Rating: 
Summary: Oh the humanity!
Review: The first "Jack Frost" film, despite the presence of Shannon Elizabeth, was a flaming wreck of a movie best suited for viewers incapable of such mundane activities as tying their shoes or figuring out bar soap. Imagine my surprise when I learned the folks behind the first travesty released a sequel. What were these guys thinking? They were thinking about money. The first film did well in video stores due to an eye catching holographic cover. That the film inside the nifty box was a complete waste of time didn't enter into the picture until the poor dupes got the rental home and shrieked in disgust. Anyway, the money rolled in. So now we have "Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Killer Mutant Snowman" to worry about. And worry you will if you discover you possess the mental and physical fortitude required to survive a single viewing of this nightmare. My entire film watching career has changed forever due to "Jack Frost 2," and not in a good way. In my review for the first film, I promised to watch movies like this one so I could warn others not to make a fatal mistake at the video store. From now on, you're on your own. In fact, I blame the movie renting public for the existence of this film.If you haven't burned the memory of it out of your brain cells, the first film introduced us to a warped serial killer who, while on the way to his execution, was exposed to dangerous toxic wastes as a result of an auto accident. The outcome of this incident was Jack Frost, a sinister snowman burning with hatred for the sheriff of a small mountain town who captured him years before. Thus the killer snowman heads to the sheriff's town where he wreaks havoc on the residents. The townspeople fight back with a lot of cheesy dialogue, lame special effects, and gallons of antifreeze. As the first film came to a close, I breathed a sigh of relief that the horror was finally over. Wrong. In "Jack Frost 2," the same sheriff and a few other principals from the first film reappear to once again battle the evil that has a carrot nose and two eyes made out of coal. This time out, mere antifreeze won't stop Jackie, at least not for long. Nope, a company secretly experimenting with Jack's remains somehow provided the killer with several important immunities: he can't melt in sunlight, he can travel around in water form, and he can change the weather at will. Important developments, certainly, but you won't care too much about them by the end of the movie. Sheriff Sam Tiler, his wife, and another couple from first film, decide to take a trip to an island so they can forget about Jack Frost. Tiler especially carries a lot of unpleasant baggage from his first encounter with the evil snowman. He cannot shake the feeling that the serial killer somehow survived the events of the first film, a feeling that eventually bears fruit when carrot nose turns up at the resort where Tiler and company are staying. The movie keeps getting more and more ridiculous as the story unfolds. Frosty dispatches a bunch of innocent tourists, including two yucks trapped on a life raft, a trio of bubble headed girls, and a bunch of vacationers at the resort in particularly bloody ways. A few characters, including an annoying English colonel, a goofy bartender, and the head of resort security (with links to the first film, of course) appear to provide lukewarm comic relief. Tiler eventually goes out of his head as the snowman runs riot on the tropic island, thus leaving it up to his wife and others to carry on the battle. I thought the movie a lost cause within the first ten minutes, but by the time Jack Frost started giving birth to little snowballs sporting razor sharp teeth and bad attitudes I knew I was watching pure dreck. "Jack Frost 2" rarely works. The acting is so over the top bad that the performances eclipse the histrionics seen in the first movie. The sight gags simply failed to elicit any chuckles from me, especially Jack Frost's groan worthy dialogue. About the only thing that worked-- moderately, if at all--was the bloody ways Jackie dispatched his victims. Ice daggers soar through the air and punch through bodies, one person perishes in a crushing, and the snowballs with teeth slice and dice a few poor souls while Jack steps off center stage for awhile. Beyond the gore, "Jack Frost 2" disappoints through a mixture of lame acting, cheesy effects, and a bad script. I am thinking about retiring from watching films if a "Jack Frost 3" hits the store shelves in the near future. Well, I probably won't, but you get the idea. It is the total badness of "Jack Frost 2" that makes me spout such extreme statements. The DVD version of the film boasts a few extras. There's an interview with the director, a commentary, a behind the scenes look at the movie, and some trailers. The worst extra has to be the rap music video starring all of the actors in the film. All I can say after watching this jaw droppingly bad attempt at comedy is...O.K., there is nothing nice I can say about it here. "You'll never work in this town again" might be an appropriate statement, but this time worn phrase doesn't encompass the depths of scorn I feel for the movie. Don't buy "Jack Frost 2." Don't rent "Jack Frost 2." Don't stand in the same room when the movie plays on the television set. Just put the idea of watching the film out of your mind and do something constructive instead. You can thank me later.
Rating:
Summary: Oh the humanity!
