Dreary Movie

Rating: Null/10 (1 March 2002)

This is a prime example of how not to make sequels. The original Scary Movie was not a great movie (or even a good one), but it did at least have guts and was able to supply audiences with a decent amount of laughs.
Alas, Scary Movie 2 is a hack effort from K.I. Wayans, who showed a lot of true comic talent years ago with I'm Gonna Kit You Sucka and TV's In Living Color. This is the thinest possible material for a major sequel (oh, I forgot Speed 2), with gags not even measuring up to those of Leslie Nielsen flicks like Wrongly Accused or Spy Hard. There are a lot jokes thrown at the audience, yet only the occasional one actually gets a laugh...the James Woods/'Exorcist' spoof mildly manages to succeed. It's all downhill from there.
Marlon Brando had to decline the movie for health reasons. Or maybe he just reread the script.