Hmmm....

Rating: Null/10 (15 August 1999)

The biggest mistake that Kevin Williamson ever made was to get rid of the characters that made Scream so brilliant. Neither Stu(Matt Lillard), Billy(Skeet Ulrich) nor Tatty(Rose McGowan) are in Scream 2.
Sidney(Neve Campbell) and Gale(Courteney Cox) are tiresome and uninteresting. The newcomers-Timothy Olyphant, Duane Martin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jade Pickett, Omar Epps, Rebecca Gayheart, Jerry O Connell, Elise Neal and Josh Jackson are only slightly better.
So we're left with Randy(Jamie Kennedy), Dwight(Dave Arquette) and Cotton(Liev Scrieber) to light up the screen with flashes of genius and quick wit. Which thankfully, they do...
The coffee house scene where Randy and Dwight try to narrow down the possible suspects is incredibly good and the scene where Randy plays the killer at his own game with a mobile phone is executed well by Kennedy and directed brilliantly by Wes Craven. The end scene where the killer/s expose themselves to sidney is done well(except the killer/s themselves don't have very big parts).
In summary, Scream 2 could have been superb(like the original) but for lack of interesting characters, it is not. Saved only by 'The Boys' Kennedy, Schreiber and Arquette. Rating=3/5.
P.S.It could just be my eyes playing tricks on me but does Rose McGowan appear in the pictures at the start? I'm pretty sure its her!