Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad

**Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad** is a superhero thriller film by 1001 Spears.

## Synopsis

Months after the events of Vepturegeng, Brennan O'Keeffe and his allies strive to adjust to living as the hosts of the extraterrestrial Vepturegeng symbiotes, which give them superpowers to fight as deadly anti-heroes. The lives of O'Keeffe and his fellow hosts are turned upside down yet again as psychopath Gene O. Saad, the host of the Untergeng Massacre, flees jail and starts a killing spree.

## Parents Guide

**Why is “Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad” rated R?** The MPAA rating has been assigned for “sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language throughout including offensive slurs, strong disturbing material, and sexual content.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes animated depictions of naked people with exposed breasts and buttocks, a few off-screen instances of sexual activity with audible moaning, a couple scenes of making out and verbal references to sex, several scenes of bloody battles between humans and alien parasites as well as alien parasites fighting each other with countless instances of property damage and killing with blood and gore, genocidal murders of mentally disabled children with some blood, scenes depicting vomit, feces, and alien goo, alien parasites possessing human hosts, and several arguments and instances of hate speech as well as at least 2 C-words, 14 F-words, many offensive slurs, and other strong language.

### Sex & Nudity

Mild

* There’s a part where one character claims that a fluid tastes like semen, only for another character to consume it and confirm that it is semen, concluding that it tastes decent.
* A young man has sex with a prostitute in a bathroom and we hear slamming against the stall and see the shocked reactions of those around him.
* Rape is a theme in the film but only the violence leading up to sex is seen, not the intercourse itself. However, in an anime scene a kid is shown getting beaten within an inch of his life twice before getting raped, in one instance his father is the one doing this and he mentions getting sexually assaulted by his family later on.
* In an anime scene, a young woman is shown fully nude, although her vagina has been mutilated and is thus recognizable. The same thing is shown in another animated scene, The Parable of Erak.
* There is little sexual content in the film besides a poster that features gratuitous nudity in the context of people having sex.
* A corpse's butt is depicted in a short scene.
* There are two scenes of making out and two characters kiss for a shorter period.
* Fatale sexually seduces Serpent in one scene to convince him to go back to Brennan, she strips to a bikini and twerks.

### Violence & Gore

Severe

* Typical Vepturegeng violence, bloody shootings, people getting their faces torn up, etc.
* Like the first movie, there are three bloody child deaths, one of them is off-screen but we see their corpse and blood splatters on the ground when one of them is killed.
* Countless extreme gory depictions of characters, including teens, getting body parts eaten, beaten until parts of them are torn off, stabbed horrifically, lynched, strangled until their neck snaps, impaled through sensitive areas, shot with x-ray views, and poisoned - mostly in a supernatural context but the violence is realistic.
* Super traumatizing-level disturbing and horrifying images and transformations with graphic and excessive blood and gore detail.
* Some of the killing occurs in dim lighting so a few of the gory details are difficult to make out, which slightly reduces the disgusting nature of the violence.
* Testicles are gouged out in graphic detail.
* A dead guy with a bloody hole through his crotch is depicted.
* Serpent bites Gene O. Saad's penis off, we don't see his genitals but blood jets out.
* INFINITELY more graphic, bloody, and violent than the first one. Has innumerable depictions of gore that are more severe than any *Saw* film. Penises are eaten off and children are killed in graphic gory detail.
* Gene O. Saad brutally and bloodily impales guards through the eyes and rips them out. O. Saad is also shown murdering both prison guards and inmates by lobbing them into walls and crushing their heads, biting their genitalia off, and brutally impaling a guard's anus and bloodily ripping his intestinal tract out of it. There isn't a ton of mutilation during this part, but it is still extremely intense and graphic.
* One of the Untergeng rips huge holes through himself and rips off flesh which is graphic and gory.
* A character gets shot in the testicle and we see an x-ray view of this, later in the movie we see a testicle get gouged out of a guy while he screams in agony.
* An anime scene shows a kid crushing his mother's head by shoving her off of the roof of their house and into traffic and murdering his sister by garroting her with an electric cord and dropping both of them into a bathtub, before removing her guts and hanging her with them, getting bloodily beaten by his father and violated off-screen, and causing a school shooting where he explodes the heads of other children with blood and gore by shooting them. Another animated scene with the same acts of violence (just with a decapitation instead of the head explosion as well as a suicide by gunshot instead of the last two) is also present.
* Necromancer/LaRue rapes Gene O. Saad after Serpent bites his penis off, we don't see this happen but the implication of what he does to the wound is graphic.

