Shouldn't have bothered -- the first one was so good by itself

Rating: 4/10 (5 June 2005)

Ah yes, the curse of all decent teen slasher flicks: the unimaginative sequel.
For the most part sequels are the bane of film. For every "Empire Strikes Back" you get ten "Final Destination 2s".
Sequels work like this: producer A has run out of ideas. So instead of trying to get imaginative people to bring good ideas to the studio (an expensive process), they simply rehash something that had success in the past (a cheaper process). They find one of the stars from the first one, usually one of the weaker talents (all the good people went off to do real projects). They get a hack writer to throw together a screenplay almost wholly contrived from the first one (I hope it at least pays their bills). Then they film it in the fastest time possible, super-size it with a made-for-MTV soundtrack, and send it out. Raking in the cash from teenagers with disposable income is the easy part.
I just realized that I've been typing for a while and haven't really talked about the movie. It sucks. Rent something else.
4 out of 10.
Barky