Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back (2011): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2011, Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back is an action, comedy, fantasy and science fiction film directed by Andrew Cymek, running about 94 minutes. “Time to Bring Out the Big Guns!” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Two years after Jason Parks (Landy Cannon) saved Warrior Princess Summer Vale (Brigitte Kingsley) from her life hunting Killopoths in the demon dimension, a sudden surge of supernatural activity and violent attacks have resurfaced on our plane beyond the normal parameters of the portal. The Rising Dark Agency, a black ops division of the government headed by Colonel Haggerd (Michael Ironside), suspects that the mystic strikes suggests the work of Mardock, an evil Demon-god capable of destroying worlds. When a new demon sub-species disrupts Summer's wedding and eats her fiancée, the war on the new Demon Lord begins. With her group of misfits and their BFG's - Summer sets out to destroy Mardock, but no one is prepared for who they find behind the Dark Lord's ascension.

Who’s in it. Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back stars Brigitte Kingsley as Summer Vale, Landy Cannon as Jason Parks, Michael Ironside as Col. Haggard and Julia Schneider as Renee, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 2.3/10, Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo and Fandor and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back page.

If you liked it. Fans of Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.