The Mangler 2

Plot synopsis:
Joanne 'Jo' Newton, a girl desperate for attention from her workaholic father, ends up going to an upper class private boarding school after a break in at her dad's computer company. The school is getting ready to install a new security system. Jo and several others students are to remain behind while the others leave for Spring Break, as punishment from the school's Dean, Headmaster Bradeen (Lance Henriksen). However, Jo, with her knowledge of computers, has hacked into the school's mainframe and unleashed a super virus called "Mangler 2.0" in the security system.
But what nobody knows is that this virus literally has a mind of its own, and it controls everything around the school. At first, everybody thinks it is a blessing, but when the virus starts killing everyone in sight, the remaining students and staff attempt to escape from the building, which proves very difficult, as the virus is watching their every move. Unfortunately, Jo's friend, Bradeen, has been captured by one of the computers, with wires being planted into his head. The virus controls his movements, and turns him into a walking computer. With Bradeen at the virus' bidding, he is forced to go after the students.
Jo finally confronts the monster she unleashed which is now in the school's basement. Jo tricks the virus by distracting Bradeen with a non-violent program on creating new lives, featuring snowflakes. Then, she stabs him and pushes him against the supercomputer that he now no longer controls. The virus himself is destroyed as Bradeen dies. Jo managed to end the carnage and escape with her bodyguard Paul, the chef, and her father.
Jo later went on Spring Break in Europe. The camera shows her getting a call from her father. After her phone call ends, a strange and familiar message appeared on the screen of Jo's cellphone saying "you've been mangled", which means that the virus is still alive.

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Review:
First off, before I start my review, I would like to say that Mangler 2 is the second worst movie of all time (the first movie being Killjoy).
But, what the writers try to do with Mangler 2, is they try to use computers to make the movie at least seem a little smart.
This scene is also example of pathetic choreography: The techno music plays-the girl walks into frame.she walks out of frame.the camera is now in front of some other building.girl walks into frame.and then out of frame, and the repetition of that just makes you laugh at how stupid and witless it is!
Bottom line, the acting is wretched, the script makes you want to throw up, the constant re-playing of techno music makes you laugh and cry, the awful choreography makes you point at laugh at the TV screen, and the lame-ass "chills" makes your heart beat slower, and not faster.
This movie should have been called "The Cables of Death" or whatever, because it has nothing to do with the original "The Mangler" (1995) and all we see is some cables and wires moving around once in a while.
On to the points: One point because this movie makes "The Mangler" look incredibly good (and the original one needs that, in my humble opinion), if not to say excellent!
While most of her peers are away on break, a student genius (Chelse Swain) plans to get revenge on the stern dean of her school (Lance Henriksen) by developing a computer virus that will shut down her high-tech campus long enough to give her and her stupid friends some time to party.
Instead, the plan backfires when the computer system takes on a mind of its own, traps the group inside and starts killing them off by manipulating and controlling the electric wiring.Chelse Swain (THE VIRGIN SUICIDES) fails to convince us she can tie her own shoelaces, let alone is a genius, and the talented Henriksen is sorely wasted as the human heavy, who's eventually transformed into what looks like Plughead from the CIRCUITRY MAN films.Highly implausible plot, amateurish acting, insipid dialogue, painfully annoying characters and offscreen murders mean don't bother with this "sequel," which is completely unrelated to the 1993 Tobe Hopper film..
Okay fine it's true I watched the Mangler franchise a bit wonky, I saw the first which I think was a watchable effort followed by the third which was a total mess and now finally all these years later have gotten to part 2.Now going in my hopes were fairly high, it stars Lance Henriksen so it couldn't possibly be that bad, right?Well The Mangler 2 follows on from the first movie in no shape or form, it's an original tale about a virus that takes over a heavily automated school and starts killing folks off.Devoid of originality, oddly dull, with awful death scenes and instantly forgettable characters The Mangler 2 tops part 3 but just barely.Not entirely sure what they were going for but I can confidently say that it doesn't work, not even slightly.Watch The Mangler (1995) and pretend it doesn't have sequels.The Good:Decent soundtrackThe Chef stole the whole filmLance HenriksenThe Bad:Weak connection to the original filmReally quite boringThings I Learnt From This Movie:I'm left wondering whose idea it was for one of the girls to just wear her bra for near the entire film.
