The Happening II

Rating: 4/10 (30 December 2018)

I read somewhere that 45 million people viewed this film. You hear statistics like that and think it must be pretty good, right? Well, it's basically Night of the Living Dead...a bunch of desperate characters trapped in a house while the world collapses outside. You have the stern older white man that no one listens to (to their detriment), the heroic black male, the no-nonsense older woman, and the nerd who's totally unprepared for the apocalypse. Oh, and to update the formula for the new millennium, the asian guy and his "husband", so it's basically the united nations in a sprawling mansion while unseen creatures, that you never see, ravage the planet. I'm wondering why the voices didn't follow them all the way on the trip, why wait until the last second when they're at the sanctuary. Why were some humans immune to the creatures. It's a frustrating and pointless trip with a lame payoff, much like The Happening.