The only saving grace in a totally misguided effort is the performance of character actor Bruns who is quite funny as the slightly off-the-wall doctor.
Return of the Living Dead 2 (1988)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:0
Rotten:12
Average Rating:3.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: It's gore galore in this sequel to (what else?) 1985's "Return of the Living Dead". Here, a poisonous gas is released from a container, and when it reaches the local graveyard, corpses start living... It's gore galore in this sequel to (what else?) 1985's "Return of the Living Dead". Here, a poisonous gas is released from a container, and when it reaches the local graveyard, corpses start living the high life again. Blood, guts, and grey matter spew, as the brain-snackin' zombies wreak havoc upon the terrified townspeople. [More]
Starring: James Karen, Thom Mathews, Dana Ashbrook, Marsha Dietlein
Starring: James Karen, Thom Mathews, Dana Ashbrook, Marsha Dietlein, Philip Bruns
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
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Reviews for Return of the Living Dead 2
Not even a nuclear explosion, it seems, can prevent a sequel to a tongue-in-cheek zombie pic.
Given the abundance of films like this, Return 2 is hardly a classic, but it's far better than it has any right to be.
The movie's high points are its makeup and special effects. The movie's low points are almost everything else.
The first film was an amusing, winking zombiefest that glorified its own cheekiness. The sequel tries to do bigger and better and thus is less and worse.
An occasional clever joke but in general a degradation of this branch of the series.
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