Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2

2017 American science-fiction horror comedy film by Lloyd Kaufman

  • Travis Campbell
  • Derek Dressler
  • Lloyd Kaufman
  • Gabriel Friedman
  • Doug Sakmann (additional material)
Produced by
  • Lloyd Kaufman
  • Michael Herz
Starring
  • Asta Paredes
  • Catherine Corcoran
  • Zac Amico
  • Vito Trigo
  • Lloyd Kaufman
  • Lemmy
  • Debbie Rochon
CinematographyJustin DuvalEdited byTravis Campbell
Production
company
Troma Entertainment
Distributed byFilmRise
Release dates
  • May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29) (North America)
Running time
85 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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.

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

  • Asta Paredes as Chrissy
  • Catherine Corcoran as Lauren
  • Vito Trigo as Leonardo
  • Clay von Carlowitz as Eugene
  • Zac Amico as Zac
  • Lemmy as The President
  • Lloyd Kaufman as Lee Harvey Herzkauf
  • Ron Jeremy as God
  • Monique Dupree as Shower Girl
  • Nadia White as Lacey

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]

References

  1. ^ "Troma wraps principal photography on Return to Nuke 'Em High". Troma.com. September 22, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  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. June 13, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  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. March 8, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 - 2 Blu-ray Set". Amazon. September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "Cannes 2017: "A Prayer Before Dawn," "The Merciless". rogerebert.com. May 27, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "Review: Lloyd Kaufman and Troma are back with 'Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High a.k.a. Vol. 2'". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  8. ^ "Review: 'Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High a.k.a. Vol. 2'". filmthreat.com. March 9, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  9. ^ "'Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High A.K.A. Vol. 2' Review: Troma Is Back, Icky as Ever". The New York Times. April 25, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

External links

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