Meat Market 2

The story of "Meat Market 2" involves a scrappy pack of neo-punkers and their vampire friend as they struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland lousy with the wandering,bloodthirsty zombies and few resources to get by on.I haven't seen "Meat Market",so I can't compare that film to its sequel.Still "Meat Market 2" is clearly influenced by Italian zombie and post-apocalypse flicks.The film is loaded with tons of gore and maggots,but the violence is not as bloody as I expected.In fact the gore scenes are quite cheesy and amateurish.Still I liked grisly make-up of several zombies.The acting is atrocious and the story is highly influenced by George A.Romero's "Day of the Dead".On the other hand,I'd rather watch "Meat Market 2" again than endure the garbage of "Zombie Brigade" or "Oasis of the Zombies" one more time.So if you like low-budget splatter mayhem give this one a try,but Brian Paulin's "Bone Sickness" is a much better zombie film.

More than a year has passed since "Meat Market". The zombies have grown in number since we last saw the gang. The plot is not TOO shabby, yet it seems to take a secondary place to the gore. Blood, brains, maggots & grue are the order of the day in the low-budget splatter fast. And I for one am more then fine with that.

My Grade: 3 and 1/2 out of 4 bloody machetes

DVD Extras: 2 commentaries (Director & "bad guy"), Behind the scenes (about 18 minutes), trailers for this film as well as Binge & Purge, an interactive game (win and get 19 minutes of footage of "El Diablo Azul" acting like a third-rate "Triumph, the insult comic dog" at what looks like possibly the worst comic-con that I have EVER seen) , and still gallery

A well crafted sequel to the original hit "Meat Market" Contains many of the same themes and metaphors the first one had, and utilized to the skill and mastery of a surgeon in heat. (Globalization, Environmentalism, Zombie-face-sucking-gut-bustin-a-fication, and womanization). The second surpasses the first in the amount of hidden subtext only inversely proportional to the decrease in the amount of time given to introspection.

"Meat Market 2" will stand out as a true film-fan's film, and will endure the test of time as, the movie itself is practically ageless. Themes, settings, characters have a glow that only a well crafted movie can have; time less characters such as "Diablo Azul" and my particular fave "Cult Compound Guard" (played to masterful perfection by http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1385071/ ).

No movie before or since has or will ever be called a classic again until reaching the heights this movie has set. So high is that bar, only the tallest of directors could possibly dare touch it. Look out Shaquille O'Neil, It's MEAT MARKET 2!!

I finally got to see the sequel to what is now one of my favorite films, Meat market. Meat Market 2 is another low budget masterpiece from Brian Clement. If you thought the first movie was fun, you have not seen anything yet. This time, it's a year after the first film. A few characters from the first movie, plus a new guy are still trying to survive. They end up in a very Day of the Dead-esque setting, with a facist cult leader who is trying to set up a new society of desirables. Ok, enough plot, on to the wicked s***. The characters again, are a mix of crazy/messed up people. My favorites being the crazed chef, and the meat f*cker. Yes that's right, i did say meat f*cker. There is also a lunatic scientist who has many funny scenes. His explanation for doing experiments is goddamn classic. The special effects are again great for such a low budget. The acting is....well, what can i say? I loved it for what it was. It never tried to hard to be something it wasn't. (The vampire finally bites someone!) There is also brief reappearance of El Diablo Azul, and it gave me a reason to live again. As a big zombie fan(aka person with no life), i absolutely loved Meat Market 2. Entertaining to the point that you wanna run out and make your own zombie film. Thanks again people, you are gods. Thanks for great cinema.

I love Zombie-Movies and I love amateur-productions. And Meat Market 2 starts really promising with a nice homage to Fulci´s Classic "Zombi".

So I leaned back and waited to be impressed. Okay, some of the makeups are great for such a no budget movie and some actors (the vampirelady and the cook) really stand out, but else there´s nothing.

I didn´t expect a new Romero here but there is not one sequence in the whole movie which has even a little bit of suspense or shock value. The director sure knows how to stage body rippings and interesting eating habits, but now (after two parts) it´s time to learn something more.

In MeatMarket2 Gore rhymes with bore - for me that´s not enough - sorry.

** out of *****