Wolf Creek 2 2013

Tom Long, Detroit News: "Wolf Creek 2" is gory, disturbing, inventive, twisted and rather well made. Read more

Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com: As well made as it is, it would be great to see what McLean could do if he were free from genre conventions and could put his many talents to use in a movie not built around beheadings and dismemberments. Read more

Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times: Ultimately the sequel's raisons d'etre seem to be emulating superior movies, from "Deliverance" to "Joy Ride" to "Saw." Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Mick has been reimagined as a chortling, xenophobic butcher who enjoys a singalong of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" and dismembers his victims with the help of Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces." Read more

Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer: A fast-moving, lean killing machine that will delight genre fans. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: This Creek has run dry. Read more

Scott Bowles, USA Today: While Creek has some notable frights reminiscent of the 2005 original, this version tries too hard to create a franchise-able serial killer from Down Under, a Mad Max with a machete. Read more

Pete Vonder Haar, Village Voice: Wolf Creek 2 merely offers more of the same casual brutality. The only shocking (and depressing) part is how inured to it moviegoers have become. Read more