After seeing his parents brutally murdered by men in clown masks, a little boy grows up to be a psycho axe murderer. Years later, a bunch of dumb teens go out into the woods for some drinking and fornicating. Little do they know they are camping in the killer’s backyard, and he’s got a very big axe to grind with them.
This is another one of those “bait and switch” Tubi titles. After watching Axemas, I decided to watch a bunch of movies with the word “Axe” in the title. This one pretty much screwed everything up right out of the gate as it’s listed as “Axegrinder” on Tubi, but the actual on-screen title is “2 Young 2 Die”. I don’t know why anyone would swap out the perfectly reasonable sounding Axegrinder with a lame-ass title like 2 Young 2 Die. Maybe they were trying to cash in on 2 Fast 2 Furious. Who knows?
The opening kill scene in the forest is in bad taste where the murderer rescues a jogger from being raped and then promptly kills her. The other kills lack imagination, suspense, or basic competence. The rest of the movie is like that, too: Derivative, dull, and not very effective. Heck, it’s not even fun in a cheesy way. It’s not particularly original either (not that originality is necessarily something that’s required to enjoy a low-budget slasher like this). I mean the killer’s name is “Freddy” for God’s sake. Uh, guys… I think that name was already taken.
The filmmakers try for a Tales from the Crypt-type ending, but it just doesn’t stick the landing. The only worthwhile sight is the constant slow-motion shots of the Final Girl’s bosom bouncing up and down as the evades the killer in the third act. Then again, I can’t completely hate any movie that features a character named “Laura Gemser”.
AKA: Axegrinder. AKA: Kissed by an Axe. AKA: Left 2 Die.
I didn't find it in bad taste at all and thought this one was pretty good overall.
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