Wolf Creek 2

Plot synopsis:
In North Western Australia, highway patrol officers Gary Bulmer (Shane Connor) and trainee Brian O'Connor (Ben Gerrard) are parked by an outback highway and are desperate to meet a quota for speeding tickets. Mick Taylor (John Jarratt), a pig hunter, drives past going under the speed limit and they pull him over, claiming he's going over the speed limit. After belittling and insulting Mick, the two officers give him a speeding ticket and an order to get rid of his truck. Annoyed at their rudeness and arrogance, Mick promptly uses his sniper rifle to splatter O'Connor's head as the officers drive away, causing the cruiser to crash in a gully. Despite Bulmer's pleas, Mick breaks his leg, stabs him with a bowie knife and places the fatally wounded officer back in the car before dousing it with petrol and setting it alight. Mick departs, leaving Bulmer to die in the resulting explosion.
A young German couple, Rutger (Phillipe Klaus) and Katarina (Shannon Ashlyn), hitchhike from Sydney to Wolf Creek Crater and camp nearby. In the middle of the night, Mick is driving by and sees their tent in the distance. He offers them a lift to a caravan park so they do not get charged for camping in a national park. When Rutger insists on declining his offer, Mick loses his temper and stabs Rutger in the back. He then ties down Katarina and prepares to rape her, but a wounded Rutger comes back and battles Mick. He is eventually overpowered and decapitated. Horrified by her boyfriend's death and the notion of spending "a few long, fun months" with Mick, Katarina faints. She later wakes up to see Mick cutting up Rutger's body to feed to his dogs. She flees into the bush and Mick pursues her in his truck.
Paul (Ryan Corr), an English tourist, is driving along the highway and stops for Katarina standing in the road. He picks her up, but Mick follows them. He shoots at Paul, but accidentally kills Katarina instead when Paul ducks under the shot, much to Paul's horror and Mick's dismay. Paul then drives off, dumping Katarina's body and covering it with just a sleeping bag at daybreak. He then reaches a highway, but realising he is off course and has low fuel, tries to flag down a truck in the distance. He soon realises that Mick is driving the truck, having killed the original driver. After a long chase, Mick nudges Paul's vehicle at a cliff side, sending it rolling down into a valley, then sends the truck hurtling down into Paul's vehicle which explodes as he barely escapes. Exhausted and dehydrated, Paul passes out near an outback cottage and is given food and shelter by elderly couple Jack (Gerard Kennedy) and Lil (Annie Byron). They plan to take Paul to the nearest town after he has eaten, but Mick finds the house, steals one of Jack's guns and shoots Jack and Lil dead. Paul then flees again, while Mick follows him on Jack's horse. He catches Paul hiding in the grassland and knocks him out.
Paul wakes up in Mick's dungeon, zip-tied to a chair. Mick is furious at Paul for his role in Katarina's death and prepares to torture him, but Paul pacifies him with his "English wit" by narrating bar jokes and leading Mick in drinking songs that he claims he learned at boarding school. Mick's torture for Paul consists of a ten question quiz about Australian culture and history, with a promise to free him if he answers five of them correctly. However if Paul gets a question wrong, he loses a finger. Paul answers the first two questions and reveals that he is a history major. After he gets the next question 'wrong', Mick (incensed by Paul's knowledge) grinds off one of his fingers with a sander (the answer Paul provided was technically correct, Mick just had a different interpretation of it). During the next question, Paul tricks Mick into cutting his other hand free by deliberately answering incorrectly (and losing another finger), then grabs a nearby hammer and clubs Mick with it. He then flees through the tunnels, pursued by an injured Mick. Paul finds several decayed corpses of Mick's victims and a severely emaciated woman (Jordan Cowan) woken by him begs to be freed. Eventually he finds an exit, but notices a sheet on the ground directly in front of it. Lifting it up, he finds a Punji stick trap underneath and considers trying to jump over it. He hears someone coming and hides in a corner, assuming that it is Mick coming to get him. When the person who approaches walks past the corner, Paul then knocks the person into the trap with the claw hammer, killing them. But when he looks down to see what he thinks is Mick's corpse, he discovers it was just the woman he encountered earlier. Immediately afterwards, Mick finds and subdues Paul. After declaring himself "the winner" and lecturing how "It's up to my kind to wipe your kind out", Mick head-butts him unconscious.
When he wakes up, Paul finds himself on a footpath in a small town, dressed only in his underpants and with wounds across his body. He finds a note near him which reads "Loser", and he is soon discovered by the police.
