I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

I am giving a 10 anyways. Why because still the dummies that review on this site still don't get it. THE VOTING, WHEN DOING THE REVIEW GIVES THE RATINGS. DUH! There is so many reviews that are not voted, and so the rating stays either higher or lower than it really should be. Why? Because, of what I started to say about people being stupid and not voting, when they review the movie. Who cares if you say it was certain stars out of 5 or 10. That has nothing to do towards the ratings on this site.God, I swear there are people that should not be let out, and locked up for good. This just proves it. Just for being dumb. So I see this movie is rated at 5.1 at around 30 reviews. Obvious, it is because of the no votes. I have read a lot of the reviews, and they are putting movie down without the vote, which means that 5.1 rating on it will not move down.That is how stupid it is. So the next few people that don't vote, and it gets a ton that do vote for it as good the rating goes up. Same vice versa to go down instead of up. It is not hard to vote people. It is right there when you review the movie. I mean, how can you miss it? It is right at the beginning of adding your review.Sorry, I come bluntly saying your dumb, but if you don't want to look stupid, then don't be. This site is pissing me off for not making the vote a mandatory thing, when reviewing the movie. It totally screws up the rating of the movies to either too low or way too high for a crap movie or a good movie that it made to look like crap.I will keep adding this to my reviews until the owners or moderators of this site or developers decide to make this right. It is not that hard to do things right. So think before you do something. I know its really hard for you to do it, but do it anyways.I can't believe it anymore, if a movie is really bad or good any more from these reviews. Cause, the ratings are messed up bad. Fix it, OK. I know you might be cutting out the people that reviewed already that did not vote, but if you did this the whole rating system would be better.

Several strikes against Chromeskull: Laid to Rest II. First, the casting of Brian Austin Green immediately had me groaning intensely inside. No, more like nauseated. I can't stand this 90210 pretty boy trying his hand as a Chromeskull disciple who works for the plot's ludicrous "The Organization", I guess a certain type of covert kill-happy operation that delights in the recording of pretty girls as they are tortured, begging for mercy while the psychopath quietly enjoys his handiwork. Most of the time they are trapped in coffins, crying, pleading, wanting to be freed from this terror, falling on deaf ears. Another strike is the rampant stupidity on display, how the main lead killer seems indestructible. How can such damage to a face and head sustained by the Laid to Rest psycho not lead to his demise? The opening facial reconstruction (including skin graft and eyeball surgery) reminded me of Chucky the Doll's repair in Child's Play 3, to use another embarrassingly ridiculous rebirth of a killer. It is hard to accept any of this without laughing, and if the tone of Laid to Rest II wasn't at times so serious (the lead detective of the most inept police task force I've seen in a thriller in quite some time tries to console the kidnapped final slasher heroine's distraught mother, mentioning he himself has a daughter and will do all he can to get her back safe and alive) you might could take it all in stride and just roll the eyes, have a drink and popcorn, abandoning all preconceptions of this attempting to be anything other than a 90 minute stab-a-thon. This is that in all its glory. I would definitely reward this sick-in-the-head film a "creative kills" award for if there is a way to savagely butcher a person with a blade, Laid to Rest II delivers in spades. One scene has a poor female cop (and not a bad looker, to boot) pressed, mouth-first (ouch!) into a "spinner blade" stuck in a stair step as she was trying to climb away from wannabe Chrome killer, Austin Green. Green has his own Chromeskull mask he wears, so devoted to his "boss", he has the Skull and Knives tattoo inked to his chest. Yeah, he also enjoys provoking the film's screeching heroine into tears, talking about how his master enjoys slaughtering victims. Nice guy, this Austin Green. I just can't even stand to look at that mug of his. Anyway, Chromeskull gets in on the action later as Detective King's (Owain Yeoman) litter of cops enter his abandoned warehouse which looks like it was ripped from a SAW sequel. Between Austin Green and Nick Principe's mangled-faced monstrosity, a whole police force is massacred in one singular location! There is one cop who is hooked to a type of electrical box and submerged, against his will, into a tank of water as his face begins to peel away before being slammed into the side. A number of familiar faces show up (director Robert Hall has a ton of friends, I guess) in supporting roles like organization member Danielle Harris who has a way with ChromeSkull, Thomas Dekker (a nice young actor I liked in the wrongfully cancelled Terminator series, as Tommy, a "loose end" that needs to be eliminated), Gail O'Grady (NYPD Blue) as the heroine's concerned mother, and Johnathon Schaech (The Forsaken; Prom Night remake) as an enigmatic FBI agent. Harris steps away from her usual sweet-victim roles in these kinds of movies to play a cold-blooded heel bucking for Green's position. She even has a scene where she shaves ChromeSkull's head bald and tells him via Internet communication (Skype, whatever you want to call it) to have fun in Hollywood where he seems to fit right in with the crazies who populate the streets. ChromeSkull's Organization is quite hi-tech and intricately designed, quite efficient like the FBI or CIA; it's just so surreal that this movie asks us to believe in this. The ultimate strike against this is the ugly digital photography and steadi-cam epileptic movement. Saving money for the gore gags, I guess as the director seems to enjoy lavishing slasher fans with opens wounds, severed heads, and lots of blood. One great scene I rejoiced was Green's fate as it is quite gruesome. Dekker deserves better than his part provides and Mimi Michaels spends all her screen time in a frenzied state of horror, shirtless (just a bra), and pleading for her life. Michaels' character is losing her sight, so she tries to negotiate by telling Green she couldn't identify if he'd let her go. Of course, you get the follow-up heckling from Green that is expected from a movie of this type. He really thinks he's a badass in this movie, let me tell you. I just threw up in my mouth a little..

