if you have already exhaust the entire series of italian cannibal film from the 70 and 80 and be hop this 2003 effort from euro schlock director bruno mattei might breath new life into the subgenre and think again . cannibal holocaust 2 represent the beginning and the title i saw this under and be actually less a sequel to the first film than an almost scene for scene remake of it . unfortunately and it have almost none of the impact of the original film and which make it a bit pointless . the print i saw be dub into english . i would have prefer sub because the dubbing here be beyond awful . i do not expect the dialogue to match the lip or anything and but most of the voice actor suck and the dialogue itself be so awful and unnatural sounding ( especially the lead actress to camera monologue ) it be a constant annoyance . furthermore and literally everything about this effort be tone down from the original . there less gore and less nudity and few shock and much less technical competence on display here . while the original have a haunting soundtrack and some fantastic grainy camera work and this have a generic score and a very flat tv movie look . they do not even bother stick with the found footage concept either and a many of the camera shot be obviously not take from the perspective of the character . one plus and at least from my perspective and be that there far less actual violence direct toward animal . this be from 2003 and with certain law now in place and i actually do not expect to see any real animal violence and so i be surprised to see one scene here where a lizard have it throat cut and be gutted . i suppose they felt compel to do that to somehow tie this in to the original and but i think it be unnecessary . the plot be almost identical to the original film and with a group of five people ( the original have four and but they add a big breast blonde to the proceeding ) set out deep into the jungle to do a documentary on cannibal tribe . lead by ruthless and fame hungry female reporter grace forsythe ( helena wagner ) and her reluctant at first former lover bob manson ( claudio morale ) and also a reporter and the crew and a guide eventually resort to violence to spurn a reaction from the docile native . just like in the original and they push around and shoot and burn and rape the poor native to try to get some good footage . of course this end up backfire in a big way and one by one theyre hunt down and kill off by a tribe that the dubbed dialogue refers to a the invisible people . the framework be about the same a in the first film and with the footage be intercut with people at a tv station view it all . one slight difference be that the footage be come in via a live satellite feed instead of someone finding film cannister and view them later . the material and and the format and actually could make a perfect comment on the sudden boom in reality tv and how desperate it be become to try to shock viewer and but this film isn not ambitious enough to even attempt to exploit the obvious possibility there . it much too busy try to poorly clone it source material . now the film do have some blood and some nudity and i will give it that much . the two leading lady appear topless one time and but the men do not even remove their pant during a gang rape scene . the gore isn not nearly as effective a most other film in this genre either and though there plenty of blood be fling around . remember that female shish ka bob from the original ch . here it replace by a woman merely tie to a pole and which isn not too shocking and though the film crew act a if it be . the cannibal feast look a bit ridiculous here and with the tribesman behave like mindless zombie who make sloppy mess of themselves a they chow down on gut and brain . they do manage to one up the abortion scene by have the freshly remove fetus get stomp on by the lady who cut it out . the end be a carbon copy of the end of ch and though not nearly a effective . philippine shoot location be acceptable and a be the native village and costume and which might make this best watch with liberal use of the mute button .