On S List of Movie Reviews

(For optimum viewing, adjust the zoom level of your browser to 125%.)


Scream 2 (1997)

Rate: 1
Viewed: 8/03, 4/08

Scream2
4/08: For a while, I was thinking of giving Scream 2 a '2' until the insanity took over which spelled its doom.

The twelve-minute intro is awful, and I can't stand the stupid black girl with her bitchy attitude. Then, the movie starts, and right away, I'm able to identify who the killers might be. However, that's not the problem. It's logic.

Whenever a serial killer is on the loose around the town, there should be no doubt of police presence, yet none can be found. Please, don't give me the crap about the two flaky detectives who are supposed to protect Sidney. Speaking of her, shouldn't she be in the Witness Protection Program with a new name? When Gale Weathers and Dewey Simpleton were inside the unoccupied building that looked apparently dead save for the killer, how did Cotton Weary know they would be in there?

I remember during the original there were no black characters. Here, they're suddenly everywhere. Was that done to pacify the outraged black groups? Then, Wes Craven sends a message by having them all killed. If he's trying to be racist, well...that's an interesting way of showing it. The tagline of the film reads, "Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far." Uh, I think in Wes Craven's case, the word "sequels" is rather switched to "greed."

All in all, Wes Craven sucks.