### Profanity

Severe

* The trailer alone has uses of f\*ck and there’s at least one use of n\*\*\*er.
* 1 use of the n-word, 12 uses of "fuck", 2 crude uses of "cunt" and many uses of "cock", "dick/dick sucker", "shit", "asshole", "pussy" and "tits." Countless uses of “r\*tard” and "f\*\*got."
* The middle finger gesture is used countless times, along with a gesture imitating masturbation that is directed at people as an insult.

### Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking

Moderate

* A man stomps out a blunt and some beer is drunk by underage characters. Underage characters drink alcohol until they get drunk.
* Lean is prepared but spilled on the ground and characters are seen smoking cigarettes.

### Frightening/Intense Scenes

Severe

* Discrimination is present throughout the film and is the central theme. The movie’s depiction of discrimination is extreme and relentless, including hate speech and violence. Anyone sensitive to this subject should probably avoid the film because this content is overt and not easy to skip through. That being said, the film ultimately ends on a positive note and is anti-discrimination.
* Gene O. Saad is a genocidal murderer whose presence and manner are super scary, disturbing, and unsettling. When Gene links with an Untergeng the movie becomes extremely dark, intense, and graphic.
* One Untergeng has a graphically violent and bloody nature to his appearance and actions, as he mutilates himself and uses his flesh to attack the Vepturegeng.
* The Vepturegeng and Untergeng are super horrifying and disturbing as characters.
* There are terrifying and disturbing scenes that even hardened adults will be terrified and disturbed by.
* Comedic moments lighten the disturbing and aberrant nature of the film but it is still extreme in those regards.
* There are more than a few jump-scares but you can tell when some of them are coming.

Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language throughout including offensive slurs, strong disturbing material, and sexual content.

## Classification

* Argentina: 18+
* Australia: R18+
* Brazil: 18
* Canada: 18A
* Canada: 18A (Alberta)
* Chile: 18
* Columbia: 18
* Denmark: Banned
* Finland: 18
* France: -18
* Germany: 18 (Censored)
* India: A
* Indonesia: R21+
* Ireland: 18
* Italy: 18+
* Japan: R18+
* Lithuania: N-18
* Mexico: D
* Netherlands: 18
* New Zealand: 18 (Censored)
* Norway: 18 (cinema rating)
* Peru: 18
* Philippines: R-18
* Poland: 18
* Portugal: M/18
* Russia: 18+
* Saudia Arabia: R18
* Singapore: R21
* South Korea: 18
* Spain: 18
* Sweden: Banned
* Switzerland: 18
* Turkey: 18+
* United States: R
* United Kingdom: 18
* United Arab Emirates: Banned

## BBFC

BBFC 18 for sexual threat, strong horror, bloody violence, gore, child abuse

### Violence (5/5)

There are frequent scenes of gory and sadistic violence in which people are murdered and superhumans fight police officers and each other with abilities and weapons causing extreme and fatal damage. Victims are bloodily flayed, dismembered, decapitated, drowned, suffocated, stabbed, shot, heavily beaten, slashed, and have their heads cut open and smashed. A child repeatedly stabs a man to death. A man's face is decimated by repeated blows in a brutal killing. There is a focus on extensive bloodshed, the sadistic infliction of pain, and very gory injury detail. There are strong scenes of child abuse depicted in an animated style.

### Threat & horror (5/5)

There is strong, sustained threat and menace, as well as jump scares. These include predominately teenage characters being stalked and chased by alien monsters and a serial killer controlled by one who wields weapons such as knives, sledgehammers, and chainsaws. Characters are pursued through the dark basement and corridors of a prison by a murderous alien monster. Characters are bound and gagged and threatened with death or torture. A woman is attacked and kidnapped by a serial killer who covers her mouth with a belt, rendering her unconscious as she thrashes. Scenes of a disturbing nature occur when a teen is forced to remove a living being from his friend's nipple as he writhes around in pain. This scene is protracted and visually detailed but the strongest detail is not shown on screen. There is also strong horror when two teens realize they have consumed living beings. Sustained threat includes people being held at gunpoint. There is also strong tonal horror in references to sexual violence and threat, but without visual reinforcement.

