Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

Norwegian release poster
Directed by Tommy Wirkola
Produced by Terje Strømstad
Written by Tommy Wirkola
Stig Frode Henriksen
Vegar Hoel
Starring Vegar Hoel
Orjan Gamst
Martin Starr
Ingrid Haas
Jocelyn DeBoer
Stig Frode Henriksen
Kristoffer Joner
Music by Christian Wibe
Cinematography Matthew Weston
Edited by Martin Stoltz
Production
company
Saga Film
Tappeluft Pictures
thefyzz
XYZ Films
Distributed by Well Go USA Entertainment
Release dates
  • 19 January 2014 (Sundance)
  • 12 February 2014 (Norway)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Norway
Iceland
Language Norwegian
English
German
Budget NOK 35 million
(USD$ 5.2 million) (USA)
Box office $37,473[1]

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (Norwegian: Død Snø 2) is a 2014 Norwegian-Icelandic horror comedy film directed by Tommy Wirkola. It is a sequel to Wirkola's 2009 film Dead Snow.[2][3] The film was released in the United States on 10 October 2014.

Plot

Continuing from where the previous film ended, Martin wakes up in a hospital after crashing his car while trying to escape from Colonel Herzog after finding one of the Colonel's coins in his car. He is placed under arrest when the police suspected that he killed his friends, laughing off the zombie explanation. The arm he sawed off to halt a bite infection has been replaced, but he discovers it’s Herzog’s undead limb that’s been re-attached as his missing appendage. He then escapes from the hospital after his zombofied arm kills a kid. Martin soon realizes that Herzog is coming back for revenge. The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish some 70-year-old business: completing Hitler’s order to wipe out an entire town in retaliation for Norwegian anti-Axis sabotage. However, Martin is not willing to die yet. En route, he gains variably competent allies in Glenn, a gay staffer at a local WWII museum, and the self-styled “Zombie Squad”, a trio of nerdy American siblings who've been waiting and preparing for the zombie invasion that popular media has taught them will surely come. Things improve a bit once Martin (whose zombie arm suddenly arbitrarily starts helping the good guys) manages to revive a troop of Russian POWs executed by the Nazis for the final battle against Colonel Herzog and his Nazi Zombie battalion. In the post-credits scene, the scientist is seen holding the head of Colonel Herzog.

Cast

  • Vegar Hoel as Martin
  • Ørjan Gamst as Standartenführer (Oberst) Herzog
  • Martin Starr as Daniel
  • Jocelyn DeBoer as Monica
  • Ingrid Haas as Blake
  • Stig Frode Henriksen as Glenn Kenneth
  • Hallvard Holmen as Gunga
  • Kristoffer Joner as Sidekick Zombie
  • Amrita Acharia as Reidun
  • Derek Mears as Stavarin
  • Bjarte Tjøstheim as Priest
  • Christian Rubeck as Policeman
  • Charlotte Frogner as Hanna
  • Jesper Sundnes as Nazi Doctor
  • Tage Guddingsmo as Zombie Navigator
  • David Skaufjord as Zombie Tank Driver
  • Daniel Berge Halvorsen as Major Stubbe
  • Guðmundur Ólafsson as Elderly Woman
  • Ingar Helge Gimle as Doctor Brochman
  • Carl-Magnus Adner as Bobby

Release

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead had its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 19 January 2014[4] before being released in its home country of Norway on 12 February. The film screened at the Stanley Film Festival on 25 April 2014. It was released online on 7 October 2014 before receiving a limited theatrical release on 10 October. The DVD and Blu-ray will released on 12 January 2015 over Entertainment One in the United Kingdom.[5]

Reception

Red vs. Dead received generally positive reviews, earning an 87% rating from Rotten Tomatoes based on 23 reviews for an average of 7/10.[6] On Metacritic, the film has a 57/100 rating based on 9 critics, signifying "mixed or average reviews".[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Rebecca Ford. "Sundance: Nazi Zombie Sequel 'Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead' Nabs Deal (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "‘Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead’ Review: A Bigger-Not-Better Sequel - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sundance 2014: Park City at Midnight". Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ "UK Readers: Win Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead on Blu-ray!". Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

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