Halloween II (2009) review

Here it is, the sequel to the one of my personal favourite horror remakes!  Rob Zombie's Halloween II!  This movie I do believe takes place 1 year after the first film.  This time around, Laurie Strode is suffering from the memories of the events of the first film, and Michael Myers is still on the loose!  Now what can I say about this movie?  Well I can say this is one of those typical sequels where it is nowhere near as good as the first!  This movie isn't bad, but it is quite disappointing compared to the first one.  Let's get to the positives first.  First of all, I think Laurie Strode is more interesting here than she was in the first one.  I liked the fact that she turned crazy, but then again, who wouldn't go crazy after going to that kind of shit.  Malcolm McDowell and Tyler Mane are once again great as Dr. Loomis and Michael Myers!  The kills are amazing in this film as well!  Now let's get into the negatives!  First of all, a lot of the dialogue in this film is absolutely atrocious!  A lot of the time, they would swear their faces off when it didn't make sense to do so. (I know what you guys are saying, Sausage Party, The Wolf of Wall Street, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Pulp Fiction and Scarface all had a ton of swearing in them, and you love all those movies!)  You guys are right about me absolutely loving those movies to death, and you are also right about them all having a ton of swearing in them, but those movies all had amazing dialogue and sharply written scripts!  Another thing about this movie is that although the character of Laurie Strode is more interesting this time around, but the performance given by the actress is so over the top, that it was distracting at times.  It also unfortunately felt like Brad Dourif was phoning it in in this movie.  And let's talk about Dr. Loomis. Although Malcolm McDowell's performance was excellent in this movie, his character is such a douchebag!  Like my god, I wanted him to die throughout the entire movie, luckily for me, my wish was granted at the end of the movie.  So overall, Halloween II has it's moments, the movie is never boring, it has both good and bad performances, the kills by Michael Myers are absolutely well done, the dialogue a majority of the time is absolutely atrocious and I hated the character of Dr. Loomis this time around.

Grade: C
Run time:  119 min
MPAA: R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, terror, graphic disturbing images, language, some crude sexual content and nudity
Studio:  Dimension Films