And yes, what you’ve heard is true: even the dog has a flashback sequence. The script is heavy with padding, including innumerable flashbacks to the previous entry. It was obviously phoned in, as it abandons all the tension and desert brutality of the first film in favor of rather mundane slasher theatrics. Craven had no real desire to make this movie, but cranked it out in order to secure financing for the projects that he was passionate about.
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In a predictable series of events, Ruby and the team find themselves stranded in the desert, at the mercy of everyone’s favorite desert rat Pluto and his newcomer uncle Reaper. But seeing as how his girlfriend is Ruby, a reformed-member of the clan that butchered his family, maybe that’s the penance she must pay. With his PTSD flaring up, he stays home to weep and sends his girlfriend in his stead-not exactly a gentlemanly act. Unfortunately, said race is out in the desert, only a stone’s throw away from where it all went down last time. Truly a classic of the genre.Ĭarter family survivor Bobby has grown up and attempted to move on with his life: he’s the owner of a motocross racing team, and the inventor of some new “super fuel” that is primed to make him a fortune… if he can demonstrate it at the next race.
Craven’s early reliance on booby traps is evident here, but it hadn’t yet become a tired trademark. Another stroke of brilliance was the inclusion of a travel trailer, allowing Craven to incorporate elements of home invasion, even out in the middle of nowhere. The locations are used smartly, and the desert by day is a wholly different animal than the desert by night. It’s brutal and unflinching in its depiction of violence, though we spend a few too many moments alone with the cannibals for them to be as effectively frightening as they ought to be. It’s an examination of the lengths to which man will go in order to survive, and how quickly one will leave civility behind.
In short order, this family is ambushed by another one, a freakshow clan of cannibals who are much better armed than they. Despite being warned away by the proprietor of Fred’s Oasis, the sole sign of civilization in the area, Big Bob drives his family deeper into the sunbaked wasteland, only to become stranded when the vehicle breaks down.
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Wes Craven’s survivalist take on the Sawney Bean legend has the Carter family (lead by burly Big Bob) traveling through the Nevada desert.
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