Faces of Death II (1981)

The Worst Film Ever

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Faces of Death II (1981) * 1/2 (out of 4)FACES OF DEATH became a huge phenomenon when it was originally released so it was only time that a sequel would follow, which would of course turn into more sequels and countless rip-offs from around the world. FACES OF DEATH II pretty much is the same film as the first one, although I think an argument could be made that this here is much darker in terms of its tone.I say that because the first film featured a lot of obvious fake or staged footage that wasn't fooling anyone. This one here contains some obvious fake footage like an incredibly stupid robbery sequence but there's a lot of real stuff here. Perhaps the goriest footage comes from scenes of dolphins being captured and slaughtered. Animal lovers will certainly want to skip a very long sequence where we see several creatures killed. This also contains real footage of various stunts gone wrong including a man who tried to jump over a one mile river. Another memorable sequence deals with boxer Johnny Owens who was killed in the ring.Is FACES OF DEATH II a good movie? Certainly not. Whereas the first film was somewhat original this one here is basically just an excuse to try and make more money. The scenes are poorly edited together and there's no question that the majority of them just aren't anything overly special. In fact, the entire series would be viewed as many people as being disgusting and I'm sure younger people would watch this and not understand what the big deal was back in the day.Even when I viewed these films as a teenager I knew they were mostly garbage but those who grew up in the 80s knew that it was something important to get to rent these and then watch them with your friends just to see how much you could take. It was a badge of honor if you could make it through the entire film and if one of your buddies didn't it meant he was being made fun of throughout the rest of the night.FACES OF DEATH II does feature an incredibly creepy music score over the credits though. Your entertainment level is certainly going to depend on what you're looking for.

I did not think that Faces Of Death 2 was as good as the first film. But much of the film is the same as Faces Of Death with scenes of death related footage. A lot of the film is done with home video cameras. Most of the film footage seems fake like in the first Faces Of Death film. I found most of the film quite shocking and disturbing to watch, such as scenes that were filmed in Mortuarys, I would not recommend people to watch this film unless they are able to take what is shown on screen, as most of it is quite disturbing to see. I have all of the Faces Of Death series on DVD , and i still find the first film the best of them all. 4/10

Okay...this sequel does have more of the same graphic violence and gore as the first one...and all but 1 scene is real, not faked, but still as a connoisseur of this type of thing, I didn't "enjoy" this one as much, and I use the term enjoy loosely. These things are not enjoyable viewing, but more of curiosity pieces, and as that I found the first one to be a lot better, even if several of the scenes in it were faked. Still, there is animal slaughter, a shootout, an execution by firing squad, some stunts gone awry, and a boxing match that ends in tradgedy, and alas, the filmmakers cashed in even more, as this is not the last entry in the "popular" series. "Fans" of gore and violence will still have plenty to look at in this one and marvel in the brutality.

I was relatively kind in my review of the first "Faces of Death" movie. Sure, it was utter trash, but I could see at least a reason for its exsistence: to scare the hell out of people. The sequel's only goal is to make more money off the original's infamous reputation. What kind of inspiration is that? The idea of a film comprised of footage of real people and animals getting killed in front of the camera is sick and disturbing. The first time around, there was merit, the idea of making more, just for the sake of making more is totally wrong. (F) Not Rated, but equivalent to an NC-17 for continual graphic carnage and gore from man and beast.