Simply one of the worst movies you could pick out of your video store..Jo Newton uploads the mangler virus into her schools computer which controls the whole school.
Lance Henriksen stars as the headmaster who seems pretty obvious in his face that he cant stand this movie.
Though, why anyone would install an electric fence around a school is beyond me.....All of the characters make the usual horror movie mistakes:  splitting up, going back for more, not pulling the plug, etc.
And by the other incriminating evidence (read: non-stop techno, empty stock characters), I declare The Mangler 2 to be in direct violation of movie ethics.
it's just too bad he didn't pull the plug on this movie.Overall very boring and un-entertaining film, now believe me I had very underdoggish hopes for this movie, hopefully like some direct-to-video horrors, (i.e; The Dentist) would have a somewhat convincing story line.
Beware in this movie Lance Henriksen doesn't even give a good performance.Co-starring: Dexter Bell, Daniella Lavengsta, Will Sanderson, Miles Meadows..
A top-notch computer security system installed in a private college becomes deadly when infected with a computer virus called The Mangler 2.0.The virus crawls into the school's mainframe and all sorts of mechanical gadgets,like freezers,washing machines,security locks,and the various cameras all begin to go haywire and kill students/college workers."The Mangler 2" has nothing to do with gory and enjoyable original.The film itself is a tedious bore.The script is filled with holes,the gore is non-existent and the dialogue is rubbish.The techno soundtrack is incredibly annoying and horror regular Lance Henriksen is completely wasted as the strict head master.Stay away from "The Mangler 2".3 out of 10 and that's being kind..
One of the worst sequels I've ever seen, ESPECIALLY with Stephen King as the writer...This movie could be classed as a B- movie, dark, strange camera angles, flashbacks (same flashback 2- 3 times works once, not more, atleast in this movie...)The only character that brings this movie any credits is Lance Henriksen...You'll notice if you see this film.And as always when any electronics is involved, the consultans (If that's the right word..?) are NOT DOING A GOOD WORK.I've never (ever) seen a cable move it self by electricity.
That's what makes a movie ESPECIALLY when computers are involved.Sure you may think "That's what's written in the script.." Hmm...
They speak of firewalls and stuff not really related to what they're doing as they speak of it.I'm only guessing that I might, if I had the chance, I would have made the consulting better...The plot it self is good thou, a computer virus - That's cool and belongs to the age of the new millenniumPetty though it had a lot of gaps in the directingOne thing (Among many) that I thought was quite tacky, the ending scenes...
It was not that bad at all, I've seen plenty horror movies that are way worse than this and several films in other genres that are way worse.
I would have liked them to show more of the "action" when it came to the killings though, seemed to be a kids type of horror movie, no details when it comes to blood and gore.
Or maybe I just had a censored version?Anyways, to sum it up, if one like horror movies, it's worth watching.I give it 4/10..
the only positive element is the young lady in the bikini top...and what makes the film even worse is the audio commentary from the director, producer and actor...usually audio commentaries can be entertaining when the filmmakers hold their egos in check but not this one...self-congrats don't work...other filmmakers please learn from these yokels from the great white north...truly incompetent filmmaking skills on display here...that's two truly bad films for Lance H.
The only good thing about this movie is Chelse Swain.
Althought her acting, at least on this movie, does not compare to that of her sister, her looks are almost as good as those of Dominique Swain.
I haven't seen the original "Mangler," but I know from reading the plot synopsis from that movie that the sequel has virtually no connection.
Believe me, that's all you have to know about the plot.The movie has a few good comic lines and the hot chick (Daniella Evangelista) was VERY nice to look at.
Firstly, I must say that watching The Mangler (first one) with my friend Angela was one of the highlights of my movie-going career.