### Discrimination (5/5)

There are frequent scenes of discrimination in which an abusive orphanage targets disabled children and verbally and physically abuses them. This includes prolonged scenes in which attackers torment their victims, force food and alcohol into their mouths, and later refuse to administer a victim's epi-pen resulting in her death. A student is bullied for being trans, being physically assaulted and called transphobic terms. There are also sequences of cyberbullying in which fellow students urge her to take her own life. Racist and other discriminatory language features and includes uses of the terms 'blacks', 'ch\_nk', 'w\_tback', 'n\_\_\_\_r', 'd\_ke', 'homo,' 'queer,' 'fairy,' 'f\_ggot', and 'shemale.'

### Suicide (4/5)

A teenage boy makes a series of suicide attempts before eventually finding reasons to live.

### Self-harm (4/5)

There are references to a teenage boy's self-harming, which includes sight of scarring on his arms, stomach, legs, and throat. A man repeatedly punches and slams his head against a wall, covering it in blood.

### Sexual violence and sexual threat (5/5)

A woman repeatedly penetrates an injured woman with a glass bottle, to make it appear as if she has been raped. There are references to an accusation of rape against a man.

### Injury detail (5/5)

There are strong gory images of heads being crushed, resulting in eyeballs and teeth popping out. A dead body lies on an autopsy table and there are repeated shots of a badly injured head that has been sliced open, exposing bone and brain matter. Another dead body is discovered with its skull completely caved in. There is sight of severed heads and characters with gory facial and bodily injuries, including parts of faces torn off. There are hallucinogenic scenes of gore. There is sight of dead bodies, skeletal remains, and of alien monsters eating human flesh, brains, and intestines.

### Theme (4/5)

There are distressing scenes centered on a teenage boy's fragile mental health, which other characters struggle to understand and cope with.

