‘The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)’’ is sick, disgusting and vile. It’s also demonically funny, stylish and ingenious.
You might remember Dutch director Tom Six’s 2009 “The Human Centipede (First Sequence),’’ in which a crazed doctor surgically unites — mouth to butt — three unfortunate people to form the titular creature. But that’s nothing compared with this London-set sequel.
Martin (Laurence R. Harvey), an obese, mentally stunted, mute security guard — emotionally and sexually abused by his parents — becomes obsessed with the earlier film. He watches it constantly on a small TV while he keeps an eye on the images from security cameras at the underground garage where he works. He even has a scrapbook of memorabilia from the flick.
Martin decides he can top anything in the first movie and kidnaps 12 people for a human centipede he can call his own. The victims include a pregnant woman and an actress (Ashlynn Yennie, who was in the first film) lured to London for what she thinks is an audition for a Quentin Tarantino movie.
Using staples, duct tape, crowbars and rusty knives Martin joins his victims butts to mouths, effectively creating one long digestive tract. You can imagine what happens when he force-feeds them a laxative. (I’ll spare you the details.)
In July, the film was denied a certificate from British censors, effectively banning it from theaters and DVD. Now it’s opening here in a version two minutes shorter than what the Brit censors first saw (and continue to ban). It would be wrong to go overboard in criticizing this movie, which is Six’s answer to critics of the first one. I’m just having fun, he’s saying, so don’t get all worked up.
See this if you think you can handle it. And bring a barf bag just in case.