Synopsis
When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive.
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Cast
- Ray WiseJack Taggart, Sr.
- Jonathan BreckThe Creeper
- Nicki AycoxMinxie Hayes
- Eric NenningerScott 'Scotty' Braddock
- Marieh DelfinoRhonda Truitt
- Al SantosDante Belasco
- Tom TarantiniCoach Dwayne Barnes
- Josh HammondJake Spencer
- Luke EdwardsJack Taggart, Jr.
- Garikayi MutambirwaDeaundre 'Double D' Davis
Recommendations
- 70
L.A. Weekly
There's greater consistency to it, and considerably more humor, with macabre slapstick and fun-house ghoulishness that, at their best, recall early Tim Burton. - 60
Chicago Reader
The tag here is more silly than haunting, but this is still a pretty wild ride, with a fine, knife-wielding score by Bennett Salvay. - 60
Variety
Substantially better than its predecessor, even while staying strictly within the genre's well-defined boundaries. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Would be a completely routine horror movie, except that it has a superior director. Watch this film for five minutes, and it's clear that Victor Salva knows how to make movies. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
The film delivers a few slick thrills before beaching itself on an ending that would be chilling if its depiction of unimaginable horror's lingering legacy weren't so muddled. - 38
Boston Globe
It plays better as exasperating comedy than genuine horror -- although there is something terrifying about being stuck in a movie whose idea of a bogeyman is a scarecrow with an eating disorder. - 38
New York Post
There are a few good jolts - and a moderate amount of spurting blood - but things pretty much proceed exactly as you think they will. - 38
New York Daily News
There are some nicely gory touches for genre connoisseurs...But JC2 lacks the all-important character development we got in the first installment.
