The Skulls II

2002

Thriller

Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 24% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 3161 3.2K

Plot summary

After joining the Skulls, Ryan Sommers (Robin Dunne) is warned not to betray any secrets about the organization or its high-powered members. However, when Ryan witnesses a murder within the Skulls' private chambers, he finds that the closer he gets to revealing the truth - the more dangerous life becomes.



September 05, 2023 at 12:10 PM

Director

Joe Chappelle

Top cast

Lindy Booth as Kelly
Aaron Ashmore as Matt Hutchinson
Nathan West as Parker Neal
Robin Dunne as Ryan Sommers
720p.WEB
914.35 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Sherazade 5 / 10

Not Bad, Not Good either!

A young college co-ed seeks to join an all male fraternity following the death of her brother, as she also seeks the approval of her father who has never been anything but cold to her because of her gender. In her quest, she endangers the lives of every and any body who is close to her, including her best friend roommate as well as her boyfriend. When she is denied access into the cult, she threatens to take a civil action against the leaders and is granted temporary access to be tapped as an inductee. Someone on the inside certainly doesn't want this outside in there and so makes life extremely uncomfortable for the inductee as she makes her rounds, hoping to become a full fledge member. Things go terribly awry on campus when she makes it into the fraternity as its only female member.

Reviewed by Mister13 3 / 10

Sequel to a horrible movie offers more.

The premise of the Skulls and it's sequel is that we are looking at the inner workings of one of America's (fictional) secret societies.

Unfortunately because it is a sequel it will be compared to the original.

This film has the same premise as the first film. A young college student who is 'tapped' to become one of the elite of the elite, a problem crops up and there is a lot of running in fear for the life of our hero.

This installment offers up more sexual energy and more likable (and well played )dislikable characters, a few minor changes in casting could have been made. For instance the abundance of overly WASPish pretty boys. Without debating how ethnically diverse secret societies are, I'm sure all the younger members are not all pretty boys.

The story, what little of it was there, does turn the previous movie on it's ear, sort of. Which would have been more refreshing had it had the sence of suspense and wonder of the original and excluded the somewhat rushed-wanna-be-a-cool-plot-twist-but-wasn't ending. Make no mistake though, I am not saying that the first one had a lot of suspense, it just seemed to have more.Unfortunately the performances of the young actors could not bring this movie to life.

All in all, I would recommend it if you are not looking for much depth or story.If you're looking for a movie to satisfy look for something else. I would give it a 3 out of 10.

Reviewed by Platypuschow 5 / 10

The Skulls II: Improved sequel

Remember The Skulls (2002) one of a spate of "Cool" dramas that included Cruel Intentions (1999) and Anti-Trust (2001). I didn't think much of it, though I appreciated the concept I thought they dropped the ball.

So what do you do when you drop a ball? You pick it right back up again and that's what they did here.

With no real connection to the first movie they started afresh and maybe that was for the best. Starring Robin Dunne and Lindy Booth it's the same formula, just tweeked and done slightly better.

It tells the story of a young man getting initiated into the secret order known as The Skulls, a way for a young man to have a future full of guaranteed wealth, power and all the things that come with that.

But he starts to have suspicions about the order and what they do behind the scenes, leading to this passable thriller.

You won't find anything very original here but for what it is it's watchable enough but still hardly impressing me with The Skulls franchise.

One movie left, hopefully they kept improving.

The Good:

Lindy Booth

Passable plot

The Bad:

Seen it all before

Not exactly exanding the franchise

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Farting when a girl tickles you may not be as common as I try to make out

When running away from a car the most logical thing to do is run down the road as opposed to off to the side

Half the catering budget went to Aaron Ashmore

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