Review: The first "Jack Frost" film, despite the presence of Shannon Elizabeth, was a flaming wreck of a movie best suited for viewers incapable of such mundane activities as tying their shoes or figuring out bar soap. Imagine my surprise when I learned the folks behind the first travesty released a sequel. What were these guys thinking? They were thinking about money. The first film did well in video stores due to an eye catching holographic cover. That the film inside the nifty box was a complete waste of time didn't enter into the picture until the poor dupes got the rental home and shrieked in disgust. Anyway, the money rolled in. So now we have "Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Killer Mutant Snowman" to worry about. And worry you will if you discover you possess the mental and physical fortitude required to survive a single viewing of this nightmare. My entire film watching career has changed forever due to "Jack Frost 2," and not in a good way. In my review for the first film, I promised to watch movies like this one so I could warn others not to make a fatal mistake at the video store. From now on, you're on your own. In fact, I blame the movie renting public for the existence of this film. If you haven't burned the memory of it out of your brain cells, the first film introduced us to a warped serial killer who, while on the way to his execution, was exposed to dangerous toxic wastes as a result of an auto accident. The outcome of this incident was Jack Frost, a sinister snowman burning with hatred for the sheriff of a small mountain town who captured him years before. Thus the killer snowman heads to the sheriff's town where he wreaks havoc on the residents. The townspeople fight back with a lot of cheesy dialogue, lame special effects, and gallons of antifreeze. As the first film came to a close, I breathed a sigh of relief that the horror was finally over. Wrong. In "Jack Frost 2," the same sheriff and a few other principals from the first film reappear to once again battle the evil that has a carrot nose and two eyes made out of coal. This time out, mere antifreeze won't stop Jackie, at least not for long. Nope, a company secretly experimenting with Jack's remains somehow provided the killer with several important immunities: he can't melt in sunlight, he can travel around in water form, and he can change the weather at will. Important developments, certainly, but you won't care too much about them by the end of the movie. Sheriff Sam Tiler, his wife, and another couple from first film, decide to take a trip to an island so they can forget about Jack Frost. Tiler especially carries a lot of unpleasant baggage from his first encounter with the evil snowman. He cannot shake the feeling that the serial killer somehow survived the events of the first film, a feeling that eventually bears fruit when carrot nose turns up at the resort where Tiler and company are staying. The movie keeps getting more and more ridiculous as the story unfolds. Frosty dispatches a bunch of innocent tourists, including two yucks trapped on a life raft, a trio of bubble headed girls, and a bunch of vacationers at the resort in particularly bloody ways. A few characters, including an annoying English colonel, a goofy bartender, and the head of resort security (with links to the first film, of course) appear to provide lukewarm comic relief. Tiler eventually goes out of his head as the snowman runs riot on the tropic island, thus leaving it up to his wife and others to carry on the battle. I thought the movie a lost cause within the first ten minutes, but by the time Jack Frost started giving birth to little snowballs sporting razor sharp teeth and bad attitudes I knew I was watching pure dreck. "Jack Frost 2" rarely works. The acting is so over the top bad that the performances eclipse the histrionics seen in the first movie. The sight gags simply failed to elicit any chuckles from me, especially Jack Frost's groan worthy dialogue. About the only thing that worked-- moderately, if at all--was the bloody ways Jackie dispatched his victims. Ice daggers soar through the air and punch through bodies, one person perishes in a crushing, and the snowballs with teeth slice and dice a few poor souls while Jack steps off center stage for awhile. Beyond the gore, "Jack Frost 2" disappoints through a mixture of lame acting, cheesy effects, and a bad script. I am thinking about retiring from watching films if a "Jack Frost 3" hits the store shelves in the near future. Well, I probably won't, but you get the idea. It is the total badness of "Jack Frost 2" that makes me spout such extreme statements. The DVD version of the film boasts a few extras. There's an interview with the director, a commentary, a behind the scenes look at the movie, and some trailers. The worst extra has to be the rap music video starring all of the actors in the film. All I can say after watching this jaw droppingly bad attempt at comedy is...O.K., there is nothing nice I can say about it here. "You'll never work in this town again" might be an appropriate statement, but this time worn phrase doesn't encompass the depths of scorn I feel for the movie. Don't buy "Jack Frost 2." Don't rent "Jack Frost 2." Don't stand in the same room when the movie plays on the television set. Just put the idea of watching the film out of your mind and do something constructive instead. You can thank me later.
Rating: 
Summary: didnt quite live up to its predessesor
Review: The original Jack Frost was a great surprise. It was funny, and had many scenes of a goofy snowman killing people. Now the sequal was a little disappointing. I'm a B movie fan so I expected some silliness, but this movie barely contains any horror aspect. But the main problem is that it barely shows the snowman in action. Theres alot of off screen killing up until the last half hour or so when we actually get to see him. I was also a bit surprised when the little snowball monsters showed up. They were funny but it showed them more than it showed Jack. Hopefully in part 3, Jack will be king of his own movie again.
