It also makes a fun complement to the 28 Days Later series or even Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead. While certainly not as refreshing or unnervingly scary as the original (or the remake, Quarantine), 2 is a scary good time with more bumps and jolts than most horror fare. The religious element does add some flavor, just not a whole lot of spice. You've got to hand it to the filmmakers for genre-meshing a little, even if the results are decidedly mixed, though. However, some may find the religious twists and turns that emerge in this finale (or the rest of the film, for that matter) a bit overbearing and ultimately unneeded, or not very interesting. The film does pick up the pace and return to its stronger narrative form at about the hour mark. It's a shame most of the exposition is relegated to the opening act as this manifests a problematic middle, one that could almost be skipped entirely without harm to the narrative.
The plot slowly devolves into an episodic hybrid of chases elements and random character/plot development. At just 84 minutes (with credits), the film is littered with padding, especially once the first point-of-view (from a SWAT team) ends and we switch to a group of unknowing teens. And it's in the film's fresh motivations that 2 finds its footing.Įven with the new innovations and added back story, though, 2 doesn't quite feel like a complete movie. On another level, 2 is a shockingly sharp sequel that takes the basic premise of the original film and cleverly expands upon it, offering a much more in-depth religious explanation for the viral outbreak, multiple points of view and several different camera perspectives – all properly integrated into the narrative without any inconsistency. This renders a less scary, and sometimes tedious film. You'll see nearly every scare from the original recycled a good two or three times over. The infected tenants pop out from every corner and chase our fresh set of heroes with similar results as the last film. On one level, the scares are largely rehashed from the original film. 2 rides the line between a great sequel and a mediocre one.
Slowly, as secrets are revealed, our team learns there's far more going on than just your garden variety viral outbreak. Roommate Wanted was produced by Gill Holland (Beauty Mark) and Sholpan Murabuldayeva ( Courage).Taking place roughly 15 minutes after the events in the first film, 2 follows a SWAT team as they head into the original quarantined building in search of a special blood sample needed to make an antidote. “As the bodies start piling up, Maria and Ricky find themselves battling the many faces of Dean’s white male rage in a thrilling fight to survive.”įrom director, writer and producer Michael McCartney (“The Millionaires”), the horror-comedy also stars MJ Garcia ( Glass Key) and Isabela Valotti ( Ladybug). When he starts behaving oddly, the two quickly discover that Dean has been lying and is a violent, escaped mental patient. “At first glance, Dean seems like the perfect person to share their home with. After looking far and wide, and sitting through a series of frustrating interviews, they meet a seemingly perfect candidate: the clean-cut, polite and quiet Dean ( Jack Shulruff “Impeachment: American Crime Story ”, “The Walking Dead”).
“Two young college students, Maria ( Angelique Sabrina White The Windbearers) and Ricky ( Ricky Cruz Mixed Orders), are in desperate need of a roommate after the mysterious death of the previous tenant. Indican Pictures has given Bloody the exclusive trailer premiere for Roommate Wanted, a new horror-comedy that is set for various VOD platforms on January 18, 2022.