Contracted: Phase II

I kind of liked the first Contracted and now got to see the second part too. I watched both tonight in a row.

I was a bit skeptical towards the idea of a sequel. First it was a girl who got a disease and when I noticed that there's a sequel where a guy gets the same thing, I wondered if there's any chance for it to be good. Will the character's gender be enough material to create something new?

To my surprise the sequel does not only do the same story over but adds new twists to the plot. There's a crime thriller element (think of Seven) that adds more excitement.

I think the first part was more "fun" and entertaining as a horror film, and my personal favorite, but the sequel was more genuinely scary and thrilling. Well... also the fact that I watched it when the corona virus pandemic is on the news every day, it kind of made watching this movie a bit heavy.

As a sequel Contacted Phase II is quite good. It continues the story but adds also new ideas and brings the thrill to a new level. If you still have appetite for movies about deadly viruses, well, check it out. Watch both parts in a row like I did, and have nice 3 hours of rotting bodies.

I liked the first one, so I was thinking the sequel would be tired. Although it didn't totally introduce anything nee, it was really enjoyable to watch. Holy cow, it was gross. There were up in your face gross out moments where you need to look away. But can't. But should.

Acting was pretty good, storyline was direct continuation of the first one, and they did it nicely. Don't expect it to be better than the first, but if you liked the first, then you'll like this.

I was a big fan of the 2013 "Contracted" movie by director Eric England, and thus I was really anxious to see the continuation of the movie as the first movie left us with on a cliffhanger.

Right, well I must admit that my expectations were shot down quite fast here at the hands of director Josh Forbes. Whomever wrote the script for the sequel clearly weren't as intense in their creative writing as those working on the first movie.

This 2015 sequel was at best a mediocre movie that fumbled and stumbled all around as it tried to pick up the cliffhanger of the 2013 movie and then turned it into something that was nowhere as interesting or intense as the first movie. No, they took a very good idea and mashed it into something that was laughable and generic at best.

While the movie does continue on from where the first movie left, then the storyline in "Contracted: Phase II" just was a scrambled mess of trying to show more infections in people and trying to piece in some background of how this infection came into being at all.

The background story was just ludicrous, and it was actually infuriating that they opted for such a ridiculous approach to it all. Especially because it just unraveled everything that the first movie had built up so well.

It should be said that the effects in "Contracted: Phase II" are adequate, and they are actually the thing that keeps the movie afloat and saves it from sliding down into a level of being less than mediocre. But effects can only do so much, especially when the storyline is taking a nosedive.

The acting in "Contracted: Phase II" wasn't the most memorable of performances, and it certainly wasn't fully up to level with what was seen in the first movie. Perhaps it was because of the ludicrous storyline and script, because I do believe that the actors and actresses were doing fair enough jobs.

"Contracted: Phase II" is a very dissatisfying sequel, and somehow I wish that I hadn't seen it, because it really was a laughable movie, and it tainted everything built up by the first movie.

I will actually go as far as to say that watching "Contracted: Phase II" is definitely not a must, because letting the 2013 movie hang on a cliffhanger is a much more worthy ending to it. I was sorely disappointed with this movie, but stuck with it to the end to see it finished. And anything even remotely zombie is of interest to me.

"Contracted: Phase II" manages to land a very mediocre five out of ten stars rating from me.

If you have seen the original, you kind of know where this is going. And I will continue as if you have seen it. This time around it's a man who has the issue. The viewer might have a different issue though: We go through almost all the same things we did in part 1. Then again, why change a winning formula? Exactly, if you can "continue" something by adding to it.

The acting is OK and one can generally say that if you liked the first movie, the same will be true for this one. Predictibility aside, this has its fair share of moments that will freak you out, something the first one was able to do to. There are "contracted" movies that actually have major issues, so I guess we should be thankful for the better ones

Now I get that when you like someone you're willing to put up with a little bit, but Riley bless him, it's fair to say Samantha wasn't looking her best when he made out with her, it's all i'm saying, everyone around poor Samantha was a little dense.

The sequel in some ways is a step up from the original, even more scenes to shock and gross you out, but as a film it's done on a much bigger scale, the first one was fairly insular, the second is similar but on a much bigger scale. It does somewhat turn into the typical Zombie movie, shocks, gore, cops etc, but it's worth watching.

It picks up exactly where the last one left off, after Sam infected Riley it concentrates on his story, his degeneration and battle to save himself and expose what's caused it. The scenes of Riley's degeneration are gross, don't have a hot dog watching this movie.

It's not on the Christmas wish list, but if this is your kind of film, you'll enjoy it to a point, i think we were left knowing that there'll be a third. 6/10

The moral, never lie to your Doctor!!