WOLF CREEK 2

After nine years of eager anticipation John Jarratt reprises his role of psychotic outback tourist serial killer Mick Taylor.

This time around the film doesn’t wait to throw the audience into the action with Mick unleashing his violence in the opening scene. Unlike the original, this film focuses more on the chase and victim/killer interaction rather than increasing tension. As a result the sequel has much more action with big, well directed, albeit outlandish, chase scenes.

Once again Jarratt plays the Mick Taylor character wonderfully and is very well supported by Ryan Corr as his primary victim.

With the exception of the final scenes in Mick’s lair, the lack of intense emotional interplay between characters, something which made the original so disturbing and scary, means that Wolf Creek 2 falls a little flat. (JA)

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BY JAMIE APPS