Tired re-hash of the first movie

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2001)

The first movie, "Scary Movie" was a guilty pleasure. Unfortunately, the second movie, "Scary Movie 2" was an unrelenting disappointment. Whereas in the first installment, I was laughing at almost every joke, gag, and example of gross-out humour; in the second installment, it quickly became tired and worn.
The Wayans Family franchise is talented, with brothers: Keenan Ivory, Shawn, Marlon, Damon and sister, Kim. However, their involvement with this latest comedic offering proves that one can indeed go to the well once too often.

The scriptwriting attempts to parody all the most popular movies from the "Exorcist" to "Charlie's Angels". The question begs to be asked, "How original is it to make fun of "The Matrix"?" The straightforward answer is "not very" when it is done repeatedly.
Keenan Ivory Wayans had the responsibility to bring his interpretation of the script to the screen. Many times, the director of a film can save it from a mediocre script. This time the effort fell miserably short. The timing between scenes lagged and film seemed excruciatingly long. The movie did not flow properly and appeared disjointed. It can be compared to a jigsaw puzzle that is assembled in no particular order.
There is a consolation, the Director of Photography, Steven Bernstein, is a respected cinematographer in the film industry, with a best-selling book titled, "Film Production". At least, the scenes were established correctly and the details were accurate for the shooting of the film.

Finally, the ensemble comedic cast is a fine collection of talent. It included the likes of a reptilian-like Tim Curry to an even more slimy James Woods, with his $1,000,000 cameo appearance fee. Sadly, try as hard as they may, the laughs were forced from the audience. The gross-outs scenes received the most guffaws from my fellow audience members, but the chuckles were soon followed by groans of disgust. The reason was that the jokes were milked for too much mileage on the laugh-o-meter.
In conclusion, the movie's promoters did an excellent job in marketing the sequel to the first film. The timing is impeccable, "Scary Movie 2" quickly followed onto the heels of its predecessor, "Scary Movie". The second movie has quietly grossed over $60 million domestically in the U.S. , this compares favourably to its initial production budget of $45 million. With overseas boxoffice and video sales, it will either break even or make a small tidy profit for its producers.
All other issues aside, if you as the moviegoer want to see more re-cycled content of the same in "Scary Movie 2" as in the first, "Scary Movie", go. Conversely, if you were satisfied with the first "Scary Movie" don't bother to go see the sequel. Save your 8 bucks and go see another movie.