## Common Sense Media

Age: 18+

* Quality:
* Summary: Overly loud and bloody violence in decent, dark superhero comedy.
* Review: Parents need to know that Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad is the sequel to 2021's Vepturegeng, with Dean Charles-Chapman returning as Brennan, the teen who also hosts a horrifying, razor-fanged extraterrestrial parasite Serpent who was formerly hostile in the original. Like the first film, this one has fairly forced jokes, loud screaming, and countless instances of ear-destroying crushing of bones and objects alike, yet the theme of rebelling against discrimination is handled with love. Strong bloody violence includes mass destruction with ensuing death, several characters getting murdered in bloody ways, graphic combat, smashing just about every body part, mutilation through bludgeoning, extremely brutal assaults, the removal of testicles, torture by strangling and shock therapy, mutilating bites, genocidal killing of autistic children through mostly bloodless means, and constant, graphic gun violence and shootings. An animated scene and an anime flashback show some of the most extreme and bloody violence, almost as realistic as the real stuff: child murder, rape, torturous abuse, and suicide. Characters make out passionately, a woman's nude chest is visible in the anime scene, and there is sexual language and behavior. Extremely strong language and slurs include the use of the n-word, plus "f--k," "d—k," "c—k," "c—t,” "f--got," “r-tard”, and more.
* Positive Messages: The film's central theme is "discrimination is evil." In a way, the film is sometimes about cooperation, as the Vepturegeng and their hosts can work together while the Untergeng (as it is revealed) can't. The characters who cooperate, including the powerless law enforcement, occasionally get the upper hand on the antagonists who cannot, but not until the final act.
* Positive Role Models: There is slightly more of a try in this sequel to turn the Vepturegeng into good guys; they want to murder people, but they can live off of animals on the row to getting put down and food of their color. Brennan is strict with Serpent about sticking to these rules but this diet is questionable (is it okay for him to eat pets if they would've otherwise faced death?). Serpent and Grendel try to become better people than they were in the first film, but the others usually don't and all of them get caught up in literally countless instances of destruction with civilian casualties and tons of killings with no consequences.
* Diverse Representations
* Violence: Mass destruction with countless deaths. Several characters are murdered. Super violent creatures that kill people bloodily. The decapitated corpse of a kid and sight of a dead man whose genitalia were eaten off. Gene O. Saad stabs a cashier in the head and stomps his head bloodily. Animated flashback scenes show kids decapitating a harasser and their mother, murdering bullies by squashing heads, and a boy getting abused and tortured by both his father and other children. Pervasive bloody combat, smashing every body part there is, mass destruction and killing, pounding people until they explode into chunks, etc. Bloody garroting, cannibalizing people while they are alive. Ripping open a man's testicle with fingers. A woman is shot in the ovary and lobbed in front of a moving truck. Jump-scares. Bullying. Jocks gang up on a trans girl in the locker room, surrounding and taunting her. One teen punches her. Gun violence. The Vepturegeng are extremely terrifying to look at, with their bloodthirsty razor fangs and overall frightening and intimidating look. A serial killer is condemned to death, beginning a deadly injection with visible suffering. A teen boy has a violent meltdown, scaring his family. Dialogue about teen suicide; a shot of an ambulance pulling away. Dialogue about fighting.
* Sex: Passionate making out. In an animated flashback, an anime woman's nude chest and rear are briefly shown. Serpent transforms into a phallus and sprays goo on Brennan to show disapproval. Offscreen sex in a school bathroom with sexual dialogue. Other bare butts are shown.
* Language: Countless uses of "f--k", plus "c--k," "d--k sucker," "c--t," "sh-t/bull sh-t," "bitch," "d--k," "goddamn," "a-shole," and "p-ssy." Racist, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist slurs like "fairy," "f--got," "tr-nny," "tr--n," "sh-male," "r-tard," and one use of the n-word. Frequent middle finger and masturbation gestures. A trans girl brings up that it's hard to stay strong in a town where there are "more churches than allies."
* Consumerism: Some merchandising related to the film and brand recognition in-universe, but less than some similar properties.
* Parents Say:
	+ Age: 17+
	+ Quality:
		- Excessively long, ridiculous, bloody, and extremely violent bits and pieces of a movie.
			* Age: 18+
			* Quality:
			* Review: This film mostly felt like a waste of time after watching it, I've seen the original and thought it was decent to good. Some parts were good with some decent scenes. Overall, though, this film felt a bit confused and all over the place. It doesn't have a perfect estimation of what it is or does which leaves you with great actors (Chapman, Rahim, and Hemsworth), who felt wasted to put it bluntly as they weren't given enough to do to help their arcs. The film was excessively long and felt like ridiculous bits and pieces.
		- Only graphic violence and bloodshed, not enough plot
			* Age: 18+
			* Quality:
			* Review: 19+, I've seen the original and it was really good, but this movie is just fine, there is little plot and only severe violence and blood: gore, intense crashes, bloody murders in anime and animated scenes, Vepturegeng and Untergeng bloodily shredding and torturing people to death along with anal probing them and ripping guts out. There are countless instances of gun violence and everyone in the city gets killed as its all destroyed, the Vepturegeng objectively look scary and the Untergeng look very disgusting but also scary and intense. The film has a ton of strong swearing and slurs (“C—t”, “f—k” etc.) but you do not pay as much attention to it because the bloody violence is so excessive, there is nonstop passionate making out with offscreen sex scenes and naked breasts are shown in anime form. There is also strong innuendo and suggestive dialogue, I am telling you, people, this is a very nasty movie but you could enjoy it anyways.
		- Pretty foolish but shockingly enjoyable most of the time
			* Age: 16+
			* Quality:
			* Review: This film's plot is stupid and has some plot holes, just like the original, but I somehow loved this one more. It's even more self-aware and runs with the hilarious stuff from the original, I still think these are not as fleshed out as Invincible or The Boys but it's something different which is awesome. I'd put it in the field that the Prequel Trilogy and Hotel Translyvania films are in, they're unrealistic but are enjoyable to just turn off your brain and watch, the CGI is very amazing. One issue is that the Vepturegeng are tricky to understand, more than in the original, they have to explain stuff in this one, as well, so I couldn't always follow what they said as easily as I wanted to. It is the bloodiest and most violent superhero film, way worse than Deadpool and the other R-rated ones. \*SPOILERS\* I'm very hyped to see the Vepturegeng in crossovers, they are an extremely unique take on superhumans so it will be more than awesome to see them collide with other stuff. In the end, I enjoyed it even though it has a few dumb scenes, 4 out of 5 stars.
		- Overly loud and unnecessary violence and gore
			* Age: 17+
			* Quality:
			* Review: Our house has almost never disliked a superhero movie… this was one of the exceptions. The story should've been better for the length and the blood and violence were over-the-top and ludicrous, mediocre.

