After mixing blood with her sister Ginger, Brigitte is now also infected with the virus that will slowly turn her into a beast. Only thing that prevents her from becoming a beast, or at least what can slow the process down a bit is the monkshood. So she's shooting up with monkshood and passes out, later to be found by the police who assumes that monkshood's an illegal drug and so puts Brigitte in rehab. In there she meets a young girl that goes by the name of Ghost that helps her deal with her problems and that tries to help her escape the werewolf curse.
Many sequels have a tendency to suck, luckily this doesn't. Ginger Snaps: Unleashed is a worthy follow-up movie to the almost excellent original Ginger Snaps movie. From then on with the third movie it goes a bit down-hill but that's another story.
This movie continues where the first one left off and I would say that it's just as clever as the original and has a good and solid story. So don't expect a boring sequel with no originality, because it's not. It'll put it's claws in you and will keep you interested the movie throughout. Also, this one offer a bit more gore than the first one did as well. Yiihaa!
If you liked the original there's not a chance you'll be disappointed here, as it's just as intense as the original. And as said before, has a solid and an interesting story that will keep you glued to the screen. Well, not glued maybe but you know what I'm getting at.
Even if it's somewhat of a teen-horror flick it's far from your average teen flick of the same genre. It has a kind of a creepy atmosphere going at times which creates the perfect mood for this movie. The acting is excellent and overall, there are not many things to complain about.
It might not have the exact same dark humour as the original movie but it's not too far from it and delivers some of that, even if fewer times. What it has more of is violence and gore and some of the werewolf attacks are really cool and super well done.
At times it gets really intense and the movie has a really good flow so to speak. The ending is also really good and that makes the whole thing from beginning to end come out really good. I have no idea what kind of budget they had when making this, but it looks fantastic and I guess it's not that high budget, although it sure looks like it.
If you liked the first movie, this is a must see. If you haven't seen Ginger Snaps yet, then watch that one first, then this.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Ginger Snaps 2
Ginger Snaps: The Sequel
MOVIE YEAR: 2004
DIRECTOR: Brett Sullivan
WRITING CREDITS: Karen Walton, Megan Martin
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
CAST: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Eric Johnson
COUNTRY: Canada
RUNTIME: 94 min
RATING: 8/10
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Ginger Snaps: Unleashed Trailer Click here
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