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Rating: Null/10 (3 November 2005)

The only credit I will give this movie is that it is better than the first one. Anyone who has seen the first one knows that is not saying much. The acting is not nearly as bad as the first, however it is hardly believable. I will give these C and B actors some credit, they didn't have much to work with. The script dialog sounds like it was written by a high school student. A movies plot shouldn't have to be believable...thats Hollywood, but the way the people act and react to situations needs to feel real in order to let the viewer into the characters. In no way would real people in any of these situations act or talk the way they did in the film. Aside from primitive dialog and poor character development, the plot went far astray from what makes a successful horror film. Whats with the Law and Order feel to this movie? Is it a cop drama or a horror flick? In order to chill and awe an audience, you have to put them in the mind of the frightened victims. I merely watched them from afar as the scenes changed point of view too often, between character victims and the police. Never once was I able to feel what anyone in the movie felt. Every death I saw coming miles away. At no point did I jump or cringe. In fact, the only means of death I found original was the one that opened the movie. My overall thought is that they spent a great deal of time on a complex story, but did nothing in the means of backing it up.
P.S.- If you want to watch a real horror movie, go rent the simple...yet brilliantly successful High Tension.