As a huge fan of the first film I had high expectations for part 2. Robert Hall did not disappoint me. I loved the way that the film immediately picked up were part one left off. The kicker is that we soon learn that Chromeskull was not alone and in fact was in charge of a group dedicated to killing. Chromeskull severely injured in part one is down for the count and under care while his partner in crime "Preston" decides to finish what he started. "Preston" is played by Brian Austin Green who appeared to embrace the evil very well. There were some unanswered questions in the sequel and I would have liked more details about the group but it was a hell of a fun ride. The kills were brutal and the effects were amazing as usual. The cast was great and I love the twisted mind of Robert Hall. "Laid to Rest" will always have a reserved spot on my DVD shelf of greatness and I enjoyed it a bit more then part 2 but I highly recommend buying them both,popping some popcorn and enjoying the carnage.

Its weird to think that it was a full two years ago that Robert Hall unleashed his now cult status slasher flick, Laid To Rest, to the world. The film gave the new generation of horror fans what Pieces and The Prowler gave to the older generation: an unrelenting slasher film, full of all the gore and blood one could ask for. It also introduced us to Chromeskull. With his now-iconic mask and knives, he carved his way into the hearts of horror fans everywhere. Now, in 2011, we find ourselves back for seconds with CHROMESKULL: Laid To Rest 2. At the end of the first film, our villain (thought dead) was lying on the floor of a convenience store, face ripped off, head smashed in, as out heroine made her escape. picking up where that film left off, this sequel begins by showing us a secretive agency picking up the body of our killer in an attempt to save his life. We then meet our cast of old and new characters. Thomas Dekker, the highlight of the film for me, returns in a much larger role than in the first film. Brian Austin Green appears in what is likely the biggest role in the entire film, even more-so than chromeskull. He plays an employee at what is only referred to as "the agency" that seemingly revolves around the capture, chase, and killing of people, all recorded on tape. tired of being under-appreciated, Green's character decides he is fed up with the way he has been treated, and begins to take on the task of killing people while wearing the infamous Chromeskull mask. From there we get subplots involving the police investigation, and the story of a new girl whom the agency has picked for Chromeskull to stalk and kill. As far as slasher movies go, I doubt you will find a follow-up as good as this anytime soon. the sequel improved over the original in almost every way imaginable. The acting is far tighter in this with the addition of Green, Danielle Harris, and Owain Yeoman. The script also appears far tighter, with characters making far smarter, more logical decisions than in the previous film. Most of improved of all, of course, is the gore. without giving too much away, i will say this. You have never seen anything as brutal and unrelenting as the kills in this movie, fake snuff films not included. Disemblowments, decapitations, sliced off body parts, and more. its all there in glorious detail. Director Robert Hall seems to have decided that, after viewing the first film, that it simply was not disgusting and disturbing enough, opting for nearly double the body count of the original. There are a few drawbacks, however. While the main cast may be better than the last films, the supporting cast and a few very minor characters have some acting classes to take, particularly the female and sort of "second in command" police officers. Their performances simply take a lot from the viewing experience when they are on screen. Also, as Brian Collins of Horror Movie A Day pointed out, the kills are not quite as interesting. Aside from that, the basic presentation of the movie is not stellar but is not terrible, looking like a standard DTV film shot on video. All in all, if you enjoy horror movies, specifically slashers, and lots of blood, this is surely one to check out. Solid gore, direction, and performances make this one of the top 3 DTV horror films of the year. 8.5/10