The film is a unique take on the classic horror movie structure, turning it on its head over and over again. It replicates tropes while providing new perspectives. The “final girl” phenomenon is executed with poise.
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight is suspenseful, gruesome, and unexpected, weaving a story that hasn’t been seen before where the victims are profoundly conscious of their own situation.
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2 will take place just a few hours or so after the end of the first film. It is very different. It’s much darker and features less comedy. What it has instead is a very slow build (not a good thing) and some absolutely crazy developments (which is very good).
Continue reading our Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2 movie review below and find it on Netflix now.
Yow Can Get Relevant with the first part of the Movie
Since Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2 continues immediately after the first movie, a re-watch of the first movie would be a good thing. I did not watch the first movie again and was a bit confused at first when forced to remember the events quickly.
I mean, we don’t even get a quick little recap of any kind, which would definitely have been a good thing.
Instead, we see the two very obese and strangely possessed killers from the first movie in jail. In the cell next to them is one of the survivors from the “offline camp” that served as the backdrop for the first movie. Camp Adrenalin does also serve as the backdrop for quite a lot of the action in this sequel.
Alien romance meets horror slasher
If you worry about watching a movie in Polish, then maybe I can offer a few words of encouragement here. For starters, there isn’t that much dialogue in Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2 because this is a horror slasher. Also, the final third of the movie becomes a sort of alien romance story.
But in a truly crazy way. Think Natural Born Killers but with aliens in the starring roles. And these aliens also speak an alien language, which means nobody on Planet Earth understands. Don’t worry though, there are subtitles.
And also, you’ll witness these aliens having sex and talking about motives for killing. Honestly, I loved this sick and twisted development of the story. I just didn’t like that the first hour or so was way too slow in its build-up.
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2 Story
Adam, the film’s protagonist, is a young, lonely and unhappy police officer from a small village in the Polish region of Podlasie. Given the cold shoulder by his peers and the beautiful and self-assured Vanessa, the shy young man searches for his place in the world. In this sequel, we also discover the fate of Zosia, who reveals an entirely new and unexpected side of herself.
Over all Thoughts Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2
While we all are actually a rather big fan of Polish Netflix productions, this isn’t their strongest. Still, the production quality and surprises in plot development definitely do lend an upper hand to an otherwise weak sequel.
In all fairness, I do love the camp and kitschy horror comedies. The first one gave me exactly that, so how could I not be disappointed when the sequel offers something completely different. If you liked the first one, then be sure to check out Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2 on Netflix and just have fun with it for the 96 minutes it lasts.
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