Meat Market 2

Meat Market 2
Meat Market 2
Directed by	Brian Clement
Written by	Brian Clement
Starring	Claire Westby; Alison Therriault; Stephan Eng; Terra Thomsen; Rob Nesbitt; Chuck Depape; Dustan Roberts; Dave Krawchuck;
Edited by	Brian Clement
Music by	Justin Hagberg
Production; company	Frontline Films
Distributed by	Sub Rosa Studios
Release date	October 27, 2001;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Meat Market 2 is a 2001 Canadian horror film directed and written by Brian Clement. It stars Claire Westby, Alison Therriault, and Stephan Eng as zombie hunters who discover a safe haven run by an authoritarian cult leader. It is the sequel to Clement's 2000 film Meat Market and is followed by Meat Market 3.

Plot

Argenta, her vampire friend Nemesis, and a fellow survivor named Ferriden arrive at a safe haven run by Bill Wilhelm, who requires the people he shelters to surrender their freedom. Wilhelm wants to recruit Argenta, but he does not care for her companions. Nemesis is seemingly executed and Ferriden turned over to mad scientists in the compound. When Nemesis returns for vengeance, zombies attack the inhabitants and kill Wilhelm.

Cast

Claire Westby as Argenta
Alison Therriault as Nemesis
Stephen Eng as Ferriden
Terra Thomsen as Lt. Janet Habsburg
Rob Nesbitt as Bill Wilhelm
Chuck Depape as Dr. Gehlen
Dave Krawchuck as Dr. Hubbard
Dustan Roberts as The Chef

Release

Sub Rosa Studios released the film in a bundle with Meat Market, the first film, in January 2007.^[1]

Reception

Mike Bracken of IGN called the film watchable, especially considering its budget, but he criticized the weak social commentary and slow pacing.^[2] Beyond Hollywood wrote that the film panders too much to fans of gore films while ignoring the story.^[3] Commenting on the number of zombies and excessive gore, Peter Dendle wrote in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia that the franchise "traffics in quantity over quality."^[4]