Director: McG
Year: 2020
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Still tormented by the past, the lone survivor of the blood sacrifice is talked into attending a wild party at a local lake to get away from it all, but when he realizes he’s been led into a trap involving the original cult members to again steal his blood must team with a new friend to stop them from succeeding.
Review:
This ended up being a solid enough sequel with some enjoyable aspects. There’s a lot to like with this one in how it manages to expand upon the original with the same sense of fun and comedy that was present in that entry. The light-hearted attitude towards his obvious condition resulting from the trauma of the past events coupled with the high-school torture he gets from his friends and schoolmates as well as the crush-like attitude towards her gives this a strong atmosphere to get into this one, much like the constant innuendo and drug jokes that carry on throughout the final half here.
When this one goes for the action, it’s just as much fun and over-the-top as there’s a lot of enjoyable confrontations to be found here. When it goes crazy with the twist involving the participants of the ritual and everything starts becoming similar to the previous assault is rather enjoyable when the old group returns and gets turned into a rapid-fire race through the desert. This leads into the same sort of fun from the original where they begin going through a series of over-the-top confrontations that plays off what happened before in how this shows how he gets away in the newfound encounters.
Since this goes about with the idea of taking out the old crew first, the new ones are allowed to take over hunting the two down in the desert. Getting the series of extravagant confrontations that leave the main villain alive for the last battle allows for a fun time as this one piles on some frantic and engaging action that not only plays off the knowledge of the original where it all comes full circle into the final defeat which is quite unique and creative. These aspects, alongside the wholly enjoyable practical effects for the multitude of kills throughout here, present this one with a lot of positive elements.
There isn’t much to dislike with this one. The main issue featured here is the completely unexplained motive for the allegiance flip that’s found out here which doesn’t get mentioned or fleshed out to the point of understanding why the switch occurs. Given how much of a shock it is that this happens in the first place, the need for understanding this twist to come about is there so the lack of resolution about it becomes quite underwhelming and lackluster. That also describes how the main battle between them is as the video-game effects and battle-screen layout looks obviously pandering, but for the most part, these are the main issues with it.
Overview: ****/5
Maybe a notch below the original but still just as much fun if you’re going into this with the proper mindset, those few flaws found throughout the film aren’t enough to drag this down from how much fun this one is. Those who appreciated the original will have plenty to like here as well as those that enjoy the party-horror vibe this one presents, while those who aren’t fans of the style or the original should heed caution.
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