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Summary: good sequel
Review: this one has Tony Todd reprising his role as the Candyman. good horror and the story drags here and there but its fast going and enjoyable nontheless. Todd knows how to stick it to the people, especially in the beginning where the guy is sliced in the bathroom. other scenes like when the cop chants the guys name in the mirror and suddenly he is hooked and he is thrown out of the window, then the brother of the woman gets shot down I thought was a highlight in the movie. it tells also of how Candyman came to be, he was a slave and they caught him with some guys daughter, they tortured him and cut off him hand(thats where his hook comes in at) then they rub honey all over him and the bees just start crawling on him. its pure fun if you can stand the slow pace and some wooden dialouge but in the end it pays off.
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Summary: The myth finds its historical roots
Review: This second film is even better than the first one. First we move to New Orleans, during Mardi Gras. The myth becomes history. We slowly rediscover the real slave who was lynched by the white planters just after the Civil War. The heroin is the direct descendant of him and Carolyne, his white lover. He was born on the plantation of the heroin of the film, in the slave quarters. And the myth is now entertwined with voodoo magic and Candyman's soul is emprisoned in a mirror. The gory chase is then to find this mirror and to destroy it in order to alleviate the spell, the curse. The rest is nothing but details and the details are what the film is all about. But, in spite of that, the myth will go on and survive, especially because the heroin will give birth to a daughter who she will name Carolyne. A myth, no matter how you destroy it, always survive in the memory of the people who carry it in their minds. The white culture of the US is totally inhabited with the black culture of the slaves the whites so often and with so much pleasure killed in agony and suffering. The Whites and the Blacks cannot in any way be separated because they are only one sole body of lore and myth. American culture is today two-sided and those two sides cannot in anyway be split apart. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, Paris Universities II and IX.
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Summary: A different kind of horror.
Review: Warren Ellis defines horror as "Seeing something there that isn't supposed to be there."While Candyman was a GREAT slasher film, probably one of the best. I feel that Candyman 2 simply IS NOT a slasher film and not really even a sequel for that matter. It's a story about pride and prejudice, a man who was cast out in life and essentially erased from his family tree. I found the history of the Candyman and his relationship to Kelly Rowan (and oh my is she a hottie!) very touching and really unlike anything since Halloween. This movie should not be compared to Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, the Friday the 13th, Candyman or any other Carpenter style horror films. This movie belongs with the stories of Frankenstien, Dracula, and the tales of H.P Lovecraft. The real star of this is Kelly Rowan, (did I mention she's a hottie.) Who reacts convincingly to the strange things she's discovered yet still sees the folly of welcoming the Candyman into her life.
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Summary: A different kind of horror.
Review: Warren Ellis defines horror as "Seeing something there that isn't supposed to be there." While Candyman was a GREAT slasher film, probably one of the best. I feel that Candyman 2 simply IS NOT a slasher film and not really even a sequel for that matter. It's a story about pride and prejudice, a man who was cast out in life and essentially erased from his family tree. I found the history of the Candyman and his relationship to Kelly Rowan (and oh my is she a hottie!) very touching and really unlike anything since Halloween. This movie should not be compared to Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, the Friday the 13th, Candyman or any other Carpenter style horror films. This movie belongs with the stories of Frankenstien, Dracula, and the tales of H.P Lovecraft. The real star of this is Kelly Rowan, (did I mention she's a hottie.) Who reacts convincingly to the strange things she's discovered yet still sees the folly of welcoming the Candyman into her life.
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Summary: inferior but entertaining sequel
Review: Yes, this is a sequel, so yes, it is not nearly as good as the original. It lacks the atmosphere, the charge, and the emotional depth of the first Candyman film. At times it seems like a worthless blood bath.
However, despite lacking in these qualities, it is not devoid of them. The plot is taken to New Orleans, the birthplace of Candyman. The first line, said by carry-over character Dr. Purcell, says it all: "He died for love." This opening sequence sets the mood for the rest of the film. Candyman's fatal love affair is the focus of this movie. His need to justify his existence is toned down in this one, but keeps him coming back to kill again. Adding to the romantic angle of the Candyman story, but lacking in the emotional content needed to convey this story, Candyman 2's beauty lies in the underlying themes themselves, not in the conveyance of these themes.
This DVD is one step beyond the first in that it has director's commentary. Other than that, it isn't much better than the first DVD. Worth the price, though.
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