Dead Snow 2 Red Vs Dead Analysis

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)

Director Tommy Wirkola also directed “Dead Snow” which should serve as the leader in the category of Nazi Zombie movie. “Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead” picks up the story immediately after the events in the first film. Fans of the earlier film will surly enjoy the sequel. The mood in the two films however I found quite different. “Dead Snow” is very traditional with straight up Zombie disaster elements, moody and terrifying with a few humorous elements. “Dead Snow 2” on the other hand we consider more of a comedy within the confines of a Zombie movie. The superior production values are reflected in the $5.2 million budget. Zombie make up, military uniforms and sound are all first rate. Wirkola even worked in the only functioning Tiger tank in the world, a tank also staring in the recent war flick “Fury”. Wirkola also directed the major Hollywood
These Zombies are animated by a curse and Hertzog, the Nazi officer has the ability to magically re-animate dead people. Martin, the survivor, with his new arm, inherits this ability. The climatic scene has revived murdered Russian P.O.W. Zombies taking on the Nazi Zombies, a first. Most of the cast members Norse people unknown to us but Martin Star is American with strong credits. He plays an American Zombiephobe who comes to Norway with his two little sisters to help with the Zombie infestation. He and his siblings have a thing for Star Wars which leads to some clever verbal interplay. The film won both best picture and best screenplay at the Austin Fantastic Fest in the category of Gutbuster Comedy Feature, which I think sums up the tone of the film. The “R” rated film has lots and lots of Zombie movie violence. Hordes of humans fall prey to the Zombies and the Zombies are slaughtered by the living, often in great detail and with excellent prosthetic realism. There are sexual references but no actual skin, a departure from the first