LAKE PLACID 2, a straight-to-video follow-up to a lame comedy/horror movie that I absolutely hated, is actually far more fun than it has any right to be. That's because this is a B-movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, while all the while offering up a reasonable quotient of nudity and cheesy gore effects to satisfy the most jaded of viewers.In this film, residents of a local town are flummoxed when not one, not two, but three, giant crocodiles begin terrorising them from a local lake. Given that this is a low budget production, what it boils down to is a bunch of character roaming the woods and lakeside and getting bumped off one by one by some extremely dodgy-looking CGI effects.As a whole, LAKE PLACID 2 is shoddily made and there seems to be an awful lot of continuity errors that crept their way into the production. Watch out for the awful-looking CGI plane that randomly disappears in one shot, and one guy's gun changing type in another. The acting is expectedly bad - including from the guy playing the Sheriff, John Schneider, a one-time heart-throb for his leading role in THE DUKES OF HAZZARD - but the effects are even worse, even by genre standards. Still, the cheesy gore effects count for something, and there are a ton of bimbo actresses willing to strip off for guys who like that stuff.

While it certainly is not one of the best movies, I liked it. It provided laughs and frightened outbursts along with an occasional "Oh my God". I think if you liked the first one you should like this one too. (and number three) This movie has plot connections to the first Lake Placid that were a plus and some of the people from the first movie show up here. For those who like the blood and guts, you will find those here too. We laughed a lot as we guessed who the next victim would be. When compared to the first Lake Placid, number two falls short as most sequels do, I have to agree but I did not find it disappointing as some reviewers did. I will watch it again.

"Lake Placid 2", in my opinion, has to be one of the worst sci-fi films ever made on the face of the Earth. It is a waste of a person's time and money. As a matter of fact, I did get around to viewing the first "Lake Placid" movie that was made all the way back in the year of 1999. Personally, since it was, in fact a sci-fi horror/comedy flick, I thought it was okay. Definitely not perfect, but okay nonetheless. Now, why on Earth anyone would ever want to make a sequel to it is just beyond me. The biggest regret I've ever made in my life is watching it on the Sci-Fi Channel on TV because I wanted to check it out. Boy, was I ever stupid to waste 1 hour and 30 minutes of my life that I'll never get back.Here are my "Top 5" reasons why this movie, "Lake Placid 2" was so bad and should not be worth viewing.1) The actors. The acting is so atrocious, it's not even funny. Hell, why would you even put John Schneider in a movie like this? He didn't give a very good performance either as did all the other lame and pathetic actors in this movie.2) The plot. The plot is so unoriginal, it's been done so many times in other movies already. This is it: "A local sheriff must stop four crocodiles from wreaking havoc on a small town." 3) The special effects. They try to make the crocodiles look like gigantic dinosaurs in this movie. Believe it, right into the beginning, one of the crocodiles is able to pull a man off a boat and right into the water. Then, when the man's friend tries to help pull him back up, the crocodile comes in and eats him completely, just leaving out his arm and leg. So, basically, he eats the guy in just one bite. Give me a freakin' break! 4) The action. Now, don't get me wrong. A lot of people do get eaten and killed by the crocodiles in this movie, but overall, there's very little action throughout and it can also get boring very quickly.5) The filmmakers. These people have done such a poor job on this movie, that not only did they embarrass the actors, but they also embarrassed themselves. Especially the director and writers of this movie. The dialogue was very corny, and sometimes I found myself having to turn up the volume because I couldn't hear a word they were saying. Hell, even the director was making decisions of his own in this movie. It seems that every 5 or 10 minutes that pass in the movie, after someone has already got eaten by the crocodiles, then another person does, and then after that, another person gets eaten. So, it's like a pattern where all the people get killed first and then the crocodiles get killed second. Good lord! So, these are my 5 reasons why "Lake Placid 2", in my opinion, is one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made. I seriously do not know what these people were thinking when they made this miserable pile of crap. And get this, you think it's bad enough that they already did one sequel to the first "Lake Placid", they freakin' made another one, "Lake Placid 3" in 2010! And that one has also been getting bad reviews just like this one. I'm not even going to attempt to watch that one, knowing how bad the people have been saying it is. Do yourself a favor, and just watch the first "Lake Placid", and not any of the other poorly bad-made sequels.

This is far and away, one of, if not the worst movie I have ever watched... I say watched, as I had to stop half an hour in as it was so bad, I couldn't stand to watch any more! I enjoyed the first one, but this was just absolute gash; it seemed that they tried to copy the characters from the original movie (which was enjoyable enough) with newer, different versions- and they failed miserably. It seems that a lot of the movie has been dubbed for some reason(?) and that the cast have been told to act as badly as they possibly can- which they have all excelled at spectacularly! I can't deride this movie- and its terrible CGI/Special(!) effects enough. 30 minutes of my life that I'll never get back! On the plus side, at least I didn't watch it all!!! Shockingly bad!