A Short Cut Movie Review is normally less than 400 words, but in some cases may go slightly over. This is my attempt to keep writing about as many films as I see without getting bogged down with trying to find more to say. They are meant to be brief snapshots of my reaction to a movie without too much depth.
Where Scream succeeded, Scream 2 feebly attempted
to repeat the formula in sequel mode. The problem is that the formula was
already starting to wear thin and show the seams. It takes the premise of the
first and transfers it to Sidney’s (Neve Campbell) college, where her new
boyfriend (Jerry O’Connell) is obviously a prime suspect in the new spate of
murders. Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) is back covering the story and Deputy
Dewey (David Arquette), hobbled though he is by the wounds received the first
time around, is prowling the campus making the same dopey observations. The
film is also littered with famous faces, most of whom were rising stars at the
time, who get dispatched (Sarah Michelle Gellar; Omar Epps; Jada Pinkett;
Rebecca Gay Heart; Joshua Jackson; Timothy Olyphant).