* Kids Say:
	+ Age: 16+
	+ Quality:
		- A giant step-up over the first film
			* Age: 14+
			* Quality:
			* Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad is the sequel to Vepturegeng (2021), it's a giant step-up and is one of the most worthy movies of watching. Story: The Vepturegeng are sent to investigate genocidal attacks by the followers of an imprisoned serial murderer; after this, Gene O. Saad gets the death sentence until his Untergeng, Genocide, takes over and saves him. There are dozens of epic, bloody battles within this film supported by absolutely astounding effects, it is a perfectly-paced film that has no dull moments despite how long it is. Age Review: This film is shoving the R rating to its absolute limits, it is great but darker than any other superhero film. Granted, it is still hilarious in some parts but it has very terrifying and disturbing elements to it, the worst ones relating to Gene O. Saad, so let’s get into the details. There is tons of graphic and bloody violence throughout this film, the gory deaths are always onscreen with excessive blood and gore, nonstop gunshots, and dozens of combat scenes. Gene O. Saad is a serial murderer who targets disabled kids, so there are depictions of insane and super violent people throughout, strong language and slurs are sustained but the former is sometimes used for humor, there is little sex. Overall, it is a great film that heavily expands on the original, it is hilarious, satisfyingly violent, action-packed, and has a big surprise at the end :D. Recommended for ages 14+
		- an improvement over the first vepturegeng
			* Age: 17+
			* Quality:
			* Review: This was the best film of the year, it 100% needed to get rated NC-17 though.
		- Feels like Saw rather than a superhero film, slightly simple plot for the runtime, excessively gruesome, chaotic, but it has amazingly-done humor, witty scenarios, an awesome climax and crossover!
			* Age: 18+
			* Quality:
			* Review: 21+, inappropriate for teens and very young adults, but okay for fans of evil.
		- Awesome superhuman sequel with extra violence, blood, and horrifying supervillains.
			* Age: 18+
			* Review: The sequel to Vepturegeng is, in every way, an improvement; the antagonists are better, the battles are better and bloodier, and the acting is better. I was actually sad that the runtime was shorter than the first one by 17 or 18 minutes despite being 2 hours and 30 minutes long, it was that great, the violence and gore are 100% ramped up, too, with people getting blown apart by gunfire, cannibalized, impaled, ripped to shreds, having their heads crushed and eaten in jaws, bludgeoned, ganged up on and curb-stomped, brutally tortured, and burned alive. Gene O. Saad and Genocide are unbelievably intimidating and horrifying, Gene O. Saad's backstory is shown in anime style with him shoving his disabled sister down a flight of stairs and crushing her head into chunks with her wheelchair, burning his mom alive with gas and a cigarrete later, he tortures his cat to death by drilling through its eyes and genitalia, and then it shows him getting beaten while he's down and raped by his dad before he becomes a genocidal murderer who bullies and kills special needs kids in bloody detail, his whole backstory is strongly disturbing and surreal. Gene O. Saad's transformation into Genocide as he dies on the electric chair and his head explodes into fire and blood could be horrifying, swearing is about the same as the first film and while there is sex stuff this one has less. This is a film I would highly recommend to everyone old enough to watch it.
		- YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BEFORE WATCHING IT!!!!!!!
			* Age: 17+
			* Review: Great movie but its terrifying and disturbing... SPOILER ALERT, it has this scene where a mass murderer is getting murdered on the electric chair after getting stabbed with tranquilizer needles and his eyeballs look scary before exploding into blood and he turns into Gene O. Saad by ripping himself apart into bone spikes and gore skin which will terrify some people and there is a HELL ton of graphic violence and gore in every other scene but on the plus side it is a great film. Oh, one more thing Gene O. Saad sticks his arm into a police officers butt and rips his guts out to murder him.

