It Chapter Two is more lengthy and unclear than real scary.

Rating: 5/10 (6 September 2019)

It Chapter Two is the sequel to the first It movie of 2017. This sequel is again directed by Andy Muschietti, who also directed the first part.
The film is set 27 years later after the first part. The members of the Losers Club are now
have grown up and have all gone their own way. Mike Hanlon (Isaiah Mustafa) is the only member of the Losers Club who still lives in the town of Derry. When he learns that children are missing again, he decides to investigate. He learns that the evil clown Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) is back in Derry. He informs the rest of the club and asks them to come back to Derry.
If the Loser Club again
meets, Mike must convince the club to destroy Pennywise once and for all. Because many of the club Pennywise and his dark actions from their past would rather forget, they think they better leave Derry. Mike and the members who want to take on Pennywise must now convince the rest of them to fight their childhood traumas and thus protect Derry's children from Pennywise.
The film adaptation of the first part was a film that lasted about two hours and fifteen minutes. The playing time of this second part is almost three hours and you can unfortunately feel this time as a viewer. This is due to the lengthy pace of the film, which makes the film appear rather boring and unclear instead of scary or exciting. The lack of clarity is due to missed explanations about certain things. These things are better explained in the book and the mini series. If you are not familiar with one of these versions, you will be left with unanswered questions. For people who are more familiar with horror films, the scary moments in the film can also seem a little predictable.
In the first part, director Andy Muschietti also tried to respond more to the fears of children, but in the second part he tries to respond more to the fears of adults. Both films, for example, play into how fear can change in life as you get older.
In this film, they also used more effects to bring out the scary creatures in the film. They have made more use of this compared to the first film. Unfortunately, it can often be seen that these creatures have been placed in the film with CGI, which means that they do not always come across as realistic and therefore do not always work well to scare you as a viewer. Bill Skarsgård is also less common in this film than Pennywise. In the first film and also in the mini series, Pennywise was more the form that the It took form. Because this was then an actor in a costume, it seemed credible and scary for viewers.
They also asked the young cast of the first part to make new scenes for this second part. The actors have become older since 2017 and are physically changing. With effects, they have been able to rejuvenate the young cast so that they look the same as they did in 2017. You can see this in light scenes, which due to these effects some of the cast have a distinct glow around them, which can sometimes come over as being separate or distracted.
The best thing about this film is the casting, because the older and younger versions of the same characters from both films look the same with their looks and personality. Just like the young cast, the old cast has a good chemistry with each other as a group of friends. Every actor comes across well in this second part. Just like Finn Wolfhard, Bill Hader comes out best in the film with his comic moments and remarks.