Contracted: Phase II (2015)

To me, this movie is perfection.

That was an excellent one.

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

the first movie "Contracted" was good as hell with compelling characters in a body horror that at the very end reveals itself to be a zombie movie, executed in such a way that the mysteries that were begun in the film end up seeming insignificant compared to the implied threat of a zombie breakout.this sequel picks up immediately after the first, beginning with Day 4 (the first film had the Day 1-3 transitions, with Day 3 revealed to be "of 3". This film does the exact same thing with Day 6 revealed to be "of 6") with now zombified Samantha secured and contained.From there, we basically follow the same steps as the first movie, only focusing on the derpy guy who can't act Riley instead of Samantha. Every scene, every beat done by the first film is repeated here as if the first film didn't do them first, like we're supposed to be shocked and horrified when he starts coughing up lots of blood or finding weird things all over his body.The guy who initially started the infection gets some more screen time, with a dumb run of the mill "mankind is a disease" manifesto sent to the police as the feds get involved. More people get infected by Riley and showing the same symptoms he and Samantha had. More ridiculously, people act as if the horrifying facial deformations are just a minor thing. It was similar in the first film, but at least Samantha had long hair and hid her face as much as she could. This guy meanders about town looking like pure syphilis and no one's gagging at the mere sight of him and calling 911.Overall, the acting has gotten significantly worse, with Riley being utterly awful, and the actor playing Detective Young constantly slipping out of accent to some kind of either Irish or Canadian accent.about the only new thing done in this movie is the introduction of some manner of wide-ranging cult related to the zombie thing and BJ, noted by the word ABBADON tattooed on their fingers. The zombie outbreak starts unfolding, implied offscreen, at the end of the film, essentially making the vast majority of this film a waste of time

Contracted: Phase II (2015) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Riley (Matt Mercer) finds himself growing violently sick from the virus he contacted so he sets out to find the man he believes is spreading it around.CONTRACTED: PHASE II is a sequel that picks up where the original film left off but to me this here is more of a remake than anything else. I enjoyed the first film a great deal and this one here is basically just a copy of it, although it's not nearly as good. With that said, if you enjoy these body harming horror films then there's enough violence and gore here for you.I think the biggest issue with this film is that it really doesn't offer us anything we didn't see in the first film. I'd also argue that we don't care for Riley like we did Sam in the first film. However, this type of film is made to make your skin crawl and there are several disgusting scenes here. As with the first there's a lot of gore, blood vomiting and creepy things being dug out of flesh. The violence and gore certainly matches the first film and it will keep fans into the picture.The performances were all good and especially Marianna Palka and Anna Lore. Director John Forbes does a good job with the material and delivers a well-made and professional looking film. CONTRACTED: PHASE II isn't a masterpiece but it delivers what you'd expect it to.

There are a few reasons I watched "Contracted Phase 2".1.) How could it be worse than the first one? It wasn't2.) Maybe there would be some answers for how and why all of this started. There were, somewhat.3.) Will the people get more intelligent because the first movie was rife with stupidity. They were, slightly."Contracted Phase 2" picks up exactly where "Contracted" left off. Samantha was killed after hungrily attacking her mother on the street (how her mom happened to be at the scene of her accident is beyond me).This movie was yet another warning about unprotected sex as it picks up with Riley (Matt Mercer) going to the hospital to be tested for "everything" after his sexual escapade with Samantha. We see Riley go through the same three day metamorphosis that Samantha went through except with more casualties.The movie still lacked any real personality even though the acting was significantly better. But yet again, there were no characters to get behind. Riley deserved his fate for getting freaky with a walking corpse, everyone else was just collateral damage. Although better than the first "Contracted Phase 2" still not a good movie.

I can sit through just about anything, and I've watched movies that most people would turn off within the first few minutes. Now, I did sit through this whole movie, it's kind of like a masochistic thing I do, how much can I take, ya' know? After watching the first Contracted, I was looking forward to seeing the second one. Waited for a long time for it to come out and was happy when it came out. Then I watched it. If was F*#^ing stupid. How did the full grown meelworms appear? And why were they meelworms and not maggots? SPOILER: Why did the virus take longer to kill the some people than it did others? SPOILER: Why did the cop just cry and whimper at the hospital at the end instead of handling sh*t the way a cop would? Why would the guy decide to not tell his doctor about the horrible infection on his back, and why lie about having sex with the girl in the first place? If you're going to lie to your doctor, don't go in the first place! Idiots. But even though he was an idiot, he still isn't as big an idiot as the writers of this movie. They have no idea about how anything works and should be blacklisted from Hollywood.