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'{{Infobox film | name = Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed | image = Ginger Snaps2 Unleashed film.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Brett Sullivan | producer = {{plainlist| * [[Steve Hoban]] * Paula Devonshire * [[Grant Harvey]] }} | writer = Megan Martin | based on = {{basedon|Characters|[[Karen Walton]]<br />[[John Fawcett (director)|John Fawcett]]}} | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Emily Perkins]] * [[Tatiana Maslany]] * [[Eric Johnson (actor)|Eric Johnson]] * [[Janet Kidder]] * [[Katharine Isabelle]] * [[Brendan Fletcher]] }} | music = [[Kurt Swinghammer]] | cinematography = {{plainlist| * Gavin Smith * Henry Less }} | editing = Michele Conroy | distributor = [[Lionsgate Films]] | released = {{Film date|2004|01|30}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = $3.5 million<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=gingersnaps2.htm|title=Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=2014-10-02}}</ref> | gross = $80,372 (US)<ref name=mojo/> }} ''''' Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed''''' (also known as '''''Ginger Snaps II''''' or '''''Ginger Snaps: Unleashed''''') is a 2004 Canadian [[horror film|horror]] film. It is a [[sequel]] to ''[[Ginger Snaps (film)|Ginger Snaps]]'' (2000) and the second installment in the ''Ginger Snaps'' series, written by Megan Martin and directed by Brett Sullivan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/data/production/prod_2750.asp?lang=en&c=1|title=Ginger Snaps: The Sequel|work=[[Telefilm Canada]]|accessdate=2014-10-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050922010324/http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/data/production/prod_2750.asp?lang=en&c=1|archivedate=2005-09-22}}</ref> A prequel, ''[[Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning]]'', was filmed back-to-back with ''Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed'' and was also released in 2004. [[John Fawcett (director)|John Fawcett]], director of the first film, was the executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/features/2333/|title=Canadian Classicks: "Ginger Snaps"...Again and Again|last=McDonald|first=Mariko|work=[[Film Threat]]|date=2009-06-08|accessdate=2014-10-02}}</ref> ==Plot== After the events of the first film, Brigitte Fitzgerald uses monkshood extract to fight the effects of the lycanthropy that transformed her sister into a werewolf. Brigitte shaves her body, cuts her arm with a scalpel, and logs the data about her healing ability. Ginger, her dead sister, appears as an apparition and warns her that monkshood is only a treatment, not a cure. After Brigitte injects a second dose of monkshood, she senses the presence of a male werewolf that has been stalking her. She quickly packs and open the door, only to find Jeremy, a flirtatious librarian who has brought to her several books she attempted to check out earlier. The second injection causes toxic shock, and Jeremy attempts to bring her to the hospital; however, the male werewolf mauls him to death. Brigitte stumbles down the street and collapses in the snow. Brigitte wakes in a rehab clinic, from which she unsuccessfully attempts to escape. She pleads to be released, but Alice, the clinic's director, refuses; however, Brigitte palms a piece of glass to measure her healing rate. Tyler, a worker at the clinic, offers to trade monkshood for sexual favors, which she declines. As her healing rate accelerates, so does her rate of transformation. Ginger continues to appear, taunting Brigitte as she experiences growing cravings for sex and murder, as did Ginger previously. During a group therapy session, Brigitte fantasizes about being instructed to lie on the floor and masturbate; a vision of Ginger jolts her back to reality, and her palm is revealed to be covered in hair. Later, depressed, she holds the shard of glass to her throat in front of a mirror, but she does not kill herself. While at the clinic, a girl named Ghost – the granddaughter of Barbara, a severe burn victim at the hospital – shadows Brigitte and realizes her secret. Ghost slips Brigitte a werewolf comic book and begins to question her about lycanthropy. When Ghost notices that Brigitte's ears have become pointed, Brigitte cuts off the tips. Ghost attempts to slip Brigitte more monkshood, but Tyler prevents it. In despair at her rate of transformation, Brigitte allows Tyler to inject her. After the male werewolf tracks Brigitte to the clinic, she and Ghost plan their escape. They crawl through air vents to reach the basement, where they encounter Beth-Ann, an addict who traded sex for drugs. The male werewolf kills and drags away Beth-Ann, and Brigitte is wounded after she burns the beast in a crematorium; however, her wounds heal almost instantly. Ghost drives them to Barbara's house and explains that Barbara fell asleep with her bedtime cigarette. After they sleep and Brigitte eats a hunted deer, they arrange a meeting at a gas station with Tyler to procure more monkshood. When