Cold Prey II (2008)

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Some park ranger literally almost runs into Jannicke, the sole survivor right after the events of part I. She passes out in the middle of the road so he takes her and the ice pick she's holding to the hospital. He's the boyfriend of one of the nurses there. There's another nurse and one dr. and only 2 patients, a boy and an old woman.Eventually the cops arrive to interview her and are a bit doubtful about her story. Nevertheless they send a team to the ice cave and they drag out the bodies of the victims and of the killer and take them to the hospital. And wouldn't you know, 30 minutes into the movie, the dead killer shows signs of life so he's resurrected by the medical team. Jannicke tries to stop them to no avail. Instead she's put in restrains. But for some reason they never gave her drugs to knock her out. Previously she had nightmares and visions and even visited the bodies of her friends in the morgue.Now with the killer on the lose, off course he turns the light off and starts taking people out. The main cop meanwhile starts to investigate the killer. He saw the birthmark on his face and it looked familiar to him. There are also plenty of cold cases of missing people in the area so he sends his people back to the cave and they find countless bodies. Now he believes Jannicke and makes it to the hospital as the killer is about to run out of people to kill. The cops mount an operation to take the killer out. It doesn't go well. That forces Jannicke to take matters into her own hand. Back she goes to the hotel of part I in the hopes of running into the killer. He doesn't disappoint.Cold Prey 2 is more polished than part 1. It has better characters and an excellent direction. The setting of a hospital is better until it gets dark. But it's not good enough. If you are filming a movie out in the country in Norway why not show some of it. And what a difference it makes when we finally get to go outside during the day in sunlight in the final scenes. A problem for me is that Jannicke doesn't make that good a lead. I kept hoping the killer would gut her. In good world-wide media establishment fashion, the men in this movie are completely useless and the women are the tough and smart heroines. Cold Prey 2 is a competent slasher that still could have been improved some more.

I really wasn't fond of the first Cold Prey movie (the ending was the final nail in the coffin of a movie that had very little to offer for me). I'm assuming you have seen the first one and know how it ended. If not, it does make sense watching it (especially if you are more of a slasher movie fan), because this does continue where the other one left off at the end.This is more straightforward and does not try to be "cute" (again talking about the ending of the other movie, but also about "character" moments and decisions that you'll only see in a movie like this one). Which makes it watchable (again I can only talk for myself here) and kinda fun most of the time.

Logically unfolding sequel to the supremely atmospheric and haunting Norwegian horror hit "Cold Prey", released two years prior. Sole survivor Jannicke gets picked up by the side of a snowy road and taken to a nearby hospital that is as good as empty due to being closed very soon. She's in shock and nobody believes her grotesque story about the pick-axe wielding maniac that butchered her friends. They're forced to sing a different tune when the five cadavers are recovered from the ravine and brought back to the hospital morgue. The police also discovers a few dozen of other frozen corpses, including that of the killer. He really must be Jason Voorhees' distant Scandinavian relative, as he miraculously resurrects from his body bag. The medics successfully attempt to bring him back, naturally much against the will of a hysterical Jannicke, and she's obviously right to protest as he promptly continues his relentless killing spree. Meanwhile, the local police commissioner digs up the 30-year-old missing person file and discovers a handful of interesting personality details about our deranged killer. "Cold Prey II" is a more than worthwhile successor of the original, this time with a sinister abandoned hospital setting instead of an abandoned skiing resort setting. Also like in the original, the characters are identifiable and amiable individuals and you certainly don't wish for them to die in such barbaric and excruciatingly painful ways. Like the cute blond nurse who's being smashed to death with a fire extinguisher, for example. Ouch! The sequel is actually even slightly more suspenseful than the first film, because there's a more intense aura of mystery hanging around the killer's persona. The first half hour is particularly scary, prior to his resurrection, because you can't really guess which direction the writers have chosen for this film. There are nicely eerie decors and set pieces, great use of ominous music and always the exact right dose of lighting. Let it be clear that these Norwegians definitely know how to generate the right mood for an atmospheric and nightmarishly intense horror film. "Cold Prey II" also benefices from terrific acting performances, including the one from the little kid. The last half hour follows a very exciting cat-and-mouse game between the killer, hiding somewhere in the hospital, the two female survivors and a bunch of policemen. These sequences are authentically scary. When is the last time a slasher actually scared you? The finale is brilliant and Jannicke unfolds herself as one of the most prolific and heroic female horror protagonists of the last decade. There's another entry on the way, apparently a prequel set in the 1980's. I, for one, cannot wait!

I watched this movie back to back with its first one.I found this one was a better thriller than the first.But this screenplay also follows the famous movies like "visiting hours" It was a solid start from part 1. Not like other movies here you meet the killer with a new team, this starts from what it ended in the first part.The lead heroine was very convincing in her role since she comes out well in this part.I should say the accompanying doctor girl had a charming cute comedy stuff face but she tried well.On the whole it was convincingly presented except some loop holes like they fail to mention about the corpses they found later on in the crevasse.I would rate it 7 on 10. cos this movie has got some thrills ...Waiting to see what would they do in the third part.........