A group of folks head into the West Virginia backwoods to shoot a pilot for a Survivor-esque reality show hosted by a retired Marine (Henry Rollins). The premise is you are trying to survive a nuclear apocalypse, but that turns out to be the least of the problems for the contestants as they encounter some real life hillbilly mutants. I saw the original Wrong Turn (2003) in the theater and remember very little about it. I knew they made a couple of sequels, but had no idea they were up to six (!) entries. So this is the series I'm plowing through this month. This starts out really rough as nearly all of the characters are annoying, but once the action starts it gets a little better. Director Joe Lynch fills it with gore and it is cool to see Rollins go Rambo on the family. Unfortunately, there is some of the worst shaky-cam known to man during any of the attack scenes. Lynch tries to riff on the famous The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) dinner scene to no effect. He also offers us a hillbilly birth, masturbation, and sex scene that I'm sure the world didn't need. There are a couple of interesting moments and I appreciated a swerve regarding who the lead is. That said, if this series is just going to be non-stop deformed hillbillies killing random people, I might be in for a long journey.
Review of Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