Rating:
Summary: one of the worst ever
Review: this is one of the 5 worst movies i've ever seen, if not the worst. and i've seen some bad ones. it's right up there with Carnosaur, Jack-O, and Uncle Sam. but at least those had a couple moments of laughter. this is just stupid throughout. i love watching bad movies, if they're funny. but i almost couldn't make it through this. the first is much funnier, although still admittedly terrible-there's a touch of seriousness that makes it more humorous. plus the last 20 minutes are really funny. but this one isn't worth renting. it's awful, just awful. zero stars
Rating: 
Summary: Icin' and slicin' this time, instead of chillin' and killin'
Review: This is the tale of the murderous snowman that has come back from the dead (to the tropics?) for reasons none other than revenge, on the man that imprisoned him in antifreeze the previous Christmas. Oddly enough, this movie is a lot of fun. The subject matter is just ridiculous but the plot moves along at a decent pace, with plenty of splatter and lots of bad jokes and tongue-in-cheek humor. This time the mutant killer snowman is in the tropics and he can exist in all the forms of matter. He needs his body parts back (eyes, nose, scarf) so with some creative script writing, he is able to acquire these items with as much gore as possible. He also has some assistance, because he has babies (snowballs) which he can project towards victims to claim their lives. Too much for you? Wait until you see how Jack meets his demise. (And he was brought back to life by coffee.) For a movie of this caliber, Jack Frost 2 was entertaining. Of course it was predictable but it is also very over the top and is definitely recommended for fans of B movie horror and gore.
Rating:
Summary: Better and Worse Than the First Movie.
Review: This movie is both better and worse than the first, which ispretty darn hard to accomplish. On the one hand, this movie is morefun over all, and I actually enjoyed watching the whole thing as aguilty pleasure (don't expect great acting, folks!). On the otherhand, the kill scenes on the whole are not nearly as memorable. It isstill a cult classic, but not nearly as much as the first was. Oh,and there IS nudity in this film (a pretty long scene with it, infact). There's no "snowman rape scene" like some peoplewould like, but the first one didn't actually HAVE nudity in it,either. Weird.
Rating: 
Summary: Icin' and Slicin'
Review: This movie is terrible. I don't know if it's worse than the first or not. Again, the plot is predictible and stupid. Again, the acting is hit or miss. And again, I love to torture my friends with this film when they come to visit. Unlike the first DVD, this DVD includes some fun extras. There's a music video where the actors rap all about Jack Frost. And there's behind the scenes footage (which I found somewhat disappointing). My favorite "extra" is the director's commentary track. It's fun to be able to hear what the director was thinking when he made the movie. Don't let anyone fool you. This movie is loads of fun. It doesn't take itself seriously. You shouldn't either.
Rating:
Summary: Fine Holiday Fun
Review: Well, i'm not even sure where to begin, how about with a few questions...Who was the cernal, and what exactly was he a cernal of?..the island? and the other boy that he worked with, the one that was the "native" of the "island with no name" well, apparently he was the only native on the island becuase it was only big enough for that one hotel, otherwise they could have gone to another resort when the phones went dead. Or does he own the whole island? Captin Fun was the only character who actually saved this movie, he was wonderful, Now you may be wondering why this god a 5star rating from me, and i guess it's because i have never laughed so hard in all my life, and i think it was a joke..someone please help me out with this one it has to be a joke because no one in their right mind would make this movie and then think it was scary/good/worthwhile/entertaining/ or anything short of rediculous. But i do suggest that you rent it, it's a definite good time.
Rating:
Summary: Totally insane, and better than the first!
Review: When I saw that a sequel to Jack Frost, a holiday classic in my home, was coming out, I was VERY excited. I also expected a bit of a disappointment. After all, it is a sequel and you know what that (usually) means. Thankfully, within seconds of viewing, I was put at ease. The movie opens with our hero from the first film discussing the Jack Frost incident with his psychiatrist. The doctor's receptionist is listening on the speaker phone and getting quite a kick out of the story. The doctor is also caught snickering under his breath. Our hero, and his wife, escape to a tropical paradise in an attempt to have an ejoyable X-mas after the previous years killer snowman nightmare. Well Jack, after being resurrected, tracks them down and turns the island into a SNOW COVERED DEATH TRAP! The killings happen by the handful, and many very humerously. There are even little killer snowballs! Antifreeze will not save them this time. OH NO! They have to search for a new weapon. When they do locate one it's quite humorous, as indicated by the laughter one potential victim expresses once this is realised. This movie is done with very good goofball humor, for those that "get it". Very fun from beginning to end. I hope for further installments in the series, and hopefully as entertaining.
|
