Paul Magne Haakonsen Granted, I sat down to watch "See No Evil 2" even after being less than impressed with the first movie. But I had the chance to watch the two movies back to back, so I did so.This sequel is even more pointless and ridiculous than the first movie. At least the first movie had something that resembled a storyline and a backstory, whereas "See No Evil 2" is essentially just a reanimated Jacob Goodnight slasher killing people at a morgue.It made no sense whatsoever that the Jacob Goodnight character came back to life after the severe injuries and trauma that he suffered at the end of the first movie. And as he did come back from that kind of physical punishment and trauma would make him undead, I guess. But it didn't feel that way in any sense.While we are on the Jacob Goodnight character, then it has to be pointed out that the killer is so horribly generic and mundane as he could possibly be, and he doesn't stand out in any noticeably way as a serial killer/slasher character. And how very convenient that there was a mask lying around at the morgue to mask his facial injuries, and even more so lucky that it was the same side of the face that the mask was made to cover up.Furthermore, it was just downright ridiculous that Jacob Goodnight remained alive and kicking after having had an entire canister of embalming fluids pumped into his system."See No Evil 2" did have some adequate and interesting enough kill scenes to it, but it was hardly enough to make up for all the other shortcomings that the movie had.The special effects, both CGI and practical were actually good enough and did serve the movie well enough.Now, it should be said that there actually some good actors and actresses on the cast list.I am sure that there is some sort of entertainment value for fans of the first movie. But for fans of the slasher genre, then "See No Evil 2" is sort of a cold fish to the face, offering nothing much of any worthwhile.

Leofwine_draca SEE NO EVIL 2 is a belated follow-up to the original WWE-produced movie in which Glenn Jacobs, a hulking, bald-headed wrestler, went around murdering teenagers and stealing their eyeballs. This low budget sequel is set in a morgue, in which Jacobs' corpse springs back to life to kill another group of partying teens. The film has some supernatural touches but is generally another derivative slasher.The main problem I had with this film was the direction; all of the action takes place in the dark, meaning you'll have to squint in order to figure out what's going on. The gory murder sequences are entirely predictable and there's not really any genuine menace build up along the way. The only fun comes from spotting a pair of modern-day scream queens in the cast. Danielle Harris is a feisty heroine while the underrated Katharine Isabelle plays a sexy victim whose seductive antics would make any red-blooded male rise from the dead.

Jermaine Young Having enjoyed See No Evil, I was excited to see that a sequel was made, albeit straight to DVD. Nonetheless, the idea of a group of people being trapped inside of a morgue while Jacob goes around picking them off one by one sounded interesting. However, NOTHING about this movie is even remotely interesting. Other than how God awful it is! For starters, it's literally 90 minutes of scared s***less people running through the halls of a morgue, checking locked door after locked door, looking for rooms to hide in. There are so many lame and tired horror movie clichés and plot holes within the script that you only want to watch the entire movie to see how it ends. The characters are required to locked up their cell phones in a safe (my guess is to deter morbid photos of corpses ending up online), but no one says "Our phones, we have to call for help." Nor, do they attempt to go and retrieve them. There's an employee of the morgue who has a key ring full of keys, but says to another character he cannot open any doors because the key ring doesn't contain keys for that part of the building. Yet, he just happens to have the key for an iron gate in the basement that goes to what I assume is a dark, damp and wet storage room. Hmm.. pretty convenient since this is the first time they're even bothering to go to there to hide. Especially when through the gate is the only path to escape from Jacob. Which wouldn't be complete without the old "the-killer-is-coming-gotta-hurry-up-and-open-this-door-with-a-key ring-full-of-keys-by- trying-every-single-key ploy." But the worst plot hole is how once Jacob awakes and they discover the first dead body, no one attempts to leave the morgue. They instead decide to run and hide. Two of the characters discover that Jacob has chained the emergency exit closed, but how about the front door? No attempt is made to exit that way. There are so many more, but the only thing that saved this movie is Katherine Isabelle's amazing performance. But unfortunately, her character was killed to soon, in my opinion. Please do not waste your time watching, or renting this movie on On Demand. It's honestly not worth the time or money.

Nitzan Havoc Many theories and doctrines of discourse have been proposed in regards to "the 2nd film" in every duology, trilogy and anthology. Some say it ups the stakes and the raft, while others say its doomed to be a disaster, a falling from grace compared to the first successful film. Was 2006's See No Evil a success? I personally enjoyed it, as a fan of the classic Slashers. Whether or not the classic Slashers could have been deemed successful without being classic - is another debate.See No Evil 2, in my opinion, took all the good things in the first film and made them better, while simultaneously taking the bad things and making them worse. The killer is absolutely profound, and not since the legendary Jason Voorhees have I seen such an excellent use of size, sheer force and brutally undeniable screen presence. Glenn Jacobs, better known to most of us as Kane, doesn't even need to talk in order to be horrifically threatening. Talking actually damages his character, if you ask me, and I believe there was no need for his obviously forced lines in this films (after saying 3 words in the first film). The acting divides into the good, and the annoying. Main actress Danielle Harris and actor Kaj-Erik Eriksen play their awkward romantic interest just the way it has always been meant to be played, while performing their character's role just the right way. Chelan Simmons and Katharine Isabelle, on the other hand, are annoying to a fault. I realize they were supposed to be the stereotypical cowardly not-too-bright ex- teen bimbos, but damn, talk about overkill... Even without Jacobs' excellent character I would have rooted for the killer to finally rid me of their painfully annoying presence. If that was indeed their goal - well bravo.As for the bad things, as I've mentioned, this film capitalized on all that has always been bad about Slashers... Killer walks, victims run, killer always gets them... Killer happens to know exactly where victims are hiding... Killer is inhumanly strong and damage resistant, yet victims keep repeating the same mistakes in that regard over and over again... And my personal favourite made famous by aforementioned Friday the 13th - Killer can't die. Cut off his limbs, stick a metal hose in his eye, shoot him in the head - it only gets him angrier and deadlier. The only suspense in this film was maintained thanks to the innovative number of survivors in the first film, which serves to slightly confuse the audience in regards of expectations. Just slightly though.All in all, I'm not sure how ti judge this film. As an above average Slasher or a below average ordinary film? So I settled for the middle. If you liked the first film because of Kane - definitely watch this, you'll get your share of violent brutality. If you're looking for quality horror - sorry, wrong place.