Axeman 2: Overkill

I love campy b-horror as much as the next, but this was simply not enjoyable in any way. I will simply point you to the ONLY two reviewers who gave this a positive score:

• one of them admittedly worked on the film
• the other has only two reviews...this movie, and Axeman 1...each of which were "amazing."

I rarely base whether I watch a film on the often numerous reviewers stating that "the only good reviews must come from people on the film," since most times there are a plethora of other reviews to balance out some of this back seat directing. In this case, it was obvious to me that the two reviewers worked on the film. Regrettably, I have pan this one. Unless, of course, you like your schlock horror:

• with acting that is akin to a first read-through of a script
• terrible cgi fx (that don't even pixelate properly)
• poor film work with non-professional equipment
• sound and Foley that are equally as bad

I can always overlook some bad acting, or phony fx, but there's a difference between seeing a film that genuinely appears to have been made by folks who believe in the project, and one that looks hastily put together & made with friends on the hill behind your grandmother's house. I have definitely seen worse, but not by much.

I can not honestly recommend this. Most of these flicks carry a bit of gore to make them worth the watch, some clever dialog, or at least ONE facet that makes it watchable. Not in this case.

The everything..

They make Christians seem like a bunch of idiotic, Jesus worshiping, dummies.

Plus.. umm, she's with the Sheriffs office, but her shirts not tucked in and wtf is up with her lips?

The framing of shots, the colors, the lighting, just everything! The acting, dear God! Where did they find these people? I've never seen anyone who could suck this bad at delivering lines since The Room! Except The Room was entertaining!

My boyfriend loved the first Axeman - I thought it was okay. This one? Holy-Frijole!!! So worth all the praise it's getting. Just a fun movie, campy as all get out, fast-paced, gory and never a dull moment. Now me and my guy are BOTH big fans :-). Can't wait to see what he does with the next Axeman movie! He says the third one will be the last - I hope its as fun as this one and brings back some of the cast like a prequel because these characters were just TOO MUCH FUN!!!

I did take off a star because he killed one of my favorite characters in a bad way :(. That was a bummer but the rest was awesome!