Warning: This review contains some explicit language and spoilers. It is the only way I can truly describe the nastiness that unfolded before my eyes. You have been warned.
To say The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence is disgusting is an understatement. The film, which makes the first look like a PG kids’ picture, is grotesque and literally the culmination of what a twisted mind could think up when people criticize you for holding back. Tom Six’s new film isn’t a horror movie, and to call it torture porn would be a compliment. No, THC2 is a picture that fits somewhere between the two with lots of fecal matter thrown into it.
Before I dive any further into this let me at least explain the plot. The movie is about a mentally retarded, overweight man child named Martin (Laurence R. Harvey) who lives at home with his mother and is secretly obsessed with the first film, The Human Centipede. As a nighttime parking attendant, Martin obsesses and fantasizes about taking the concept further and creating a 12 person centipede but there is a catch, he is neither a doctor nor a craftsman of any kind and where his mind will go you’ll never know. The best way I can describe Martin is if you take Lennie from Of Mice and Men and replace his personality with that of a sadistic and psychopathic one hell bent on creating an ass to mouth human chain.
So, is the movie good? I can’t really say. I don’t think it can honestly be classified that way, it just doesn’t seem right for a something as insane as this. Does Tom Six deliver his promise of making one of the nastiest films I have ever seen? Yes indeed. Is it better than the first? Probably not, but that isn’t going to be your first thought as you mull over the results of your cinematic experience.
As far as comparing the two, there are many things that distinguish this film from the original. First off, it is shot in black and white which makes some of the scenes a little more bearable to watch versus if they were in color. Secondly, he uses this film to fictionalize the first one in order to make it seem more like reality which is an interesting tactic. It would also explain the surprise cameo in the picture. Lastly, Martin’s character is the complete opposite of Dr. Heiter. He is fat and sweaty, runs around in his underwear, doesn’t speak, has asthma (which prevents him from maintaining his excitement), wants to create a centipede for sadistic purposes, not for science, and lastly, he just isn’t very sanitary. Actually, Dr. Heiter would be ashamed of Martin and if Martin realized that I don’t think this picture would have been the same.
Now I don’t want to spoil everything for you in terms of what you will see on screen, even though it wouldn’t really matter, but I want to share just a few things with you so that you can brace yourself for the worst. I guess I can start off with the fact that there is a pregnant chick and she is one of the victims that is brought into the warehouse where the 12 
person centipede will be assembled. I’ll let your crazy-ass imagination run wild with that. Two other grotesque parts involves laxatives being injected into the centipede as well as a guy ripping his face off of another guys ass, splitting the centipede in two. If you can imagine the graphic implications of what I have just said then I think I have done my job.
This would be the point where I would normally tell you about the acting, directing, music, etc. but really none of that matters when you’re watching shit like this. Instead, I’ll tell you what part I thought was the most painful for me. There is a scene where Martin has to remove the teeth from the peoples’ mouths before he can chain them together (ass to mouth obviously). He does this by using a hammer while they are laying on their back and knocks their teeth out one by one. What really started my gag reflex was the fact that the people were choking on their own blood while Martin would fish inside their mouths searching for their teeth so they wouldn’t swallow them. Of all the scenes in the film to get sick over, I’m shocked that this one was the worst for me. When you see the film I’d love you all to share what your most brutal scene to watch with us.
In the end, The Human Centipede II isn’t necessarily better than the first nor as shocking, it’s just more twisted and disgusting. Tom Six’s goal was clearly to make a film that could put the first to shame, graphically speaking, but in doing so he sacrifices things like dialogue and intelligence, which makes some of the film laughable. I can’t say I’d recommend this movie to anyone but if you saw the first it is going to be very difficult for you to resist the sequel. You’ve already gotten halfway into the water by seeing the first, you might as well just take the plunge, warp your mind a bit and be the responsible one by warning others who can’t decide whether to see it or not.
Rating: Good or bad, it’s an F’d up film that may scar you for life
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