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: Riley spends the film scrambling to find the source of the virus—and the man behind it—in a desperate attempt to find a cure before he and the world succumb to mass contagion . Visual and Narrative Evolution
: Unlike the first film, which kept the infection's cause ambiguous, Phase II attempts to explain the contagion's origins. It reveals a crazed individual named BJ (recast as Morgan Peter Brown ) who is intentionally infecting people to "obliterate mankind". Contracted: Phase II
Critics generally found the film to be a more energetic but less focused "pointless sequel" that favored gore over the original's character-driven horror . : Riley spends the film scrambling to find
In the 2015 body-horror sequel , the narrative expands from a personal character study into a broader thriller/action plot centered on a viral outbreak in Los Angeles. Story Development Critics generally found the film to be a
: Directed by Josh Forbes, the sequel moves away from the intimate psychological tension of the original and toward higher body counts , "gross-out" makeup effects , and a police procedural aesthetic.
