Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2

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Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2
Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
Written byTravis Campbell
Derek Dressler
Lloyd Kaufman
Gabriel Friedman
Doug Sakmann (additional material)
Produced byLloyd Kaufman
Michael Herz
StarringAsta Paredes
Catherine Corcoran
Zac Amico
Vito Trigo
Lloyd Kaufman
Lemmy
Debbie Rochon
CinematographyJustin Duval
Edited byTravis Campbell
Production
company
Distributed by FilmRise
Release dates
May 24, 2017 (Cannes Film Festival)
November 29, 2019 (North America)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 is a 2017 American science fiction comedy horror film, made by the cult classic B-movie production group Troma Entertainment. It is directed by Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman and is the fifth in the Nuke 'Em High film series.

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Plot

The film depicts the actions of a lesbian couple, Lauren (Catherine Corcoran) and her blogger girlfriend Chrissy (Asta Paredes). They must save Tromaville's Nuke 'Em High from the ongoing effects of the nuclear-sludge filled tacos from Tromorganic Foodstuffs, while also trying to keep their illicit love affair from being unmasked.

Cast

Production

A majority of the fifth film was shot concurrently with the fourth film, Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 . Principal photography began in August 2012 and finished in September 2012. [1] However, the film suffered an extended post-production period. In June 2015, Troma launched a crowdfunding campaign and raised $63,615 for post-production costs. [2]

Release

The sequel premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017 with some slight controversy as Kaufman stated Troma employees were "slapped around and arrested by thugs in suits joined by police" while promoting the film. [3] The film had its American debut with a Los Angeles premiere on March 8, 2018 at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills, California. [4]

Prior to its home video debut, Troma allowed fans a three-day digital rental of the movie online for $4.99 in February 2019. The movie released on Blu-ray on November 12, 2019. [5]

Reception

Reviews were generally positive with nearly all noting the film's various excesses. Writing of the 2017 Cannes premiere, Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com said "Kaufman delivers everything exploitation fans want: full frontal nudity, duck rape, mutant monsters, oodles of blood and gore, a fat man with a Prince Albert genital piercing, and more" and that this film "might be Kaufman's angriest polemic yet, and it's consequently his looniest." [6] Katie Walsh of The Los Angeles Times stated one had to admire "Kaufman for staying so committed to sensational, offensive exploitation filmmaking." [7] Film Threat gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and called it "Troma’s most manic magnum opus yet" that could be considered "the all too meta, fourth wall breaking, asylum wall destroying amalgamation of everything Kaufman has been working towards in his career." [8] Glenn Kenny of The New York Times called the film a "putrid but at times oddly amiable exercise" that "offers a relentless barrage of toilet humor, haphazard film parodies and gore effects that are no less repellent for being unconvincing." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Troma wraps principal photography on Return to Nuke 'Em High". Troma.com. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  2. ↑ ""Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 2" by Troma Entertainment". Kickstarter . Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Troma Head Lloyd Kaufman Calls Cannes 'Fascist,' Vows to Never Return to Festival". indiewire.com. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  4. ↑ "MEET LLOYD! – West Coast Premiere of "Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol.2" at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills, CA!". lloydkaufman.com. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  5. ↑ "Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 - 2 Blu-ray Set". Amazon. 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  6. ↑ "Cannes 2017: "A Prayer Before Dawn," "The Merciless". rogerebert.com. 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  7. ↑ "Review: Lloyd Kaufman and Troma are back with 'Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High a.k.a. Vol. 2'". Los Angeles Times . 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  8. ↑ "Review: 'Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High a.k.a. Vol. 2'". filmthreat.com. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  9. ↑ "'Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High A.K.A. Vol. 2' Review: Troma Is Back, Icky as Ever". The New York Times . 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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