This 2003 movie is the sequel to the original from 3 years earlier and as the first film is one of Germany's most known films abroad, this is probably one of Germany's most known sequels abroad. The writer and director is Austrian Stefan Ruzowitzky again, later an Academy Award winner in the Foreign Language category. But there are changes too. First of all, the lead actor is Barnaby Metschurat this time and he did not appear in the first film. Franka Potente returns too, but only has a supporting role this time. Also this film does not have that many horror aspects as the first, such as severed fingers or stuffed humans. It's really more of a psychological crime movie.However, I have to say that I was not impressed at all by Metschurat. He looks like a young Ludwig Trepte to me and has equally little dramatic range. There is a reason why almost all the supporting players in this movie have bigger careers in 2015 than him. This includes Herbert Knaup, Frank Giering (no bigger career obviously, but more known), August Diehl, Heike Makatsch, the Möhring brothers, Martin Brammbach (a personal favorite) and especially Hanno Kofler, who plays the protagonists wheelchair-bound brother in here and is really a rising star right now. Another difference between this film and the original is that in there the real villain was not the powerful greedy old man, but his young assistants. Here, the number one villain is easily Herbert Knaup (and Makatsch to a smaller extent) and he proves once again that he is a very talented actor. He carries this film from start to finish, especially in those moments when Metschurat's shortcomings become painfully clear. Knaup and Potente already played in "Lola rennt" together and it brought him a German Film Award win.The runtime is fairly identical with the first film, only slightly longer, but still under the 40-minute mark. All in all, I would say this is on par with the original. Both are decent thrillers, but there really is no greatness attached to any of them. Sadly this one here has the far worse lead performance, but the cast as a whole is better this time. So it stays basically the same. Recommended for people who enjoy thrillers or are just curious in general about German cinema.

Does this movie even has anything to do with the first one? Well, not really. Franka Potente is in it again but her role is no more than a small cameo. The movie itself follows different characters and a totally different story this time, which is actually a positive thing, until its last third came along.I was actually very pleased with the movie at first and thought it was a much better movie than the first one. Thing that it did way better was that it wasn't trying to be an horror movie this time but instead went with a more thriller and even science-fiction type of approach. It suited the concept, story and atmosphere of the movie well and it made it way more pleasant to watch and follow, compared to the first movie.So what went wrong? It actually was the final third of the movie that almost completely ruined the movie for me. The movie suddenly started to take such a ridicules approach with its story that I suddenly felt detached from anything to was happening in the story and from all of its characters. I won't say that it ruined the movie completely but it did ruin a lot for me.Another thing that the movie did not handled very well was its main character. Problem I had with him was that in the first half of the movie or so he was still involved with the 'bad guys' and kept working with them, even though as a viewer you of course already know that these are the 'bad guys' and no good will come from their experiments. Thing is, he stayed involved- and friendly with them for far too long, so when he finally starts to turn his back on them and fight back, it feels a bit forced and somewhat unlikely even. It doesn't even really make sense once you start thinking about it. He could had so easily gone to the police or some of his superiors at the hospital and all of the mayhem would had stopped immediately. Instead he puts his own life and that of others on the line, to put a halt to things.It's so disappointing, since the movie was well on its way to become a way better movie than its predecessor and a pretty good movie of its own. Now I really wouldn't rate it much better than the first one and I'm glad there isn't a third movie (yet).5/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Surprisingly sharp sequel to the original Anatomy finds a young med student getting involved with a drugged up woman who gets him involved with the AAA. The AAA has expanded their field of medical research from the first film. This time around they are using their youngest members to test out synthetic muscles, but of course their experiements get out of control which results in plenty of murder and mayhem.Right on the same level, if not slightly better then the original. The script expands itself and tries to head in a different direction instead of being a copy of the original. And the film crew give the film a visually appealing look. It's one fast paced, sexy, smart, and thrilling ride.Rated R; Violence, Profanity, Drug Use, Sexuality.

ANATOMY 2 is not a very good film. It obviously had a big budget, and the visuals are quite polished and slick. But the film itself is cartoonish and uninvolving. The screenplay lacks credibility, and the movie's use of science, as a whole, is laughable. Comic books make up better science than this movie.The characters are also lacking. The only character of note is the Filipino nurse, who sadly goes missing for much of the movie. The lead is not very sympathetic, and most of the characters who play "doctors" (or interns) look more like a high school clique rather than people who have graduated from medical school.Also, there is almost no action. I keep hearing "more action", but where is it? I see a lot of running and chasing (in a hospital, no less!) but nothing close to "action".All in all, a bad film. I haven't seen the original, so perhaps it's better. I don't say this often, but perhaps ANATOMY 2 would have been better had it taken the Teen Slasher route, and gone for dumb mindless fun. In this case, the movie is just dumb and mindless, but not very fun at all.4 out of 10(go to www.nixflix.com for a more detailed review of this movie)