WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END (2007)

WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END might not be as polished as the original, but what it lacks in fancy cameras and better known actors it makes up for in a faster pace, more violence, a light-hearted script, brief tits, waaay more gore and...Henry Rollins.  What the hell?

A group of annoying jackholes gather in the deep woods to shoot a pilot for a ridiculous sounding post-apocalyptic survivalist reality show. As soon as they set off into the woods, a family of mutated, massively inbred hillbillies start picking them off and collecting their meat for a TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE-style family dinner, complete with a female guest tied to a chair at the end of the table.

And that's about it. The script probably took less time to write than it did for me to watch the movie, but for what it is it's passable and better than the majority of hillbilly cannibal horror movies out there.  My friends and I watch it occasionally and we always laugh our asses off.  Although, I do wish at least one of the females had been attractive!

Part 1 - Wrong Turn (2003)
Part 3 - Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009)
Part 4 - Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)
Part 5 - Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012)
Part 6 - Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014)
Reboot - Wrong Turn (2021)

FARGO (1996)

"You're darn tootin'!"

How could anybody not like FARGO? This movie is awesome in it's quiet, unique little way. William H. Macy is in trouble. He works as a car salesman at a car dealership owned by his father-in-law and he's in some severe financial problems, so he, before the film, concocts this destination failure plan of hiring two criminals to kidnap his wife and using the ransom to pay off his debt. As the film opens, he promises the kidnappers $40,000, but in reality he's going to demand a million! Ballsy motherfucker. After the kidnapping, things gets out of control and local small town police chief (and seven months pregnant) Frances McDormand is called in to investigate. She's a little awkward and she doesn't appear to be in much of a hurry, but her brain is steady ticking and each step brings her closer to solving the crime.

It's probably best I don't give anymore away, but I love the pace of this movie. It might be considered slow, by some people, but I thought it was perfect. It's almost like reading a really good criminal thriller short story. Even better than the pacing and the script is the acting. It's phenomenal. Everybody involved all the way down to the bit part was great. Frances McDormand won Best Actress for her performance.

I'm sure it was planned, but I love Frances' expression when she stepped in that hole in the snow.