3 hours of pointless drama and cheap scares in a so called "horror"

Rating: 5/10 (7 September 2019)

Sequels to good movies can be challenging to make because of audience's expectations and it becomes the director's job to craft a new movie that upholds the standards if it's predecessor while delivering new content in an enjoyable manner. It Chapter 2 received a bigger budget, a solid cast and for some bizzare reason a whopping 3 hour runtime that proved to be its biggest fault.
The problem with It 2 is that it tries to be a psychological dramatic comedy with pop scares and ends up failing miserably at all of them, except maybe the comedy. It is the exact same movie as part one with new scares and jokes minus the chracter chemistry and the overall pleasant vibe of Part 1. A lot of time is wasted on pointless drama, reminiscing about the past and soul searching to a point that by the time the interesting part starts, I have already lost all interest in the plot.
Despite following a source material, the entire film feels forced and pointlessly long. The film does have good acting and some hillarious laugh out loud moments but it all gets lost in the excessive talking, thinking and building up for cheap scares. I could not wait for the movie to end and that doesn't normally happen when I go to the cinema.