'Jeepers
Creepers 2' corny not scary
By
Andrew Italia
The Diamondback
COLLEGE
PARK, Md. (U-Wire) -- Sitting through the
103-minute torture chamber of "Jeepers
Creepers 2" will leave you speechless.
Those
of you who suffered through the first disappointing
film, know that not only was it a waste
of its $10 million budget, it was also merely
a compilation of every boring and overdone
horror flick device.
"Jeepers
Creepers 2" opens with a bus full of
teenagers driving down a dark and overly
eerie, country road.
To
set off the action, one airhead, Minxie,
has a foreboding dream of the killings,
while the rest of the crew remains distracted
by a completely hollow and boring racial
argument, probably included to give the
film a dash of credibility. It fails miserably.
Much
like its doomed adolescent stars, this sequel
will struggle to survive itself, only this
time in the box office.
In
this film we are treated to blatant and
repetitive viewing of the creature (returning
Jonathan Breck in a "Predator"
wannabe slot), thus taking away any slight
semblance of real terror the monster ever
had.
In
addition to the failure of the monster to
incite fear, the film also fails to deliver
any explanation of who the monster is and
where it came from. Instead of substance,
the sequel delivers corny special effects
and ridiculous plot twists.
Writer
and director Victor Salva delivers the only
scary moment when the film ends with a setup
for a third "Jeepers Creepers."
Now that is a truly terrifying thought.
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