Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)

Released in 2000, "Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman" brings back Sheriff Sam Tiler (Christopher Allport ) and his wife (Eileen Seeley) as they fly to a tropical island to celebrate Christmas where no possibility of a killer snowman exists. But they're wrong, DEAD wrong. Chip Heller & Marsha Clark also return as the couple's friends, who get married on the island. This time the character of Agent Manners is played by David Allen Brooks while Scott MacDonald once again uses his voice talents for the snowman.

This sequel brings back the writer/director of the first film, Michael Cooney, and the main cast members (or characters). I can't compare it to the 1997 straight-to-video film because I don't remember it (not to be confused with the 1998 theatrical movie of the same name, starring Michael Keaton). Regardless, the production quality of "Jack Frost 2" is noticeably micro-budget and not even up to snuff with the typical Syfy flick. It's about on par with, say, an episode of Married With Children.

If you can handle that kind of very low-budget, "Jack Frost 2" is fairly entertaining. There are a few good-lookin' women, like cutie Jennifer Lyons, but they don't last long before the snowman gets 'em. In short, they're all decidedly peripheral characters, which is a shame. Where the movie's genius shines is in the second half with all the cute lil' killer snowballs and their amusing interactions with the characters; they're quite entertaining in their no-budget way.

The film runs 91 minutes and was shot in Santa Clarita, California.

GRADE: C

Fmovies: Traveling to the Bahamas on vacation, a detective finds the resort plagued by the same killing spree indicative of a supernatural killer he faced before and tries to get the others to help him stop the killer before they all fall victim.

This here turned out to be one of the most enjoyable cheese-fests ever conceived. Among the better aspects to this one here is a carry-over from the original in the high-quantity cheese here as this is among the goofiest and most brain-numbing stories ever concocted for a film. Despite the fact that the film's central plot, a possessed snowman arriving in the Sun-drenched Bahamas and surviving without repercussions, this manages a certain air that makes it wholly watchable by taking full advantage of the fact that viewers know it will be cheesy, and delights the viewer with an ample amount of very cheesy scenes. From the endless supply of witty and juvenile one- liners from the sarcastic killer to the rather fun and gory deaths that are scattered throughout that are unique and inventive, this is pure all-around fun. That includes the action throughout here, from his first appearance in the ocean which leads to washing ashore at the club and taking out the friends along the beach, the attack in the jungle where a model's head explodes while she's doing a photoshoot that's filmed through the lens of the camera taking the picture and the really fun way it deals with the miniature snowmen that appear later on. The mini-snowmen are responsible for the film's fast-paced and action-packed second-half, which is where most of the mayhem and carnage is found with the creatures invading the party, the brawling in the outside patios and the different encounters with the creatures in the kitchen and all throughout the hotel that really makes the cheese exciting by dealing with the snowy conditions in a tropical situation. It's where the film really gets good, especially when the humans take the upper-hand and take the battle to the creatures leading to some inventive methods of combating the different creatures around the island. The best part of the movie, though, was, in fact, Jack himself, who was actually very menacing in this movie and delivered a more creepy atmosphere with his giant body in here. These here really make for a good time here even though there are a few flaws here. The main issue here is that the movie basically makes you feel stupider for watching it because it suspends every ounce of logic in the viewer. A great deal of this comes from the cheesy nature here, as this film bends the rules at almost every turn in order to go through the film's central storyline. The idea of a killer snowman appearing in the Bahama's is bad enough, but coming back to life through a mixing of his DNA and the policeman who tracked him down originally in order to continue the spree is simply silly as well as the idea of Jack belching out little miniature snowman's like himself, who act with the same amusement of a two-year-old. Suspending your disbelief will help greatly while watching this as there's no getting around how goofy and cheesy this one really is which is the main factor against this one. The length of time it takes to get started on the rampage because it's dealing with the others continually harping on him for his belief that Jack's not dead, itself a stupid plot point that really shouldn't be there, might be problematic for some, but the goofiness here is the biggest issue.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity and Graphic Language.

If you have been reading my user comments, you will have seen that I enjoyed the original "Jack Frost" movie. I thought it was a pretty funny black comedy. So when I heard they had made a sequel, I was set to rent it. However, none of the video stores in my city got it (knowing that video stores watch screeners, that should have been my first warning.) It took years for me to get a copy, which I did by my Internet DVD renting service. On the DVD, I saw that there was a 3 year gap between the film copyright and when it was released on DVD - which should have been my second warning.

Anyway, I watched the movie, and I was sorely disappointed. The movie looks like it was made on a budget much smaller than the first movie (if that's possible). While the cheapness occasionally gets a laugh (check out the "airport" near the beginning), most of the time the movie looks very tacky. Some parts look like they were shot on videotape and not film!

Despite the cheapness, I might have still enjoyed the movie had it the wit of the first movie, but it doesn't. The humor this time around seems very forced, with (among other things) too many lame wisecracks by the snowman. The script also suffers from having a number of boring stretches, a lame climax, and the movie having to resort to ripping off "Gremlins".

Is there anything good about this sequel? Well, I thought that there were a few decent splatter scenes, which managed to be gory and amusing at the same time. But they are not enough to make it worthwhile to slog through the boredom and lameness in the rest of the movie.

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman fmovies. JACK FROST 2: REVENGE OF THE MUTANT KILLER SNOWMAN is one of those sequels that nobody asked for and nobody in their right mind would ever want to see. The first film was a Z-grade B-movie made without wit or charm; a dumb, would-be comic horror about the soul of a serial killer trapped inside a snowman.

This sequel sees the bad guy return and inexplicably transport himself to a random Caribbean island, where the locals must batten down the hatches and fight against their supernatural foe. There's little plot development in this one, just more of the same, i.e. terrible acting, goofy one-liners, and the addition of some killer snowball offspring. There's a little gore here and there, a lot of cheesy effects (both CGI and practical), and zero reasons to take it seriously or, indeed, watch it at all in the first place.

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)

BOMB (out of 4)

Horrid sequel to a really awful movie has everyone's least favorite killer snowman following the cop from the first film to a beach where more deaths happen. JACK FROST 2 is a painful film to sit through because it's just so downright boring that the 91-minutes really do feel like torture. In fact, I'd highly recommend someone to brutally mutilate themselves before sitting down to watch this thing because it really is that bad. Like the first film, you really shouldn't take this thing too serious but whereas the first at least had a couple interesting things in it, this sequel is just downright awful. On a technical level I guess you can give writer-director Michael Cooney some credit that the film looks decent but there's still no way to overlook everything else. Look, I get it that this here is just meant to be camp but I didn't laugh at any of the spoofs and I certainly wasn't scare by anything here (unless you could the horrid CGI snowman). The film contains bad acting, bad writing, bad special effects, a bad story, bad kills and just not a single good thing. You really can't even enjoy this thing on a "so bad it's good" level because of how hard it is to get through the thing. This here is certainly something that Santa should give out to bad kids instead of coal.