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Release Date: 17 July, 2001 Retail Price: $14.95 OUR Price: $13.46 You SAVE: $1.49! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
The Rage: Carrie 2 Reviews
A far cry from the original, and far worse.
Every critic thinks terrible thoughts... many were thinking, "SHAM!" upon viewing the movie "The Rage: Carrie 2." An utterly resistable piece of filmmaking, the movie, directed by Katt Shea and starring a semi-lucid cast of teenage actors, tries to add to the plot of the original movie with little success and much blasphemy.
It's present-day, and Bates High School is bustling with the usual teenage activity: people going to class, hanging out with friends, jocks sleeping with girls as a game of who gets the most points... like I said, the usual teenage activity. Among one of these girls is Lisa, who happens to be friends with Rachel, the resident campus "freak." Lisa, who has lost her virginity to one of the football jocks, jumps from the top of the building and kills herself, which brings to the attention of Rachel the knowledge of the facts surrounding Lisa's death. While the jocks are doing everything they can to keep Rachel's mouth shut about certain events, one softy jock, Jesse, becomes enticed by Rachel, befriending her and soon becoming her boyfriend. All of this storyline is accompanied by the sidestory of Rachel's telekinesis and the origins of her power: she is Carrie White's half sister.
The plotline of the film does make a small amount of sense, but not by a long shot. While trying to come off as an intelligent thriller that will continue the original story, it comes off as sounding juvenile and ineffective through the execution of the story as well as most of the acting on the actors' parts. Emily Bergl gives a slightly credible performance as Rachel, and in some instances, she has her moments of sentiment and feeling. This is the extent of the acting as a whole, and the rest is left to dwell on cliche teenage one-liners and conversations that are as brainless as the filmmakers. Under the direction of Katt Shea, who came onto the project in mid-filming, the film suffers from a lack of feeling or emotion, far below the level contained in Brian de Palma's shocking and highly emotional original film. To sum it all up, this is one movie that the world could live without; a blatant waste of money and so-called talent.
The DVD edition of this film is average in its design; the film is beautifully presented, but the overall lack of special features ruin the experience. Image quality is sharp with highly saturated colors and crisp edges, yet in some scenes the picture is wanting in clarity. Sound design is somewhat effective, really only able to engage in all channels during the flashback scenes and the gruesome party scene. The only special features on this disc are deleted scenes, director's commentary, and and alternate ending sequence. Where's the theatrical trailer? Where's the making-of featurette? What is happening to DVD?
Of COurse its not as great as the original!
First of all the original carrie is and always will be a classic. it is one of my favorite movies. why they decided to make a sequel is beyond me but they did. of course sequels hardly ever live up to the original and this one doesnt. BUt I'll tell you what its alot better then a lot of crap being made nowadys like i know what you did last summer and scream.
this sequel has an outcast named rachel played decently by enily bergl. she falls for one of the nice jocks in school played by jason london. only the school counselor played by amy irving(returning from the original) knows rachel has telekenesis and knows that her temper is going to get ugly. and her temper does get ugly at a party when a cruel joke gets played on her. and she gets her revenge. from flying killer cd's to a fire poker she gets her vengeance. I have to say i did not like wht happened to amy irving but i wont rveal what happens. if youve seen the movie you know what happens. believ me i was pretty shocked. and of course the ending is a bit stupid but thats what you get in a sequel. do yourself a favor and watch the original instead.
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