* + - DS's favorite mobile game and mine, too
			* Age: 12+
			* Quality:
			* Review: This game is excessively bloody and violent, so it is perfect for teens, my DS said he enjoyed playing with it even more than his boyfriend's vagina.
		- Extremely dark, disturbing, and scary compared to the original
			* Age: 18+
			* Quality
			* Review: I'd put it at 19+, this film was the best and 100% worth watching, just know the main villain is WAY more terrifying than in the original. \*LITTLE SPOILERS\* VIOLENCE-9/10: All of the gory stuff happens completely onscreen except when Serpent eats a guy's penis off, all you see is his mouth engulf the person's crotch with audio gore and him throwing their corpse away, you don't see genital mutilation on the corpse most of the time. The supervillain has an overly disturbing and scary backstory, which is the scariest and most disturbing part of the whole film, while he is explaining to Neo and Zara Asier, you see them create an anime seemingly made of real blood. This animated scene shows his childhood, you see him shove his sister, who is paraplegic, down a flight of stairs and murdering her while she's down by kicking her head with gore, as this happens his voice narrates what happens with him describing extremely gory details. Gene O. Saad than pours gasoline on his unsuspecting mom and sets her on fire with a cigarette lighter, she gets murdered in graphic detail. (Gene O. Saad is 4-6 years old during this part). After this you see him restraining a kitten with rope and using a power drill to kill the kitten by drilling through its penis and eyes. You also see Gene O. Saad's young, anime self get horribly beaten and raped by his dad before he is abandoned and left at an asylum where he is bullied and sexually assaulted. Gene O. Saad becomes a killer and a pedophile who lusts over McKellen, that caps off his scary backstory scene. As for other violence and gore, you see countless serious wounds and bloody stumps from mutilation, people getting shot to pieces by gunfire, impaled in sensitive areas, abducted, tortured and threatened with death while being held for ransom, penises are eaten off (kinda offscreen as previously mentioned) and murdered bloodily. The Vepturegeng and Untergeng are both extremely terrifiying, no questions asked, one last thing, the antagonist is a mass murderer. You see his (bloodless) killings of mentally disabled children and corpses on the news with gory detail, naturally he's sentenced to death. Gene O. Saad is restrained to a chair, where tons of poison needles are injected in him to make sure he doesn't escape and they almost electrocute him to death but after he gets killed, something happens... ;) . The bad guy is also extremely crazy, ironically, he scarily laughs out of nowhere many times and you can tell that he is uncurably, severely deranged. That will be scary for many veiwers but I think I've covered the worst of the violence. NOTE: there is nonstop graphic violence and gore throughout but but there is also a little comedy, they do a great job with the hilarious stuff although it never dulls down the violence even slightly. SEX-4/10: People makeout many times and there's an offscreen orgy, during the scary anime flashback, when the bad dude murders his mom, she is sleeping naked. After he sets her on fire, you see her get up, with visible anime breasts and buttocks. Also, a woman tells Serpent that he's sexy and feels her breasts. DRINKING/DRUGS-2/10 You do not see a lot, Serpent is at a dance party in one scene with what looks like 17-years-olds, and they drink but we don't see much of it. The drinking is clear but not super prominent. LANGUAGE-9/10: one use of the hard r, many uses of f\*ck, and then there is every other word and slur in the book ect. POSITIVE ROLE MODELS-0/10: Vepturegeng are portrayed as antiheroes rather than villain protagonists in this sequal, they still want to eat penises but will stick to only evil ones. Brennan convinces Serpent to only eat animals and meat, they both do the right thing but only when convenient. OVERALL-9.5/10 This movie is worth a watch if you have seen the first one but you probably won't be able to handle it!
		- WHY MURDERING MOM AND SISTER AND TOO MUCH CHILD RAPE AND BEATING!?
			* Age: 18+
			* Quality:
			* Review: 19+, child rape and abuse, murdering mom with gasoline and fire? SISTER IN WHEELCHAIR SHOVED DOWN THE STAIRS AND HAVING HER HEAD SMUSHED!? DEAR GOD WHY, THAT IS THE SADDEST STUFF EVER! 18-YEAR-OLDS WOULD NEVER WATCH THIS SH\*T! I agree with The R rating but the violence is depressing and bloody, just too depressing! So Common Sense Media, please turn up the age rating, you need to!
		- Great but not for anyone under 16
			* Age: 16+
			* Quality:
			* Review: Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad is an entertaining film to watch, the best after watching Vepturegeng. However, there are parts that you don't want younger teens to see, they will get very triggered by many scenes if they aren't old enough.
		- 16+
			* Age: 16+
			* Quality:
			* Review: The best film ever, but 100% not for people who hate ear-piercingly loud sounds and jumpscares, tons of swearing and slurs, or violence and gore, my highest recommendation out of any film ever.

