"The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence" American Theatrical Trailer
Director: Tom Six
Writer: Tom Six
Producer: Tom Six, Ilona Six
Cast: Laurence R. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie, Dominic Borrelli, Vivien Bridson, Lee Harris, Peter Blankenstein, Bill Hutchens, Dan Burman, Daniel Jude Gennis, Kandace Caine, Maddi Black, Lucas Hansen, Georgia Goodrick, Emma Lock, Hugo Sampson, Tom Six
Running Time: 84/87 min.
By Laser Beahm
I’m not a huge fan of the horror genre, but I have respect for the art. Films like Eli Roth’s “Hostel” and the “Saw” franchise are good movies because they are entertaining, they have a story line that is interesting, and the films give the audience what they are looking for, without belittling the viewer. I even enjoyed the first “Human Cenetipede”. It was a new take on the genre that I hadn’t seen before. The characters were curious, and I had a vested interest in what happened to those poor, tortured people.
Tom Six’s “The Human Centipede 2, Full Sequence”, however, does not hold up to its predecessor. In fact, it is a lesson in condescension.
“The Human Centipede 2, Full Sequence” is about a mentally disabled man who develops an obsession with the first “Human Centipede” movie. It is this obsession that leads the man to create his own human centipede, by preying on innocent victims and dragging them to his warehouse which then becomes the scene for the torture these poor people endure. Peppered into the film are incest, murder, and sexual assault, all reasons Martin, the main character, begins to act out. While all of these lurid elements would seemingly mix together to make an enjoyable horror movie, instead the audience is left with the audacity of Six’s undue arrogance and lackluster screen-play.
To begin, the film has very little dialogue. It would seem that Six is trying his best at Art Nouveau, at least I am sure that is what he would like the critics to believe. Instead, I think he just didn’t know where to begin. When dialogue does show up, it is either Six’s attempt at Psych 101, to paint a picture of abuse, or he really believes the audience is so beneath him, that they wouldn’t understand a more developed character, with more in-depth dialogue. The only other noises the audience will hear in this movie are screams, blood splashes, knife tings, gun shots, and every other sound done in post-production.
Six is so proud of his first movie, that you are pretty much watching it throughout the entire second movie. A lot of the film is simply the first movie actually playing, or the main character fantasizing about the first movie. I think Six’s head has become so inflated with a false sense of importance that he is really marveling at his own work, and want’s the audience to bow down to his mastery as well. Six isn’t wrong to think that the first movie is more interesting to watch, since the 2nd film is nothing more than an abortion on film making as a whole.
I also have some questions regarding the cast. Or rather, I have some Labor Board violations terms to review. Upon researching the main character Martin, played by Laurence R. Harvey, I wasn’t able to find anything on Harvey at all. While he did do a fine job playing a victimized, mentally disabled man; I wondered if that had more to do with the fact that he in fact was a mentally disabled man, who was being victimized, at least taken advantage of. Obviously, I hope not. But, until I find out that he was paid handsomely for his role, I will continue to worry about him.
The other cast member I have some real questions about is Ashlynn Yennie, or “Miss Yennie” in the second film. Ashlyn plays herself in this film, as the target of Martin’s obsession. He develops a fixation with her character “Jenny” in the first film, which starts the chain reaction into the violent path the movie heads towards. While I automatically have adoration for Ashlynn, being that she is from my home state of Wyoming, I also worry about her and her film career. I can only hope that she developed such a wonderful relationship with Tom Six during the filming of the first “Human Centipede” that she decided to do him a favor by showing up in his second film. I would hate to think that she showed up in this awful movie to actually further her career.
The movie’s only saving grace is the torture scene in the warehouse when Martin “tries” to create his own human centipede. It’s as nail biting, face-covering, shocking, and crazy as a “torture porn” buff would want. The rest of the movie is so torturous, in the sense that it is so horribly bad, that the real torture scene isn’t worth subjecting yourself to the rest of the film.
While I applaud Tom Six on his original “Human Centipede” movie, I have to give “The Human Centipede 2, Full Sequence,” a 1 out of 10. The 1 is for the 2 minute torture scene towards the end of the movie. The rest of the movie is an abomination not worth anybody’s time.
Laser Beahm’s Rating: 0/10