A series of title cards reveal that despite reporting Mick to the police, Paul was held as a suspect in various unsolved murders in the Wolf Creek area. During the investigation, he suffered a complete mental breakdown and was deported back to the UK and placed in full-time care at Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside. The film ends in a manner similar to the previous film, with Mick walking off into the outback with his rifle.

Tags: violence, suspenseful, murder, sadist

Review:
What WOLF CREEK 2 and most horror films get wrong is how they couldn't care less for its characters.In WOLF CREEK 2, director Greg Mclean is all for the monster, and this is unfortunate because the monster isn't the hero of the story.
All you're left with are set pieces with gore and gratuitous violence thrown on screen, but you don't feel anything because you just don't care.This is what separates good recent horror films like OCULUS and THE CONJURING from WOLF CREEK 2.
Mclean attempts to flesh out the monster in WOLF CREEK 2, but he spends just 5 minutes to establish that Mick Taylor is a bigot and then continuously pounds the audience in the head about this fact through the rest of the film.As for the protagonists themselves, it doesn't get any better.
Regardless, the characters should have been handled better, but it's clear the director was more interested in building a legacy for Mick Taylor to stand beside the likes of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers than creating real, sympathetic characters to root for.I despised this film.
There's also quite a bit more car chasers, and a degree more humour from the great John Jarratt's character who turns somewhat similar to Freddy Krueger with his perverted view of the world and intense wickedness making this more of a exploitation drive-in movie than the original's softly approach into terror.
The movie does twist and turn as it goes along, although most will have some sort of idea what's coming next, but this is still a very entertaining watch with some great gore effects and a good number of dark comedic one-liners.
I'm not going to say that Wolf Creek 2 surpasses the original, but at least it's watchable (which puts it head and shoulders over 99% of other horror sequels).It's about mass murdering psychopath Mick Taylor (once again played brilliantly by John Jarrett) who lives deep in the Australian Outback and has a tendency to slaughter any hapless backpacker who passes through his town of Wolf Creek.
However, this does leave us not that bothered about whether his victims live or die, as we never really get to know them half as well as we do him.Therefore, we're left learning more about the 'monster' than the 'heroes.' So, if you're not looking for a film where you're going to feel that sympathetic towards the victims, then you'll find what you're looking for right here.It's not so 'condensed' as the first Wolf Creek.
The original was mainly set in one location (when the murdering finally got going), whereas much of this movie is a cat and mouse style chase across the desert.Don't expect much in the way of a story (well, about as much as the next slasher film), but if you're looking to see a really good/creepy performance from a mass-murdering villain then you'll find it here.
One of the all time bad horror movie sequels, Wolf Creek was a good film, so was Rogue.
Ryan Corr does an admirable job as well.This sequel lacks a bit of the style and realism of the first film - kind-of going the torture porn route with more blood and gore, but the overall production is well above the average for the genre, and while I'm a fan of the genre, I still think that in the whole scheme of things this is a pretty good movie.
As slightly above average as this is, it's still better than just about every slasher flick this side of the pond(s) over the last 3-4 years save maybe "Maniac".The similarities to the original "The Hitcher" come because Jarratt(Mick) seems to be 'on the road' for most of the movie.Overall, this definitely worked for me.
And the movie does not disappoint in that sense.The acting was great (obviously the main star being John Jarratt) and we have the German Backpackers and British tourist Paul Hammersmith, played by Ryan Corr.
As i said I haven't seen the original but I quite enjoyed this one.The plot, Mick Taylor a "true blue Aussie" casually murders people in the outback, but mostly leans towards tourists because of his racism and...
But enough of that I guess, we then cut to 2 German backpackers going around the Australian Outback and run into Mick and he kills the man but the woman manages to find an English tourist happening to drive by that corner of mostly desert 3 quarters the size of America (I might be wrong about the exact size but my point is clear!).
(And one was 2005's original "Wolf Creek.") And this film is just so masterfully made that its victims seem like real people suffering — something at which the "Saw" films and various other slasher movies rarely succeeded.I honestly think it might have been so "good" that it went past the point of entertaining me.
In the second installment of Wolf Creek, Mick isn't just torturing victims at his dungeon, he's chasing a man through the outback, and when they finally meet, they come to discover that they aren't entirely dissimilar from one another.
If you enjoyed the first Wolf Creek then chances are you will really like this film.From the beginning we get to see serial killer Mick Taylor in action, and it does not stop.
Despite being a horror film, some laughs are had throughout the movie with Mick's sense of humour.John Jarratt is amazing again in the role of Mick Taylor.
It leaves us a few moments of quiet peace where you think the British guy is safe and then Mick appears out of nowhere.So check this movie out if you enjoyed the original and also check out Seasons 1 and 2 of the television series which followed which also has John Jarratt reprising his role.
