Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011)

Horror /
5.0/10
33% – Audience

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“ChromeSkull” is the sequel to the 2009 horror hit “Laid to Rest.” It brings back ChromeSkull, who barely escaped death in the first movie and is hell-bent on continuing where he left off… and forging a new path of terror and destruction.

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I’M TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION HERE!

I will say I never saw the first movie. I was confused as this movie assumes that you did see the first installment. I was asking basic questions such as “Who is Chromeskull? Why is Chromeskull? Why does he kill? What is this organization behind him?” I felt behind and found myself going back through scenes to see if there was something I missed.

Once I got over that, I have to ask…Seriously. If you are going to kidnap someone, wouldn’t you think about checking them for a cell phone before you lock them up? The cops have various clues and leads and are hunting down Chromeskull as he, or I should say his slightly inept apprentice, prepares his next victim.

If you watched the first one, and made it through 5 or so Saw movies, you don’t need to be reading reviews, you know you are going to watch it anyway. If you haven’t seen the first one, I would recommend watching it before attempting to watch this one.

F-bomb, shower nudity.

Still not resting

The movie continues where the first “Laid to Rest” movie ended. But that doesn’t mean it’s a straight continuation. The surviving characters from part 1 are back on duty, but quite a lot of new characters are introduced as well. Danielle Harris is one of them, though her role is not that big (no pun intended). Brian Austin Green actually has the biggest part and he obviously has the most fun. He almost steals the movie from Chromeskull himself.

The detectives are almost a letdown, but I liked that they were going in a different direction this time around. It might alienate a few fans of the first movie, but the director already stated, that he didn’t want to do the same thing over again. FX are top notch again and an actor from part 1 cameos in this too, but plays a different character. As Nick Principe (Chromeskull himself) said at a convention: He pulled a Clark Kent (you’ll get it, if you watch both movies). I am curious to see, where they’ll go for the next chapter (Nick isn’t that fond of an outer space scenario if I’m not mistaken ;o) ).

Laid to rest, yes, but gets the shock treatment for the sequel

Robert Hall’s 2009 horror debut Laid to Rest wasn’t perfect by any means, but offered a great gore-scheme and pacing and suspense that came to its favor. Its characters weren’t very well crafted, and logic had to hide out so the film could do its thing, but overall it was a cute and enjoyable little gore flick. Did it ever need a sequel? Well, to Hall, since it was a moderate success on the message boards and online yes it did.

Laid to Rest 2, accompanied by the “Chromeskull” subtitle, is a bleak and ugly film not because it’s gruesome and violent, but because its plot becomes blown out of proportion and it becomes a cocky horror film. Somebody should’ve whispered in the filmmakers’ ears that this wasn’t a big success, but a fairly unexpected one. The story has now become enlarged and has now gone to expand its boundaries to the point where it’s unbelievable and contrived.

The film picks up right where the first left off, then manages to fast-forward three months later where we are introduced to Jess (Michaels), a girl going blind because of scar tissue in her eyes. Jess is drugged, kidnapped, and locked in a coffin by the killer who has a video camera on his shoulder and a shiny, chrome-silver mask in the shape of a skeleton on his face. He uses deadly, homemade knives that are something straight out of a sadist’s mind, but are crafted with such detail they become one of the strongest points in the film.

I’m not going to even try to explain the backstory of the killer because I feel ashamed for even asking for it. I wished for minor backstory after seeing Laid to Rest. I thought, I’d like just a small, brief explanation of why this person was killing and videotaping it. I didn’t need a huge, bloated, and exhausting storyline that is convoluted and outright ridiculous. The film wants to bring the top-secret, government business into play but it doesn’t have the budget nor the skills to do so. This is a slasher film. It’s a hack and slash, gorehound, bloody, disgusting, gruesome horror film that deserves zero conspiracy talk at all.

The fact that they bring the overblown backstory into play is just a clear sign of cockiness, but who can really blame them? If you spat out a random, unknown horror film into stores with a promising cover and you made big bucks off of it, you’d take the obligatory sequel one step further wouldn’t you? Well, Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 doesn’t take just one step, it takes about two leaps and, when you think it has officially stopped in one place, it manages to tip-toe a bit further and further. Have mercy.

Bobbi Sue Luther, director Robert Hall’s wife respectively, played the heroine from the original film and makes a quick appearance in this one as well. Sadly, she’s killed off very quickly just to bring in an annoying and obnoxious blonde girl instantly. She’s no Bobbi Sue, and she’s not even interesting enough to be concerned for unlike her.

Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 was somewhat promising, but ultimately falls flat on its face. There is a third film planned which I assume and sort of hope will close the series. I hope after this ludicrous sequel we at least get a final and respectable entry in a series that never got off its feet completely. Aside from gore, the series never truly accomplished much else. It succeeds in being a standout for a few reasons, but overall, when closely examined, or even mildly, it’s just another horror film inspired by too many others.

Starring: Brian Austin Green, Danielle Harris, Mimi Michaels, Nick Principe, and Thomas Dekker. Directed by: Robert Hall.

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