Especially having read Stephen King's short story, the motion picture was so AWFUL - and in a poignantly hysterical way - that it's become one of my all-time favorite rewatches.The Mangler 2...
Daniella Evangelista is the eye candy for this film, and she's really quite good in it - not to mention stunningly gorgeous - but her character's death is a pathetic attempt at horror.
We have seen many that have been less than classic, even some that are outright bad; but like most horror fans we cut the movie some slack if it contains some good moments or scary concepts.
This film was so inept in every possible way that by the end, rather than feeling entertained or even amused, you feel insulted and almost angry.I really don't have much to say about this stupid, stupid movie - the other comments have covered all that quite well.
We just wanted to add our warning to horror film fans to not waste your time, and certainly not your money, on "The Mangler 2".
Having not seen the first one, I figured I wouldn't be lost by just jumping into this "sequel".Following the film, I thought, how awful.
I'll leave it to others to point out the various plot stupidities and gross technical errors that the filmmakers have included in the plot, but it almost seems that the writer-director is so embarrassed to be making a film around computers that he strove to prove how little he knows about them.
oh for God's sake, you get the idea.The film throws in a few Scream-esque attempts at self referential humour, pretty weak a reference to the black guy not dying first, a spice girls quote and the comment "you are the weakest link, goodbye" which, unfortunately for these losers was already used in scary movie, and no doubt every other p***poor horror movie released this year.The acting is awful across the board, Lance Henriksen, when he read the script, probably thought that this was a spoof of awful teen techno slashers and maybe thought , but unfortunately for him, this is the real deal..
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The Mangler 2 is the epitome of the direct-to-video teen slasher movie.
Deliciously fun, but incontrovertibly grotesque, Michael-Hamilton Wright's sequel to the little-seen `The Mangler' is as cheesy as a tasty Jaffle, but at times as jagged and novel as the most chiselled of horror films.
Riddled with the kind of idiosyncratic characters we begin to expect from slasher movies and couple that with dialogue as hackneyed as a Voohees how-to manual, The Mangler 2 manages to draw you in with it's completely preposterous but undeniably entertaining plot about a killer computer that takes over a school and slices and dices the students one by one.
Midway through the movie, tensions run high, accusations fly, two female characters nearly get into a scuffle, and then we cut to fingernails dragging across a chalkboard  and they keep dragging, inflicting that irritating screech upon the poor helpless viewer.Gone is the possessed laundry machine from the first film, replaced by an even more ridiculous unrelated premise: a private school receives a new state of the art security system which, in traditional horror fashion, goes haywire and starts killing everyone.
This of course means those darn "'puters" factor heavily into the narrative, which means the script requires the characters to interact with the computers, which translates to scenes of actors standing around monitors, reading information off the screen, and telling the audience what they're typing as they're typing it.Note to filmmakers: while computers may provide fun and exciting direct interactions such as video games and other applications, there's few things as boring as watching someone else interact with them.The protagonist, Jo, is a rich girl outcast who hates even her own little clique of stereotype horror staples, leading her smiley bodyguard to muse aloud, "it's kind of sad that I'm your best friend." Then again, said clique threatens to blame her for a website vandalism prank, prompting Jo to unleash the Mangler 2.0 virus upon them.
Goodbye suspension of disbelief, and goodbye any chance of overlooking premise/character shortcomings.I hesitate to mention this, but clearly director Michael Hamilton Wright intended to pay tribute to the much superior garden sheer scene in William Peter Blatty's Exorcist III (itself, a much superior film, incidentally.) And so goes the long parade of ideas either ill-conceived (synchronized escape from the evil security cameras?
In the case of Mangler 2, it feels like Michael Hamilton Wright is physically molesting the memory of better movies..
As for the plot and script add up to probably the worst horror sequel that makes the original look like a piece of Art. And considering the original was quite awful.
"The Mangler 2" is a decent, if slightly more enjoyable sequel to the original.**SPOILERS**As a form of punishment, troubled teen Jo Newton, (Chelse Swain) is sent to Royal Collegiate College, where Headmaster Bradeen, (Lance Henriksen) introduces a special high-tech campus-wide security system, to the disdain of Dan Channa, (Will Sanderson) Emily Stone, (Daniela Evangelista) Will Walsh, (Dexter Bell) and Corey Banks, (Miles Meadows) her friends and fellow students.
