Earlier this summer, folks pointed at “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” and “Now You See Me 2” as sequels that no one really wanted to see. But I’d argue that “Uncle Kent 2” has them both beat as the followup to a movie that no one knew existed in the first place. Yep, Joe Swanberg‘s 2011 flick “Uncle Kent” now has a sequel, and the good news is, you didn’t even have to watch the original to dive into this one.
Director Todd Rohal steps behind the camera this time around for a surreal meta-movie about a man who is attempting to make a sequel to “Uncle Kent” but winds up facing the end of the world. Here’s the synopsis:
In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg’s 2011 film UNCLE KENT, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world. Reuniting in the GREMLINS 2 of “Indie” sequels, Joe Swanberg, Jennifer Prediger and Tipper Newton return in a surrealist look into Osborne’s madness. Written by Osborne and passing the directors’ torch over to Todd Rohal (THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM) UNCLE KENT 2 plays out like an absurdist successor that bends the rules of sequels and the minds of the audience.
Starring Kent Osborne, Joe Swanberg, Kate Herman, Lyndsay Hailey, Jennifer Prediger, Steve Little, and Tipper Newton, “Uncle Kent 2” opens theatrically and on VOD on August 26th.
