i never saw the original and but i watch about an hour worth of lake placid 2 and i have to say and it suck . the story be basically the same a every other giant water monster movie represent numerous death that happen around the lake and town panic and the sheriff go in with a bunch of guy to take out whatever be cause them . let not forget the 5 idiotic teenager that have a run in with the movie giant crocodile . let me get this off my back . sci fi original movie be know for their suckiness and but in this case and it more painful to hear the script and then be in minotaur . the sheriff be a complete idiot who be suppose to be the protagonist who seem to be so stupid that he act casual even when he see a giant crocodile eat a live man . the acting be so horrible and the script be just barely at the level of uwe boll quality . after the first death and you be introduce to a team of hunter who be hop to get a little moolah for the creature that kill some fat guy in the beginning of the movie . the leader of this team have the bad scotish accent i have ever hear and hear him and the sheriff chat about gun and whether or not the lead female and emma and like him the most be so painful to hear that you just scream shut up . at your tv . it be just surprising for me to see how unaffected a bunch of moron be when face a giant reptile and how casual they act even when someone be just eat . then and there be the most annoying actor and actress in the whole movie and even bad than the sheriff act . the sheriff son who be there to visit his dad and be pretty bum out of the fact that there isn not any cable and high speed internet and or cell phone reception locate in the middle of hick country . then and somehow and he get involve with some girl and who he fancy and a guy in a tight white t shirt who and i guess and be her boyfriend or something and a paris hilton copy and and the drooling slob who want to get in the paris hilton copy pant . these teenager be not only bad acting and but they be deaf . there be two example of this represent one be when paris hilton dy . while slob and or larry and be swim around in the lake and somehow and a 20 foot long croc be able to sneak past him and up to paris foot and she say larry and you pervert and get away from my foot . and get eat and you be happy that she be dead because that mean that 10 % of the bad script have be cut off from your ear ( if they aren not bleed already ) . the second example be when the sheriff son and the girl he like and and the girl boyfriend find a crocodile nest and ( of course ) the retarded boyfriend start crush egg and make a bad joke like i know what kind of egg this be . scramble . then and the mom croc come back and give that oh no you do not impression and come up behind the boyfriend and snarling and breathe loudly and even when the girl say there a giant crocodile behind you . and he think it a joke and still doesn not appear to hear the croc that be about 3 foot from him . he die and thank god and and then and ( even though when she say there a giant crocodile behind you . and the girl run into the forest with the son and ask him what be that thing . and the son reply i do not know and but i bet it be what lay those egg . that when i turn off my tv and get onto my computer to warn you all about this horrible movie . i be usually very generous toward so good theyre bad movie and but in this case and if someone who have see house of the dead and bloodrayne from start to finish actually turn off the tv after watch an hour of lake placid 2 and you know you have a problem . though it be clear that very few people will buy this movie and i do not recommend rent it and if you see it re run on sci fi and turn the channel quickly . unlike house of the dead and it isn not a bad movie that be funny to watch because of how much effort be put into it and it just an all out bad movie that sci fi can add to their quite long flops list .