Controversy with the MPAA Hatchet II
adam green had had problem mpaa on original hatchet. “with first hatchet, had epic battle ratings board,” says. “they kept giving movie nc-17. there absolutely no way movie should have gotten nc-17. gore in ridiculous , over-the-top can’t take seriously. terrible, terrible loss when hatchet came out in theaters. none of fun stuff people had been reading 2 years in movie anymore. mpaa notoriously hard on independent movies. it’s money thing them. studios pay salaries, they’re willing let things slide studio movies. 1 of examples use hills have eyes remake [which distributed fox searchlight]. i’m not slamming these movies — them. hills have eyes got r-rating, , victor crowley chasing belt sander got nc-17. how possibly fair? it’s sham. whole thing sham.” however, sequel, dark sky films made deal amc theatres organize unrated release in 68 theatres across , canada. widest release of unrated horror film since 1978 dawn of dead. within hours, movie started vanishing various theatres. within couple of days, gone altogether. green called foul , claims amc had given in mpaa, supposedly pressuring them. 1 of reasons claim fact hatchet ii, first film pulled in such short space of time, happened widestly theatrically-released unrated horror film in 25 years, while other films performing worse financially, such chain-letter, allowed stay. green expressed concerns “a marked man”, in terms of relationship mpaa. “it’s bad,” says director. “i know they’re going out blood me. , ratings board, i’m sure, we’re not going business , they’re going everybody, ‘you see happens when don’t play our rules?’”.
when dvd released, r-rated cut had on 2 minutes of gore removed. included entire death scenes. unrated release released.
reception
hatchet ii has received negative reviews critics. based on 33 reviews collected rotten tomatoes, film has overall 36% approval rating critics, consensus stating funnier , more gleefully gory slasher sequels, hatchet ii aims so-bad-it s-good territory, can t quite hack it. comparison, metacritic, assigns normalized rating out of 100 reviews mainstream critics, film has received average score of 49, based on 11 reviews. adam green has said entry in series favourite.
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