Michael_Elliott Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (2008)* (out of 4)The second film in writer-director Shane Ryan's series finds himself back playing the serial killer Brandon who lures a young woman (Kai Lanette) into a hotel room where they're supposed to make a porn movie but his plans include killing her.It seems this series has many people who hate it but I actually enjoyed the first movie and thought it was rather disturbing but extremely well-made. The original film had a very simply plot but director Ryan did an extremely good job bringing it to life and it managed to work. Sadly, the same can't be said for this sequel, which is a pretty big mess. I will say, however, that Ryan at least did a good job in the acting department and I thought Lanette was also good in her role.There are all sorts of problems with this film, which is basically just a remake of the first one. What made the original film work so well is that it really did feel like you were watching a real snuff film of a woman being brutally raped and murdered by a serial killer. The same can't be said with this movie because there's a music score that adds nothing and there are all sorts of experimental filters and colors going on here. The experimental nature makes it clear that there's a "director" behind the camera operating everything and this simply ruins the snuff film appeal of the first movie.The biggest problem is that the film is just downright dull as well. Just check out the opening sequence, which seems to drag on forever as we see various women being filmed by the killer. There are flashback scenes here that add nothing to the picture and in all honesty they're not all that memorably filmed. AMATEUR PORN STAR KILLER 2 sadly just never works and in the end we're left with a boring movie.

DonSwanson These are disturbing movies (in a good way). The first is better in the way that originals usually are: small, innovative and original.ASPK2 is good. Ryan has come a long way in marrying visuals and audio (I've seen his early work), and the flashbacks and broader scope of Brandon works well here.I wasn't completely sure the sex was real in the first film. I heard it was, thought I saw things... and in this one there is no denying it. I literally almost puked when Brandon continues to rape the girl after she's dead (complete with genital close ups). This fact is what knocks these movies down for me. Telling an engaging story, masterfully pulling you into what often seems real, while making strong social comments only to undermine it all with real sex? Aside from boosting DVD sales, I don't see the point. The real sex cheapens everything.The girl's hair could've been covering what was seen while her head bobbed; angles and thrusts could've replaced penetration shots. The fact you made these choices makes me question your motivation and in the least blurs (if not obliterates) what you're trying to say.I don't have a problem with a movie about a serial killer videoing how he humiliates, rapes and murders young women. I enjoy the approach and the presentation is wonderful. I just see no need for real sex.Shane, these are decent movies (minus real sex), and you've shown yourself to be a talented filmmaker... you're better than you are allowing yourself to be.Despite this and my deep-rooted objection to your choice for real sex, I am glad to see a fellow UGF person from back in the day doing well. I just hope that in the future you challenge yourself by not taking such a low road (not in the subject matter or story, but choices like sex).If it wasn't a smut film pretending to be a snuff film, I'd give it 7.

TdSmth5 If you're looking for the worst "movie" ever made, look no further- this is it. And I suspect part I is just as bad or worse. This movie comes in two DVD versions, the "movie" version and the "snuff" version. The snuff version is the straight forward dirtier version. The movie version has some extraneous material. Both are equally bad. And both have XXX material in there so why there are two versions makes no sense. This thing looks like some guy and his girlfriend decided to film some abuse tape on their VGA cell phone camera, complete with cheesy cell phone coloring effects. The guy who supposedly is some deviant rapist killer picks up a girl at a donut shop, talks her into having sex, takes her to a room, there's some stupid back and forth talk that goes on forever, they start having sex, he gets rough and rougher, she leaves, he talks her into coming back, they go back at it and he chokes her to death. That's it. And trust me, it sounds far more interesting than it is. The movie version has a lot of text flashing on the screen about the killers past and how dangerous he is; the intro is of someone filming girls' behinds at a beach. This is filmed hand-held point-of-view so what you get to see is mostly the girls face and they guy's arm pulling her hair and pushing her around, while he improvises some lame porn-tape dialogue. How a distributor picks up stuff like this is a mystery. There is nothing in here worth seeing, not a single minute. This isn't horror, or scary, or twisted or perverse, ground-braking, or shocking. It's just mind-numbingly dumb.

moorenavyit This isn't normally my kind of movie I'm not big on skin or slasher flicks... Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 isn't either it's a disturbingly well done faux snuff film. It's probably the most twisted movie I've ever seen. It's so straight forward, so simple, so wrong. It won't make you jump out of your skin but it will make you wonder about the kind of world we live in. The movie is basically straight from the home videos of a psychopath. Except that every few minutes we get a flash back into the fates of previous victims. I the only thing I was disappointed at was the end wasn't as brutal as I expected it would be. I guess that's pretty messed up... Twisted.