Totally unmemorable movie,chock full of tepid one-liners(the only good zingers in the flick were the ones Deon Richmond ad-libbed,and they certainly are not worth the ticket price!),'impact-less' deaths,cartoon characters for leads,a host of extras who arrive out of the blue to deliver an important plot point,and then just as suddenly disappear again,it goes on,and on- In short,this is a very cold,prefunctory movie,folks-a paint by the numbers,cash-in sequel to a series clearly no one has their heart in anymore(most especially not Craven,and Campbell who's Dinner theater theatrics-'sob,sob'-grow less amusing with each installment).And the characters are all such annoying caricatures,we feel nothing when they die-well,maybe gratitude,but I don't think that was intended. Worst of all,neither Gale,nor Dewey,nor Sidney die!Call me cruel,but this excruciatingly formula movie could have used it.All during the length of the movie,I begged for a surprise,a neat twist-anything!To no avail.It's just a dumbed down version of scream(a not too smart movie itself,as it only serves to point out VERY obvious slasher movie conventions!)without that movie's suspence and scares(few that there were after the famous opening with Drew Barrymore). And of course the killer could be anyone-the butler,the cook,the best friend,the neighbor.It's the luck of the draw.No clues are ever given as to who it could be-and of course when we finally find out whodunit,the movie inevitably looses the meager credibility it had to begin with,as none of the dastard's behavaior prior to his unmasking make any sense when put in context. SPOILER******
Early in the film,the killer is whining about how the studio wants to shut down production on his film,because of the killings.He's very obviously p***ed,but then we find out he's the one pulling the strings(not to mention,Sid's half brother is a very soap-opearish 'twist').Is her sabatoging his own flick intentionally or what?The question,and many others,is raised,but never answered.Perhaps to allow room for (God forbid)Scream 4.
END SPOILER******* AVOID THIS STINKER,and watch Scream 1 again instead(or better yet wes Craven's New Nightmare,which takes the same premise and does more with it than any flick in this series ever did).1 out of 10.
Early in the film,the killer is whining about how the studio wants to shut down production on his film,because of the killings.He's very obviously p***ed,but then we find out he's the one pulling the strings(not to mention,Sid's half brother is a very soap-opearish 'twist').Is her sabatoging his own flick intentionally or what?The question,and many others,is raised,but never answered.Perhaps to allow room for (God forbid)Scream 4.
END SPOILER******* AVOID THIS STINKER,and watch Scream 1 again instead(or better yet wes Craven's New Nightmare,which takes the same premise and does more with it than any flick in this series ever did).1 out of 10.