Dead Snow 2 : Red vs Dead (2014) Review!!

Synopsis – If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you’d have to assume that things couldn’t get much worse. In Martin’s case, that was only the beginning.

My Take – I’ve seen countless number of zombie films, and while the genre has had life pumped into it on several occasions (28 days/weeks, Shaun of the Dead) in recent years it’s kinda fell by the wayside once again. Dead Snow (2009) a Norwegian language film about a breed of fast running Nazi zombies was breath of fresh air five years ago. Yes! The concept & some particular scenes where similar to the original Evil Dead, but did they mock over it? No, instead the film provided a fresh gory fun filled entertainment! Now, after five years with a great amount of expectation and high hopes that I sat down to watch the sequel.

Clearly the sequel has done what Army of Darkness did for Evil Dead, a huge step up from what it was in the first movie, from the camera-work, to the zombie make-up, to the production value, and the list goes on and on. The sequel takes off right where the first ended. Our chain saw cutting hero Martin manages to escape the Nazi zombie hell in Oksfjord in Northern Norway by cutting off his own zombie smitten arm. But his flight ends up wrong as he drives the car off the road due to his injuries & exhaustion . He wakes up in the morning to find himself in a hospital, where the police suspect him for killing off his group of student friends. But, it’s not all bad. They have managed to sew his off-cut arm on, a proud doctor says. And so the hell breaks loose again. If you thought the first was strange and bloody, this is pure zombie splatter like you’ve never seen before. Not only Zombies are dangerous here. Our own hero will kill off even children in the most horrific ways. It’s gut wrenching in all the worst ways. Well what can we expect from the Nazi zombies? Well, they are not your average classic zombies. They are powered in Frankenstein-manner. And so are their opponents, the Russians Communist zombies.

This makes one hell of a ride including a nerdy zombie ghost buster squad from the USA. Yeah, once again the US saves the world! Director Tommy Wirkola has made what is so far the most outrageous zombie extravaganza ever, and is even managing to putting in a zombie love story here to sweeten the bloody cup of zombie slime. And the references for the film buffs are here as well, mostly homages to quite different genres than the zombie genre itself. If you ever love zombie movie you gonna like this one. On the whole Dead Snow 2 : Red Vs Dead is a blast from beginning to end. Yes it borrows from Evil Dead and all the other classics from that time but it doesn’t pretend not to. It doesn’t take itself too seriously and this is obvious throughout the film and is so enjoyable to watch. If you enjoy movies such as “Evil Dead” or “Shaun of the Dead”, then you will most definitely like Dead Snow 2 as well as without a doubt this one of the most fantastic comedy horror I’ve seen in years!