The Mangler Deux was one of the best movies I have ever seen.
I guess it is just a sleeper, maybe in the year 3029 The Mangler Deux will finally be recognized as a film making masterpiece.
I mean, this virus had the ability to control EVERYTHING!But as far as the movie goes, the acting was superb, the plot was simply engaging, and the climax is one I will not soon forget.
The special effects were a far cry from special, the plot was feces, and the acting was, like everything else in this movie, the worst i've ever seen.
No, it has an interesting plot and the acting isnt half bad, and face it people we dont need a freakin gore fest to have a good movie *Helloo Halloween?!* Onto the review...The Plot: A Disturbed girl, Jo Newton, breaks into her father's office and plans to download a virus onto her Father's computer.
Everything you'd ever want from a campy horror film is right here -- it's a sequel, it's "based" on a Stephen King story, there's a girl running around with no shirt for half the film, and Lance Henriksen is in it..
I don't think the other person who commented on this film actually saw the same movie I did.
By the time a character in The Mangler 2 says "useless piece of American garbage" you'll know exactly how he feels, absolutely awful film..
Loaded up on cheap booze and BBQ food, I bunged this in the DVD and killed the bad vibe hung over from the party with it.It's got a budget that'd have trouble funding half an hour of infomercials, a no-name cast (Lance Henriksen aside), and a complete lack of scares, but so help me, Mangler 2 is pretty good fun.
The cast aren't really what you'd call good actors, but they're all pretty amiable, so they make the movie fun to watch.
But despite all this, it's a really easy film to watch, and it's very entertaining.Expect anything more than a cheesy B-movie full of schlock-horror and you're gonna hate it, but watch it to chill out and pass the time and you'll probably enjoy it..
Naturally, I thought this "sequel" would be just as entertaining, if not slightly less.Let me tell you, this had to be the worst movie I've ever seen.
The only horror coming from this movie is the acting; absolutely horrendous in every way possible.
I won't compare the movies for sake of spoilers, but the fact that the Mangler has taken a steep downhill turn of scare-factor from devil-possessed machine to computer virus should be convincing enough that the first-mentioned prevails between the two.A predictable storyline, poor acting, corny jokes, and a plethora of shallow sexual innuendos will have you racing back to your rental store for a refund.Said several times and true, "You can't do a low-budget horror film.".
Much like Wood, the world may never have seen someone get so little out of a decent film cast and budget than with Hamilton-Wright's Mangler 2.I knew the movie would suck when I rented it.
He was competing with Lance Henriksen for least interesting actor in a horror film.
nothing like a horror/teen movie to make a social statement.
*********************** SPOILERS *************************************So I thought any film that had Lance Henriksen in couldn't be THAT bad!!!
Yet all the characters are all over the place - it's obvious they haven't got a clue what their lines even are and Lance makes no attempt to bother acting.If you're gonna do a B-movie well (a la Evil Dead) then it has to be OTT but really scary at the same time.
I actually liked The Mangler 2, it is low budget and doesn't have any connection to the first film but for some reason I still enjoyed it.
One thing I liked was the plot, the whole idea of a school that has a high tech computer security system that controls the whole place malfunctioning because of a virus is pretty interesting.The film sees a girl named Joanne who's an hacker getting caught in her dad's building and being sent to her private school again where a new high tech security system is being installed by her dad's company, after a incident with the headmaster her and a few of other students who are also suspected have to stay in the school while the others go on a trip, after an argument she goes to her computer and downloads The Mangler 2.0 virus to get at everyone, the virus soon goes into the computer system and then things start to happen.
The computer watches the whole school with the cameras and begins to use the various things linked to the computer to kill people.
Soon they discover this and try to escape from the school but The Mangler 2.0 virus watches them and tries to stop them from leaving the school.The Mangler 2 is not that bad and is a pretty good film.