Movie Night: Jaws: The Revenge.

Review #557: Jaws: The Revenge.

Cast
Lorraine Gary (Ellen Brody), Lance Guest (Michael Brody), Mario Van Peebles (Jake), Karen Young (Carla Brody), Michael Caine (Hoagie Newcombe), Judith Barsi (Thea Brody), Lynn Whitfield (Louisa), and Mitchell Anderson (Sean Brody) Directed by Joseph Sargent.

Review
Who's getting revenge? How did the filmmakers get Michael Caine to star? How can a shark travel from cold water Amity to the warm water Bahamas? How can sharks get revenge? Why is it that the actors who play the Brody children in these film are never consistent? All these questions and more will not be answered by the time you finish this movie. Lorraine Gary returns to star, and she does a decent job, in a film as illogical as this. So yeah, how are the shark effects? Pretty bad, but my "favorite" scene is at the end, where the shark explodes. Why? Because without knowing what's going on beforehand, the climatic ending is incomprehensible to watch. It's hard to tell what's going on because flashbacks from Jaws are cut into the climax, and suddenly a stick goes into the shark, and it explodes for some reason. This is a movie that make little sense, that makes Jaws 3-D look tolerable, and most importantly, puts the final nail in the coffin for the Jaws franchise. I do wonder if Jaws 19 will come out next year like Back to the Future Part II predicted. I guess I'll find out on my hover board (I'd love to see the Cubs win the World Series, though), as it can't be as lame as this movie is.

Overall, I give it 2 out of 10 stars.

Movie Night: Halloween II.

Review #268: Halloween II.

Cast
Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), Donald Pleasence (Dr. Sam Loomis), Lance Guest (Jimmy Lloyd), Tawny Moyer (Jill Franco), Ana Alicia (Janet Marshall), Ford Rainey (Frederick Mixter), Gloria Gifford (Virginia Alves), Leo Rossi (Budd Scarlotti), Hunter von Leer (Gary Hunt), Cliff Emmich (Berand Garrett), Nancy Stephens (Marion Chambers), Charles Cyphers (Leigh Brackett), and Dick Warlock (The Shape) Directed by Rick Rosenthal.

Review
It is near the time of Halloween (six days in fact. Ooh, the number 6 is spooky? Not really), so I'm reviewing a film called...Hallowen. Wait, I already did that (#68. The original, not the remake thank goodness.) This is the sequel to that film, continuing the events of the first film. In fact, I'll continue from the last line of that review: "It does the scares slowly but steady, building up to a conclusion that mystifies you." Indeed those words stand up 200 reviews later. Woah. It's been 200 reviews since I reviewed the last one. That's probably the largest gap between reviewing a sequel I've done, which astounds me. I'm getting off track here the question here is this sequel as good as the first? Yes...and no. Pleasence and Curtis do a good job while the supporting cast' acting is relatively decent. It has some good moments at times, but it has one flaw that doesn't make it as good as the first: Its violence. You might think that's a bit odd, given the film, but it feels a bit too excessive for my taste, where as the first film did a better job of conveying it (Examples are when Michael slashes some throats in close up, dunks a person's head in hot water or even when he uses a needle to stab someone.) While the film continues the cliffhanger from the first film with some class, it doesn't rise up to the occasion as the first did. It does have a great way of ending the film and it could have ended the story perfectly. Could have being the main word here.

Overall, I give it 7 out of 10 stars.