Mick Taylor played a crazy n insane man in the Wolf Creek n he is doing even worse in the second installment you need a craziest n insane mind to watch the movie with lots of gore n scariest thriller you have ever witness..
In a long time I hadn't been as excited about seeing a horror movie as I was when starting to watch Wolf Creek 2.
The movie starts in a peaceful pace with two hikers roaming around the Australian outback.I absolutely think that this film achieves the same suspense and terror as the first film (Wolf Creek - 2005), and in my opinion is just as good.
"Wolf Creek 2" has outback serial killer Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) at it again, hacking and slashing his way through ignorant tourists and backpackers who stumble into his desolate backyard.I remember seeing "Wolf Creek" right after Christmas 2005 when it was released in the United States.
as an old time busker,woodsman,hitcher , busker myself - John Jarrat's characterful portrayal of Mike Taylor is a classic spin off if you like of the wild guy Crocodile Dundee who stormed our screens in the 80's - 'Thats not a knife - this is a knife!'.Mick is a really cool Ozzy name,and my dad and brother are both Micks.His sideburns,and his Unpredictive responses are what make the film entertaining - not the blasting of half a guys head off.Yeah - shocking but in doing that you are digressing from the ORIGINAL may i say that again 'original' concept.there are several elements in the very first film.1.The desert.2.John Jarrat who sounds just as friendly as Mick Dundee,but spoofs us all.3.the outcome - all the time,it seems so possible for someone to escape but they never do.you have to think about that one - its that essential ingredient that plays with the viewers mind.the first wolf creek,i thought,she's gotta get out alive.2nd wolf creek,English dude was being interviewed - surely he'd get out alive....those elements were the most effective in the film.
indeed,i think by now we are all obsessed with why John Jarratt has such a chip on his shoulder.one thing i've never seen done in a film - apart from 'schindlers list' memorably is where a complete control freak of the whole film turns around and offers his victims a way out - a way to in actual fact become the new star of the film.Film makers have got quite boring with their 'bad turns good' story lines - there's more plot to a story than that!I'd like to see John Jarrrat minding his own business on his own land,taking good care of his crops,and nurturing the land before something - either his own past/something in nature changes him and he becomes not just a 'falling down' character but a personal serial killer in his own fantasy of fame.Why do people become total morons?
- this is what fascinates people,not necessarily how they kill them - spend less time on effects and shocking death and make up for it in quality story telling - it wins every time.John Jarrat is not dead yet,cos my old man smoked Filterless cigarettes and drank 10 pints a night all his life - he never murdered anyone,but has got 4 Stents and still drinks me under the table.i think there is a possibility for humour in the film,but only if it starts taking the pistol out of itself because it realises its first film was a classic.be very careful - cgi almost had fans turning away in laughter,i think.The details in the first film about him being wood wise,mushrooms,Cappin g the spine like an animal etc were the most frightening aspects of the film - take mushrooms alone - instead of a quiz about Australia,making it all a bit political - why not just a simple unidentified mushroom eating contest - .deathcaps make you hallucinate,feel 100% hungry,totally sane,then you writhe on the floor and die.you could spend your cgi money on a 'bad mushroom event' - just an idea.just don't let the methods and shock value of the cruelty of Mick take over the film,its a great concept and you shouldn't forget the original inspiration.by the way in UK - every bloke thinks they are bear grills.personally - if i ever get as funny as this guy on you tube,then I'll be perfectly happy eating my own.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-SUhJT3g1chave been a massive fan of 'the year my voice broke' since i was 10 oh and that film where they meet up in the desert to shear sheepCheers.
I must admit I personally wasn't that much impressed by the original "Wolf Creek", released in 2005 and also directed by the young Australian horror prodigy Greg McLean.
In Wolf Creek 2 we only have 1 killer, Mick Taylor (John Jarret) who's after two backpackers but suddenly Paul Hammersmith (Ryan Corr) stands in his way to kill both backpackers.
Wolf Creek was a very impressing film sometimes this movie has been the realistic horror film in my memory and it was based on actual events in Austraila as the epilogue at the last scene shows, thousands of victims has violated and murderedafter the release, foreigners from Asia are murdered in there not deserts or outback, killed in city in the night from kids and teens who are raciststhe murder case is related to the hatred against a specific human race they target foreign women or a man walking alone hitting with baseball bat behind it seems there is no solution still now.
When I saw this movie, I assumed I saw the original, but I don't recall seeing an Australian horror flick like this one, nor the character of Mick Taylor.
In this film, we get to more spend a lot more time with Mick, which I know isn't a good thing, but let's face it, he has become a serial killer icon of Australia, and here he really has us laughing more too.