Brigitte wanders in the gas station, she discovers the attendant has been slain. Tyler arrives, and, when they return Barbara's house, Brigitte's body rejects the monkshood. Worried, Tyler calls Alice. Ghost tricks Brigitte into thinking that Tyler abused her, and Brigitte locks Tyler outside, where the werewolf kills him. Alice arrives, and Ghost attacks her with Barbara's hunting rifle. When Brigitte realizes that Barbara is not a smoker, she aggressively pins Ghost against the wall and argues with her; she realizes that Tyler did not abuse Ghost, and Ghost herself burnt Barbara. Alice attempts to take Ghost with her, but retreats to the attic once the werewolf breaks in through a window. Brigitte, whose transformation is almost complete, lures the werewolf into a room. Brigitte stabs him while Ghost distracts the werewolf. The werewolf bites Brigitte, and, as they struggle, they both fall into the basement, where the werewolf is impaled on a trapped mattress. Ghost hits Alice with a hammer, and a weakened Brigitte begs Ghost to kill her before the transformation completes. Instead, Ghost locks her in the basement and illustrates a comic book that depicts herself as a powerful warrior with a werewolf pet. Ghost narrates that Brigitte is getting stronger and is waiting to be unleashed on her enemies. As the film ends, Ghost prepares to welcome Barbara home. ==Cast== * [[Emily Perkins]] as Brigitte Fitzgerald * [[Tatiana Maslany]] as Ghost * [[Eric Johnson (actor)|Eric Johnson]] as Tyler * [[Janet Kidder]] as Alice Severson * [[Brendan Fletcher]] as Jeremy * [[Katharine Isabelle]] as Ginger Fitzgerald * Susan Adam as Barbara * Chris Fassbender as Luke * [[Pascale Hutton]] as Beth-Ann * [[Michelle Beaudoin]] as Winnie * David McNally as Marcus * [[Patricia Idlette]] as Dr. Brookner ==Release== ''Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed'' was released in Canadian theaters on 30 January 2004, and Lionsgate released it on home video in the United States on 13 April 2004.<ref name=bloody>{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/108676/ginger-snaps-ii-unleashed-2/|title=Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed|last=Miska|first=Brad|work=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|date=2004-10-22|accessdate=2014-10-02}}</ref> ==Reception== [[Rotten Tomatoes]], a [[review aggregator]], reports that 88% of 17 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 6.6/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ginger_snaps_2_unleashed/|title=Ginger Snaps 2 - Unleashed (2004)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> Dennis Harvey of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that it "keeps most cliches at bay, and actually is less formulaic, even if storytelling and [performances] remain uneven."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/ginger-snaps-ii-unleashed-1200534018/|title=Review: 'Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed'|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2004-04-13|accessdate=2014-10-02}}</ref> Liam Lacey of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' wrote, "Though less original and satiric than the original, and more decorated with gore and prank scares, the movie maintains the previous film's mordant tone."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/ginger-snaps-ii-unleashed/article1126820/|title=Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed|last=Lacey|first=Liam|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=2004-01-30|accessdate=2014-10-02}}</ref> Brad Miska of [[Bloody Disgusting]] rated it 2.5/5 stars and called it "a major letdown" that "is an enjoyable film, yet nothing to get all psyched about."<ref name=bloody/> [[Ernest Mathijs]], in his book ''John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps'', wrote that the sequel is "more radical and nihilist". He identifies the major themes as [[self-harm]], [[drug addiction]], and deconstruction of the themes explored in the first film.<ref>{{cite book|title=John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps|last=Mathijs|first=Ernest|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]|isbn=9781442615670|year=2013|pages=118–119|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RW-1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA118}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title|0353489}} * {{AllRovi movie|287488}} * {{rotten Tomatoes|ginger_snaps_2_unleashed}} * [http://www.ginger-snaps.com/unleashed/home.htm ''Ginger Snaps 2'' on Ginger-Snaps.com] {{Ginger Snaps}} [[Category:2004 films]] [[Category:2004 horror films]] [[Category:2000s drama films]] [[Category:2000s teen films]] [[Category:Canadian films]] [[Category:Canadian horror films]] [[Category:Canadian drama films]] [[Category:Canadian teen films]] [[Category:Directorial debut films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Films shot in Edmonton]] [[Category:Werewolves in film]] [[Category:2000s sequel films]] [[Category:Hospital films]] [[Category:Ginger Snaps films]] [[Category:Lions Gate Entertainment films]]'