vengeance20
Upon hearing about the Sequels that followed the original Lake Placid, I wasn't sure if this would be any good! Considering that it was one of those Straight-to- DVD/TV Films. The film starts out pretty much like the first Lake Placid! 2 guys are in a boat in the middle of the lake collecting/looking for samples, aside from talking crap about this and that causing one of the to get distracted & then... A crocodile attack takes place! And the guy gets pulled under the water & gets partially chewed up! The other guy is then astonished & looks around in confusing & panic, calling his friends name out until the body of his friend lunges from the water & he tries to save him by pulling him back into the boat & a part of his body is in the hands of the guy who attempt to pull him in.etc! Etc! body count was better!They then take the body to the morgue to examine what happened & as usual the sheriffs department think the guy who witnessed the attack is crazy & just seeing things & claiming it was a bear that killed him! What the f**k!! They then go in search & still think he's crazy until they find a head of the man (slight difference) & then witness the crocodile & instantly believe him! A Group of survivalist/hunters come to help. They then make camp by the lake & work out a way to try & kill the Crocodile(s)But this time, in Lake Placid 2! There's 3 crocodiles!!!To say the least, I liked this film abit better than the first, because it had more bloody effects in it (not really gory but good enough!) as well as a higher body count! Which if I'm not mistaken was 8 people! Unlike the first which only had a body count of 2!The CGI effects though were abit crap! You could instantly tell the crocodiles weren't real & didn't blend in very well! The water plane was the worst & possibly the best example of the CGI being cheap & tacky! I've seen better effects in a cheap 90's Horror Film! Although it didn't so much mind the CGI blood I felt that was OK! But the plane was just incredibly fake! Even a 5-Year- Old could tell it wasn't real! The Crocodiles were OK but didn't have a realistic effect as the original did!The kills were OK not the best but OK for a sequel like this one! The usual kills when the 2 girls get killed by the crocodile & the guy runs in foolishly shouting "Whose there!" & gets eaten! Seen it all before! Bit of a typical horror cliché! I liked how Mrs. Bickerman got what she deserved after she attempted to kill Kerri on the pier! (Creepy Old B*st*rd!)The typical teen-adults were typical as you'd see in any horror film! Stripping on the lake, skinny dipping, drinking beer etc! Etc!The ending was pretty good! The sheriff got together with Emily Warner & Scott who liked Kerri got together with her!Overall I'm giving this a 9/10 for higher body count & more bloodier effects! Through I think the CGI effects were abit crap!
films20101
"Lake Placid 2", in my opinion, has to be one of the worst sci-fi films ever made on the face of the Earth. It is a waste of a person's time and money. As a matter of fact, I did get around to viewing the first "Lake Placid" movie that was made all the way back in the year of 1999. Personally, since it was, in fact a sci-fi horror/comedy flick, I thought it was okay. Definitely not perfect, but okay nonetheless. Now, why on Earth anyone would ever want to make a sequel to it is just beyond me. The biggest regret I've ever made in my life is watching it on the Sci-Fi Channel on TV because I wanted to check it out. Boy, was I ever stupid to waste 1 hour and 30 minutes of my life that I'll never get back.Here are my "Top 5" reasons why this movie, "Lake Placid 2" was so bad and should not be worth viewing.1) The actors. The acting is so atrocious, it's not even funny. Hell, why would you even put John Schneider in a movie like this? He didn't give a very good performance either as did all the other lame and pathetic actors in this movie.2) The plot. The plot is so unoriginal, it's been done so many times in other movies already. This is it: "A local sheriff must stop four crocodiles from wreaking havoc on a small town." 3) The special effects. They try to make the crocodiles look like gigantic dinosaurs in this movie. Believe it, right into the beginning, one of the crocodiles is able to pull a man off a boat and right into the water. Then, when the man's friend tries to help pull him back up, the crocodile comes in and eats him completely, just leaving out his arm and leg. So, basically, he eats the guy in just one bite. Give me a freakin' break! 4) The action. Now, don't get me wrong. A lot of people do get eaten and killed by the crocodiles in this movie, but overall, there's very little action throughout and it can also get boring very quickly.5) The filmmakers. These people have done such a poor job on this movie, that not only did they embarrass the actors, but they also embarrassed themselves. Especially the director and writers of this movie. The dialogue was very corny, and sometimes I found myself having to turn up the volume because I couldn't hear a word they were saying. Hell, even the director was making decisions of his own in this movie. It seems that every 5 or 10 minutes that pass in the movie, after someone has already got eaten by the crocodiles, then another person does, and then after that, another person gets eaten. So, it's like a pattern where all the people get killed first and then the crocodiles get killed second. Good lord! So, these are my 5 reasons why "Lake Placid 2", in my opinion, is one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made. I seriously do not know what these people were thinking when they made this miserable pile of crap. And get this, you think it's bad enough that they already did one sequel to the first "Lake Placid", they freakin' made another one, "Lake Placid 3" in 2010! And that one has also been getting bad reviews just like this one. I'm not even going to attempt to watch that one, knowing how bad the people have been saying it is. Do yourself a favor, and just watch the first "Lake Placid", and not any of the other poorly bad-made sequels.
hyde345
I am absolutely stunned that this "movie" actually made it to completion. You would have thought that somebody would have had the common sense to cease production early on,just for humanitarian reasons. I think I may be permanently scarred for the 60 minutes or so that I can never get back. I actually lost some brain cells by watching this. Awful acting by everybody, even the dog. Awful special effects - middle school quality. Awful dialog - grade school quality. This movie is truly as bad as you can get. The bottom of the barrel. I never thought ANY movie could come close to the horrific drivel in Showgirls but I was wrong. People, this movie is as bad as it gets. Everybody associated with this garbage should be shot. If you haven't watched this movie, don't even consider it. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Sam-285
The original Lake Placid was an unusual combination of comedy and drama. The violence was a bit much but not too much. The comedy was good enough for Betty White, and that made it unusual; nearly unique.If they wanted a successful sequel, they would have shot for a story that was more Betty White. Instead, the Sci Fi Channel thought that a lot of blood and violence would be better. That makes the sequel just another of thousands of bloody horror shows. They did not have to pay for an expensive actress such as Betty White, but they should have payed for a good writer at least.The Sci Fi Channel just does not get what it takes to succeed.