### Is it Any Good?

With averagely chosen "humor" scenes that are primarily loud screaming and violent action that focuses on ear-shattering noise and bloody smashing, this sequel misses too many opportunities to come together in a super satisfying way. Directed by Brendan Payne, Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad (which follows 2021's smash hit Vepturegeng) begins with comic situations, as the Vepturegeng and hosts argue and scream with each other about how they will do things this school year. They are like an extremely violent and slightly less hilarious Three Stooges. The movie has little clue how to link the Vepturegeng possessing the teens' bodies into smart and physical comedy, with mostly forced and awkward scenes as a result. Unlike, say, Pixar's nigh-perfect 2015 body-themed comedy-drama Inside Out, most tries at comparable scenes here-- especially Brennan sneaking into a disabled women's bathroom to argue with Serpent-- fall somewhat fall. Other tries at humor, like an out-of-shot high schooler orgy, follow suite.

As Gene O. Saad, Rahim manages more than a couple clever line-readings, but he also stumbles on his clunky, evil dialogue, as does Watson (this is a film where Gene O. Saad's first line is "You wanna get nuts? Let's get nuts!"). Typically a bold performer, Kiyoko fares the worst of everyone in the cast; in her one giant scene, Chizuru Jackson must exploit her CGI-enhanced boobs and hips to convince Serpent that she wants to have sex (disregarding her lesbian identity) right before she is abducted and held at gunpoint for the rest of the film. The action is mass destruction and gore with no consequences for the heroes, it isn't easy to care as structures collapse and innocents are murdered, it's mostly the hate crimes that get a reaction. Thankfully, the visual effects are unbelievable and the film is fast-paced, not overstaying its welcome despite the two-and-a-half hour runtime.

### Talk to Your Kids About...

* Families can talk about *Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad*'s strong bloody violence. How did it make you feel? Was it thrilling? Shockingly disturbing? What did the film show to achieve this effect? What scenes are portrayed as objectively disturbing? Why is that important?
* How have the Vepturegeng developed from the first *Vepturegeng* to this one? Did you love this version of them more? Less? Why?
* How do the hosts and Vepturegeng demonstrate cooperation? How does cooperation fit into the overlying the plot?
* When Detective Cecil alleges that keeping secrets is a ceaseless battle of preventing them from being let out but they should be kept under all costs, what does he mean? Should we keep secrets and which ones? Why, or why not?
* The super-villains get away with their rampage for so long by sowing hate and misinformation. Why is this so common in today's world? Who has done it and have they gotten away with it?

