With the release of Hatchet II on DVD comes the bitter feelings that many experienced after the film's premature pull from the theaters. After theaters pulled the unrated gore fest, fans and supporters of Adam Green took to the internet to express their angst. Now some 4 months later, fans finally get to see the film for themselves and all the extras that come along with it, as the Hatchet II Unrated Director's Cut becomes available for purchase.
Technically, Hatchet II is a terrible film. Instead of a film for horror fans in general, Hatchet II becomes more of a film geared solely towards fans of Hatchet. It's a film that cares much more about the gore than it does the story, acting and writing--and for many that is what they want out of a horror film. For the rest of us however, Hatchet II will simply not cut it. We...
Technically, Hatchet II is a terrible film. Instead of a film for horror fans in general, Hatchet II becomes more of a film geared solely towards fans of Hatchet. It's a film that cares much more about the gore than it does the story, acting and writing--and for many that is what they want out of a horror film. For the rest of us however, Hatchet II will simply not cut it. We...
- 2/14/2011
- by Andre Dumas
- Planet Fury
Chicago – There are many who would like horror fans to believe that writer/director Adam Green is the nest great voice in the genre, the guy who we should all be watching. After the promising “Hatchet” and superior “Frozen,” I thought the potential was still there. I’m not sure any more after the boring, bloated, stupid “Hatchet II.”
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.5/5.0
You won’t find a much bigger old-school horror fan than this critic, who can still remember devouring all the trashy slasher pics of the ’80s when I hit the right age to do so. In the ’00s, the genre lost sight of what used to make it fun. It lost its B-movie roots. Some of that has returned in recent years and a notable entry in the drive-in horror genre has to be Adam Green’s “Hatchet,” a film focused solely on what used to drive the genre — gore,...
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.5/5.0
You won’t find a much bigger old-school horror fan than this critic, who can still remember devouring all the trashy slasher pics of the ’80s when I hit the right age to do so. In the ’00s, the genre lost sight of what used to make it fun. It lost its B-movie roots. Some of that has returned in recent years and a notable entry in the drive-in horror genre has to be Adam Green’s “Hatchet,” a film focused solely on what used to drive the genre — gore,...
- 2/9/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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