Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) This 2003 movie is the sequel to the original from 3 years earlier and as the first film is one of Germany's most known films abroad, this is probably one of Germany's most known sequels abroad. The writer and director is Austrian Stefan Ruzowitzky again, later an Academy Award winner in the Foreign Language category. But there are changes too. First of all, the lead actor is Barnaby Metschurat this time and he did not appear in the first film. Franka Potente returns too, but only has a supporting role this time. Also this film does not have that many horror aspects as the first, such as severed fingers or stuffed humans. It's really more of a psychological crime movie.However, I have to say that I was not impressed at all by Metschurat. He looks like a young Ludwig Trepte to me and has equally little dramatic range. There is a reason why almost all the supporting players in this movie have bigger careers in 2015 than him. This includes Herbert Knaup, Frank Giering (no bigger career obviously, but more known), August Diehl, Heike Makatsch, the Möhring brothers, Martin Brammbach (a personal favorite) and especially Hanno Kofler, who plays the protagonists wheelchair-bound brother in here and is really a rising star right now. Another difference between this film and the original is that in there the real villain was not the powerful greedy old man, but his young assistants. Here, the number one villain is easily Herbert Knaup (and Makatsch to a smaller extent) and he proves once again that he is a very talented actor. He carries this film from start to finish, especially in those moments when Metschurat's shortcomings become painfully clear. Knaup and Potente already played in "Lola rennt" together and it brought him a German Film Award win.The runtime is fairly identical with the first film, only slightly longer, but still under the 40-minute mark. All in all, I would say this is on par with the original. Both are decent thrillers, but there really is no greatness attached to any of them. Sadly this one here has the far worse lead performance, but the cast as a whole is better this time. So it stays basically the same. Recommended for people who enjoy thrillers or are just curious in general about German cinema.

arkos This movie fails pretty much. It starts with playing around with medical terms and such but then it quickly turns into a scientific version of X-Men. It copies some elements from the first movie but its still hard to connect it to the first movie if not for the anti-Hippocrates. The anti-Hippocrates in this movie annoy me the most, they are supposed to be just normal scientists who want to experiment beyond ethical boundaries, thus achieving good for the humanity. In this movie they are nothing like that, they are evil bastards who want to do evil things! Still the major plot hole is that nearly all the disciples of this Charles guy are against killing someone for the good of science, but I thought that was the whole point of anti-Hippocrates?

Roland E. Zwick From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Mengele, Germany has developed quite a reputation for…hmm.. how shall we put it?…"unconventional" men of science.It's appropriate, then, that the German film "Anatomy 2" should be a brave-new-world sci-fi thriller that deals with the issues of biomedical ethics and just how far science should be allowed to go in trying to "improve" on Mother Nature.Professor Muller-LaRousse is a world famous neurosurgeon who has been covertly conducting questionable experiments, implanting synthetic muscles into perfectly healthy young men and women (who also happen to be his devoted interns). Even though a disturbing number of these "guinea pigs" have died as a result of the procedures, LaRousse forges on, undeterred and undaunted, convinced - as any mad scientist worth his salt would be - that scientific advancement cannot be allowed to run aground on the shoals of a few trivial dead bodies. His plan is to create some sort of "master race" of invincible semi-humans. Jo Hauser is a promising young doctor who has come to Berlin to work and study under LaRousse, confident that he will be able to make a real difference not only in the lives of others but particularly in the life of his younger brother who has fallen victim to a degenerative neurological disorder. Filled with idealism, Jo allows himself to be pulled into LaRousse's group of sycophantic acolytes, perhaps to his everlasting regret.The film is obviously intended as a modern day allegory of Nazism - what with its emphasis on group-think, unethical medical experimentation and talk about creating a "master race" - but the movie feels just too much like other - and better - dystopian sci-fi fantasies to be very effective. The intriguing medical ethics issues are eventually shunted aside for a series of protracted action scenes overflowing with typical mad scientist malarkey and man-on-the-run clichés.That's a shame because the movie starts off with a better-than-average premise that promises a thoughtful re-examination of an age-old theme. However, "Anatomy 2" just winds up being silly where it most desperately needs to be serious.

Claudio Carvalho The doctor and soccer player in the leisure time Jo Hauser (Barnaby Metschurat) decides to move to Berlin and be an intern in a famous clinic, expecting to increase his knowledge and expertize, and help his handicap brother Willi Hauser (Hanno Koffer). He joins a secret fraternity of doctors, under the leadership of Prof. Müller-LaRousse (Herbert Knaup), who is researching the use of bionic muscles in human beings without any ethics or respect to the laws. The team is also volunteer to the experiences, and is under investigation of Paula Henning (Franka Potente). When Jo gets close to a Filipino nurse, and becomes addicted in the drugs used in experience, he realizes the truth hidden in the methods used by the secret society in the development of science. "Anatomy 2" is a deceptive and forgettable story with total lack of credibility. The participation of Franka Potente is ridiculous, only to give her name to the credits and to attract her fans. The implausible story is very imbecile, but anyway if the viewer shutdown the brain, the film entertains. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Anatomia 2" ("Anatomy 2")