roystephen-81252 The same giant octopus that was partially destroyed in the first (laughably bad) instalment, returns. This time, New York Harbor is threatened by its tentacles, at least until they stick some dynamite into its mouth (again). Well, that proves to be a bad idea, because the explosion causes a tunnel to collapse and trap a group of children inside. The heroine (obviously not trained for emergency situations) does everything she can to ensure they stay and die there, but then the hero emerges from the air vent she had been staring at blankly for minutes, and evacuates the children.As you could guess from the above summary, the filmmakers tried to spice up the paper thin plot (plodding forward without any ideas whatsoever) with disaster-movie clichés for the last ten minutes — to no avail. Of course, we watch a Z movie like this for the amusingly lame effects and to laugh wholeheartedly at some particularly ridiculous scenes. Unfortunately, Octopus 2 never really goes over the top, apart from a dream scene in which the octopus eats the Statue of Liberty, so we're simply left with a very bad movie. It's only the pathetic finale that somewhat makes up for the time wasted. The octopus that was previously blown to pieces returns again (you didn't expect that, did you?), so we finally get to see a whole string of dreadfully executed special effects.The editor (who must have been working blindly like Woody Allen's character in Hollywood Ending), however, deserves an award. It must have been a gargantuan task to stitch the action scenes together so that there is absolutely no connection between the shots. And the effects team should get a bonus point, too, for successfully avoiding any integrity between the raw footage and the randomly placed effects.

Michael_Elliott Octopus 2 (2001) * 1/2 (out of 4) NY harbor patrol officer Nick Hartfeld (Michael Reilly Burke) witnesses a large octopus kill his partner and best friend but no one will believe him even after other people mysteriously vanish. He teams up with a woman and soon the two find that the octopus is going to be much harder to destroy than they originally thought. I'm not overly certain the first OCTOPUS really needed a sequel but we got one and sadly it's not nearly as good. I think fans of "nature" movies might get a few laughs out of it but for me the thing really fell apart at the thirty-minute mark and could never recover. I thought the first half-hour was pretty good as we get things started off with a silly drug raid but the first couple attacks really aren't that bad. There's some horrendous CGI used in certain shots but there are also a few shots that seem to be some sort of mechanical creature. The look is obvious cheap but I must admit that I found it effective enough when it was on screen and God knows it was certainly a lot better than the CGI stuff. The attack scenes really aren't all that memorable and this includes a couple silly death scenes that contain no suspense. I think what really kills the film is all the personal drama with the cop and his lady friend. It's pretty poorly written and not for a second did I believe anything that I was seeing. However, most people aren't coming to this for any type of story so I think there's enough action that some will enjoy this thing. Like most Nu Image films, this one is ultra cheap but some people are going to enjoy that and I'm sure the silly action will appeal to some. One good thing is the performance by Burke who fits into the role nicely but the screenplay just doesn't do enough for him.

Coventry "Octopus", released one year before, was a bad movie that wasted an hour and a half of my (not-so) precious life, so why the hell would I bother to see a sequel? Actually, I don't know why but I did bother. And I'm somewhat glad I did, because part two is definitely a slight improvement over the first! "Octopus" was a really boring underwater monster-movie and, in the end, a ridiculously over-sized sea creature ate an entire cruise ship! At least here the action is more spread, the pace is faster and the script is less ambitious. Part two is more like a silly & cheesy "Jaws"-rip off that can easily be enjoyed by horror fans as long as they switch off all brain functions. A couple of days prior to the big 4th of July celebration, there are an unusual amount of accidents happening in New York's East River. An over-enthusiast diver cop quickly suggests that a flesh-eating octopus made the river to his territory but, of course, no one in his force or at City Hall takes him serious. Apparently none of the characters ever watched any 70's creature features, as it takes several more casualties before the Captain acknowledges there really is an octopus swimming in his river. The phony sea-critter is pretty damn huge, yet the screenplay never attempts to give a reason for its enormous proportions. No water pollution theories, genetic mutations or leaking barrels of toxic waste here… Just a mean big squid sightseeing the Big Apple for no reason! Quite clever, actually! At least this way they're not making things any worse! The heroic scuba-cop and his fresh love interest eventually blow up the eight-armed monster (twice!!) just in time to enjoy the Independence Day fireworks. I love happy endings. The special effects are okay, I guess, considering it's a typical Nu-Image production. The acting performances are pretty weak and there should have been at least a bit of nudity. Near the end of the film, the story really exaggerates with the use of embarrassing clichés, though! An entire bus of foreign children trapped in an underwater tunnel? C'mon

str0ntiumd0g ******WARNING. Spoilers ahead... although the movie is called Octopus 2. You kinda know what you are going to get really.******I got this movie for Christmas along with 23 other top quality movies (including the first one) from my fiancee and her mother. They must really hate me! Only joking! Can't beat a load of bad movies for a great xmas!Now Octopus 2 is a movie you have to be in the mood for. It's bad. The movie is about an octopus attacking people in New York. Okay this will be a stretch of the imagination from the very beginning. The first question that sprung into my warped little mind was how deep is that river? I mean that octopus is pretty damn big. It tries to cop a feel of the Statue of Liberty at one point. It's obviously very lonely too. Now here is the plot spoiler- big mutant octopus attacks and eats random people in New York using bad special effects and stock footage from the first Octopus movie. What a cheap killer octopus!Now I don't think that this review needs an in depth synopsis of this masterpiece. It's bad and that is all that needs to be said really. BAD! However I would like to highlight just one thing that stands out in this movie and that is our hero Detective Nick. I like this guy. Once he has an idea in his head he will not let it go. About twenty minutes into this movie he has realised that there is an octopus killing people and everyone else is wrong. There is no evidence to support this but damn it he is right! How could it be anything else! His partner as well was so stereotypical it was scary. He was leaving the scuba team that week! He might as well have tattooed VICTIM in glowing letters across his forehead. My recommendation for this movie is buy it! Hilarity prevails in every scene. Not for the faint of heart or the sane of mind. Oh this is so bad. Did I say that already?