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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 8  Rotten:12 Average Rating: 4.2/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Synopsis: A tongue-in-cheek sequel to the 1975 splatter classic. Dennis Hopper stars as a Texas Ranger seeking revenge on the murderous, chainsaw-wielding clan who dismembered several members of his family in the first flick. Body parts and self-referential jokes fly, as the crazed lawman (he's... A tongue-in-cheek sequel to the 1975 splatter classic. Dennis Hopper stars as a Texas Ranger seeking revenge on the murderous, chainsaw-wielding clan who dismembered several members of his family in the first flick. Body parts and self-referential jokes fly, as the crazed lawman (he's almost as wacked as the villians he's stalking) heads toward the final, blood-soaked showdown. [More]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Jim Siedow

Director: Tobe Hooper

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Sep 9, 2008

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Frank Swietek
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3/10

There is absolutely nothing to distract us from the sheer misery of watching oblivious clowns cracking awful jokes.

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06/09/08
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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12/30/06
Empire Magazine
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3/4

Society is restored as before, but it's a society based on victims and victimizers. De Sade rewrites Darwin.

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11/07/06
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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...if nothing else, the entire flick may be worth a look for the absurd moment in which Leatherface breaks loose with a particularly apt example of the ol' shifty eye.

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10/23/06
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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The film feels as if Hooper himself has nothing but contempt for the original and went out of his way to tear it down.

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10/03/06
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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3/5

'Bloody' good fun....Hooper's still the man when it comes to horror

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03/11/06
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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It's all good as long as you consider it a blacker than black comedy (and not a horror movie).

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12/29/05
Staci Layne Wilson
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10/21/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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08/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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Irresistibly demented.

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06/30/05
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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2/5

No matter how adeptly Chainsaw 2 was put together, it would remain just another exploitation flick for fans who get a tingle from watching blades slash into flesh and innards peep out.

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05/21/03
Walter Goodman
New York Times
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1/5

The most tedious crapfest I've sat through in a while. Annoying characters who never shut up. Even some amusing moments with Hopper can't save it.

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03/25/03
Brian Mckay
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This movie is a great, big mess.

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12/08/02
Chris Parcellin
Film Threat
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Tobe Hooper's biting satire of the Reagan years done up as a very graphic horror film

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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05/10/02
Alexander Walker
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10/16/01
Guardian [UK]
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Gratuitously violent, and none too subtle (it lacks the subversive qualities of the original) it's also undeniably funny, maniacally energetic fare with a liberal smattering of enjoyable set-pieces.

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09/26/01
Jason Wood
BBC
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At its heart, TCM2 is far more concerned with being a black comedy than an out and out exploitation film.

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02/13/01
Mike Bracken
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