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Empty Retread
Unknown - wrote on 10/19/2015
Slightly meta rebooted sequel, of sorts. This approach could've worked decently with better focus. The story is a cohesive mess. The kind that you can follow, but don't really care to. For starters, it has an uncommonly fast pace for a murder mystery/horror movie. Every scene feels like a series of loosely tied individual moments that only manage to somehow forward the central mystery plot. The twists, while not terrible, aren't the most believable. No tension is ever established at any moment. The murders happen in the blink of an eye, most of which are just recreations of the one's in the original film with slight variations. And you can forget about any characters with actual character. The direction is solely focused on camera placement/movement and 'out of nowhere' (but …