It's a film which sees pig killer Mick Taylor transformed into a wisecracking Hollywood-style horror villain a la Freddy Krueger.Unfortunately, WOLF CREEK 2 isn't a patch on the first film as it constantly veers all over the place tonally.
It has everything Wolf Creek has - violence, gore, torture, murder and a chilling villain in Mick Taylor.
In fact, I read that when filming Wolf Creek 2, John remained in character in between takes and behind the scenes terrifying the rest of the crew, because he said it was so challenging to fully get into the mind-set of Mick that he had to dedicate himself to it 100%.
I only recently saw the first Wolf Creek movie and really enjoyed it which is obviously the reason I watched the sequel...First of all, I think that Mick Taylor is a great baddie!
So, the movie was a little OTT and if I'm being brutally honest as much as I love Mick you do see too much of him wandering around in broad daylight while he was so much more intimidating in the first movie as it was mostly set at night plus you didn't entirely know what was going on in his mind whereas here he appears to have verbal diarrhea at times and sadly that only serves to make him more comic book.Honestly I got confused with the direction of this movie as it seems to take influences from a number of classic movies and then mash them crudely in place as opposed to reference them and the last half an hour was a little boring and could have been cut in half.This movie is OK, it's watchable but if you have to decide whether to watch this or the original then go with the original but isn't that always the way?.
but im a man who will admit when im wrong and I am as wolf creek 2 is just as good as the first outing of mick taylor the film packs plenty of tension horror and more memorable quotes, the operning sequence is cleverly done and hooks you.
If this served to flesh him out more, that would be great, but instead we lose some of our fear of the character, especially as he's throwing out bad Nightmare sequels one-liners.There are some moments in this movie as good as anything in the first film, but too much of it becomes predictable and is telegraphed too much in advance to have any real feeling of suspense..
Wolf Creek 2 (2013) ** (out of 4) Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) returns in director Greg Mclean's sequel to his 2005 cult film.
'WOLF CREEK 2': Four Stars (Out of Five) Sequel to the 2005 Australian horror cult classic about a crazed serial killer preying on tourists in the outback.
She unwittingly makes Paul a target of Mick's as well and the film becomes one big chase.The movie definitely doesn't have the atmosphere and suspenseful tension that the original was so good at.
The original Wolf Creek (2005) was quite good, especially for a slasher-horror movie.
At the start of the movie, serial killer Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) is pulled over by two jerk cops.
But if you did like the first one and want to see more of Mick Taylor, Wolf Creek 2 will give you exactly that..
We start with a very gory prologue involving some cops who get their just desserts, and then Taylor stalks two German travellers, one whom gets away, and bumps into a British tourist, who foolishly gives them a lift (one thing I've learned from this is to never, ever stop for someone who appears extremely distressed, because chances are, they are being chased by a serial killer)' and inadvertently becomes Micks next prey.Then from there on in, its a cat and mouse movie, chase after chase, with everyone coming into contact with the Brit or Taylor, being killed in weird and wonderful ways.The realism of the first movie is gone, that was all about the sense of dread in an unknown place, this is going for the Boogyman route, emulating Freddy, Jason et al on several occasion.Replacing seriousness are flying Kangaroos (almost), The Mick Taylor singalong, and a very extended quiz show for sub finale.Sounds crass I know, but its a lot of fun, kill keeping on the right side of horror, and turning it into parody.
"Wolf Creek 2" is the cartoon version.Rather than a sequel, "WC2" is virtually a remake with different characters, except for Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) of course.
He wasn't exactly the archetypal outback character à la Mick Taylor though; he was a German tourist.Although some of the scenes in "Wolf Creek 2" are brutal, including a wince-inducing finger grinding scene, the whole thing is more of a pantomime than the first version – like a ride on the old ghost train at Luna Park.
Wolf Creek 2 is not a bad horror story in itself but, as with many other movies of the genre, hardly anyone acts like a real person would which means that, rather than being horrified, the viewer is frustrated.For starters, a cop is brutally murdered by the antagonist, Mick Taylor (John Jarrett) - pity they used the same name as Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee, especially when the two characters are so similar yet so different - and the 'evidence' - that is, the cop car with two bodies, one with his head half blown off, burned.
There was a lot more of Mick Taylor this time around, but that's not necessarily a good thing either; moreover, he's now become one of those slightly clichéd horror-movie 'supervillains' with ultra-stealth powers who also knows exactly where to look for his desperately hiding victims.
Don't get me wrong, the movie is not that bad (otherwise I would have given it a 1 as a vote) and it's really a joy seeing John Jarratt picking up his character Mick Taylor with such gusto, like he played him the last time yesterday.
One of the best horror films of recent years was the Australian "Wolf Creek".