of the effort, even if some parts of it seemed quite pointless.

    6.3/10

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    • Trivia
      Shot in both Norwegian and English.
    • Goofs
      Some of the Nazi soldiers are wearing camouflage, instead of the traditional WW2 uniforms. Whilst looking modern, the German army used camouflage uniforms as early as 1937, and the uniforms used in the movie is most likely Waffen-SS Platanenmuster or Erbsenmuster pattern.
    • Quotes

      Glenn Kenneth: Please don't hurt me. I have two kittens.

    • Crazy credits
      There is a scene after the ending credits.
    • Alternate versions
      In English-speaking countries the film was released in an English-only version. For this, all Norwegian dialogue scenes were also shot in English.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Good Wife: Bond (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Total Eclipse of the Heart
      Written by Jim Steinman

      Performed by Bonnie Tyler

      is the last English language song of the movie.

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 2014 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Norway
      • Iceland
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • Norwegian
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Dead Snow 2
    • Filming locations
      • Iceland
    • Production companies
      • Tappeluft Pictures
      • Saga Film
      • The Fyzz
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    • Budget
      • NOK 35,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $37,473
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,331
      • Oct 12, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,187,477
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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