## TV Tropes

* Bloodless Carnage: Most of Gene O. Saad's genocidal (Meaningful Name) child murders shed little onscreen blood, which is unheard of for Vepturegeng but Justified given the Lighter and Softer tone here. Averted in both animated scenes (Medium Blending) where Death of a Child, including Gene O. Saad's hate crimes, are substantially Bloodier & Gorier.
* Critic-Proof: Unusually comparable to its predecessor; while far from mixed, reviews were generally decent, veering close to "rotten" a few times on Rotten Tomatoes despite always staying fresh and it's at 67/100 on Metacritic. Despite this, the film grossed over $180 million domestic in its opening weekend, worlds higher than very similarly reviewed films and despite the release hurdles, Gene O. Saad had a *large* opening weekend compared to the first movie, which was the most successful of its release year. It ended up being one of the highest-grossing Hollywood films of the year and the only 1001 Spears film to beat it was Star Wars: Ethos. The film was recieved even more warmly by fans of the series as well as the LGBT Fanbase, with three major trans characters, although Moral Guardians and those who wanted to see malicious and serious Vepturegeng, instead of tongue-in-cheek vigilantes (Common Knowledge), were only as positive as the critics (Opinion Myopia).
* Contested Sequel: While more critics loved the Lighter and Softer feel of this movie, the minority that preferred the serious tone were iffy with the film going 90 degrees with the tone feeling that it is also disappointingly incoherent due to the Surreal Humor being blended with Gorn and a Final Solution scheme by a supervillain named Gene O. Saad/Genocide that should've gone full on Extreme Cinema if it weren't for the few limits set by the R rating.
* Lighter and Softer: Downplayed; the Surreal and Black Comedy is played up heavily here relative to the first film, although there are still strong horror elements throughout and a Final Solution narrative that doesn't shy away from any details. Even the Vepturegeng themselves aren't depicted as posing as serious of a threat as they did in the first film.
* Medium Blending: Outing creates two animated visions; the 3D-animated Parable of Erak and a much later anime of Gene O. Saad's background that parallels it; Erak is done by Reel FX Studios, with designs resembling *Book of Life* and the "human" dolls from *Uglydolls*, while the anime is done by **Studio Ghibli** and uses their typical motifs.
* Nightmare Fuel: As his standalone film was cancelled (What Could Have Been) this is the live-action debut of GENE O. SAAD, an Untergeng-possessed genocidal serial killer who almost exclusively targets children and is Trigger's darkest villain; as a result, this film lives and breathes Nightmare Fuel of the highest octane.
	+ Genocide's ppearance in the movie is unspeakably horrifying: murderous Body Horror tendrils, tiny Black Eyes of Evil, a carnivorous razor-sharp tongue, and skin that looks like deeply bruised, bloody flesh. Even subtle details like Genocide's jaw being extremely sharp, like that of an allosaurus, make him look more abominable than the already freaky Vepturegeng.
		- Genocide's movements differ subtantially from the other Geng's, being an unbelievably unpredictable and sonic abomination that cannot move a muscle without killing someone along the way. One shot shows Genocide rampaging down a hallway, as the world's ugliest, grossest crawling mass of maroon guts smashing people's heads (Your Head Asplode) and bodies (Half the Man He Used To Be).
		- Genocide's Transformation Sequences are this, too; the other hosts transform by having the Geng envelop itself over their body. Here, Gene O. Saad's body transforms in full Body Horror, as in "Chest Burster across the whole body" transforms, absolutely nightmarishly warping and gorily maiming itself into Genocide's shape, but not only is O. Saad alive by the end, but notably seems to show *no agony* in the process. Gene O. Saad is so much of a Sociopath that even his body *violently disfiguring itself into an Eldritich Abomination, spraying blood everywhere* fails to elicit even a cry of anguish.
* Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Critics were warm to the Lighter and Softer tone of the movie, leading to a Rotten Tomatoes score of about 80% as opposed to the first film's rating of around 50%.
* Tear Jerker: After his speech at the strip club, Serpent finds a quiet place far from the Halloween party, slumps down tearfully on the floor, and whimpers "Why didn't I bring you with me tonight, Brennan?". It just makes you want to bond with him yourself so that he's not alone.

## Reception

### Critics Rotten Tomatoes

* 3.5/5 The Vepturegeng should be sinister, scary, and aggressive first and foremost, with only the rare hint of quaintness as a means of subversion. Not once in my whole life have I expected to watch Serpent make a sandwich or wear a Purge mask to a strip club. The Vepturegeng are almost tongue-in-cheek in this film.
* 4/5 Still a somewhat unconventional, disorganized, and confused ride, yet, despite this, it is always a grin-inducing sequel.
* Fresh: A unique, chaotic, and crowd-pleasing superhero movie you'd find on Tubi, watch, and go OH HELL YEAH, THIS IS THE COOLEST MOVIE EVER!
* 3/5 It's all aberrant and disturbing, and yet not enough. Overt edginess and gore mingles with overt sentiment and melancholy, with some jokes thrown in that not even your dad would laugh at.
* 3/5 Another barrage of "okay."
* 13/20 ... an organized, slick film in contrast to the first one but still not the best.
* Fresh: Like the first Vepturegeng, Gene O. Saad is crude, crass, extremely tasteless and unbelievably hilarious, with better physical comedy than any MCU films put together.
* 3.5/4 Chapman signals to the audience that we should not take "Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad" overly seriously, regardless of how much gory massacre and torture goes on, and treat it like a somewhat messy video game.
* Fresh: While Vepturegeng suffered from a tonal confusion between the odd but cherished second act and the rest of the typical film around it, Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad is confidently and relentlessly gory, torturous, hilarious, and tongue in cheek.
* 4/5 Fans will love the hilarious moments amid the endless, chaotic guts and torture.
* 5/5 Where Brendan's first film was filled to the brim, unwieldy and incoherent, Vepturegeng: Gene O. Saad, a bit ironically, is digestible, focused, and extremely intimate, more so than its predecessor.
* 8.5/10 It's mostly a darkly funny superhero bloodbath, but it puts in the effort everywhere you'd ask it to and even much of where you wouldn't.
* 4/5 Dean Charles Chapman once again gives us a feast of left-field actions, coked-out jokes, and an ability to laugh at himself through self-freezing that surpasses even Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.