The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)

Years after that horrible incident at the prom Carrie White went to while unleashing her powers comes her half sister Rachel Lang (Emily Bergl) who also has telekinetic powers and is sent to a foster home due to her mentally ill mother Barbara (J. Smith Cameron) who was sent away to an institution.
Years later Rachel is in grade 12 and her friend Lisa (Mena Suvari) who announces that she lost her virginity but later gets a note in her locker of the guy she made it with named Eric (Zachary Ty Bryan) who is in the highschool football team tellling her he just used her for a one night stand.
When Lisa reads it she takes her own life by jumping off the school building.
Rachel talks to counsellor Sue Snell (Amy Irving) whom was once classmates with Carrie, and a police officer about Eric. Sue tries to press charges as Eric is 18 accusing him of performing stagetory rape.
Eric's friend Mark (Dylan Bruno) tries to terrorise Rachel while Rachel is having a romance with one of his friends named Jesse Ryan (Jason London).
Afterwards Mark and his friends make out they're sorry and invites Rachel to their grad party with a nasty surprise while Sue Snell visits Rachel's crazed mother Barbara as she tells Sue who Rachel's father was which was Ralph White.
Sue and Barbara tries to go to the grad party before it's too late for Rachel fearing that she would use her telekinetic powers against her enemies.

I was soo excited that a sequel arose to my all time favourite horror flick showing a half sister of Carrie White. Although this girl was an outsider as well she was sociable and had a couple of friends in which Carrie never had.
The movie was a wee bit cheesy though trying to make it look like today's society and sometimes it does the trick but this sequel was nowhere near as effective to the 1976 classic blockbuster. Again, sequels never are.
Alot of people put this one down but I liked it although the story was nowhere as strong as the first one.
We still have mean kids at school and lots of them as it does look realistic on jock's trying to get their jollies and seeing how many points they's score with any chick which looked like real perverted idiots at school.
We showed some good flashback scene's to the original Carrie which really spiced things up and it was awesome spotting the burned down school ground since the tragedy at the 1976 prom night. I mean that was total class.
During a humiliation at a party I loved hearing the Margaret White chant "They're All Gonna Laugh At You" just like in the original flick after the pigs blood was dumped on Carrie at the prom. It just leaves you exciting chills.
Some neat effects when Rachel used her powers showing more types of magical elements than in the first flicks showing her tattoo's growing and all making it look real horror like. It was a shame what happens to a reoccurring character but I won't spoil it for you.
It's a shame we never find out who Ralph White is though as I was hoping someday we'd see him and his history too.

The acting was quite good as lead actress Emily Bergl does her job well as Carrie's half sister and knew how to behave outgoing as an outsider at her school and brought on alot of charm as well as her outrageous attitude when something bad happens. She shows good dark expressions too for when the moment was necessary. She does well acting tough to top it off. Well done!
Jason London played the nice jock boy next door kinda fellow like he did in Dazed & Confused so he proved that he can do it for this one as well. He sure did his part strongly and showed some different moments too at times. He made his part believeable by having an intelligent and descent attitude not feeling he belongs with the preppy jock crowd.
Amy Irving does her job wonderfully by reprising her role as Sue Snell this time as an adult instead of a teenage graduate. She has a great calmness to her part in the film and is great with her speaking too. She hasn't lost her touch at all since her work in the original. Just more mature like.
J. Smith Cameron seemed to do well by acting disturbed and pulls her weight well as a crazy one in the flick. She brought the part across like she was supposed to with her icy words and cringing attitude too.
Dylan Bruno played the perfect head jock bully football player and had a nice rough look to prove himself too. He spoke roughly to top it off which was a plus. He really brought his sleazy attitude to life and proved to be a good character actor as he usually played these types of roles in other shows too.
Zachary Ty Brown wasn't a great actor I found but he knew how to act like a bratty troublemaker in the flick and looked right as he seemed like a prick. He doesn't prove at all that he couldn't move on to film acting after his fame in TV's Home Improvement though. Still he was someone you'd love to hate and want to punch out.
Charlotte Ayanna had the nice girl looks and knew how to be a troublemaking stuck up snobby cheerleader in the flick. She certainly had that bitch with an attitude type of appeal which reminds you of those popular girls you went to school with who would snub you. She was great by acting full of herself too which looked totally realistic too.

Emily Bergl doesn't expose herself but there is a tiny bit of brief nudity with her and Jason London.

Lisa crashes into a car when she jumps off the school building and lots of blood is shown.

There was more gore in this than the first one when Rachel unleashes her powers.
A head is cut off
Sue Snell is stabbed in the head by a spear which was disappointing as she should've lived
Somone's crotch is stabbed
A girls eyes are stabbed
Many teens are stabbed in the head by sharp CD's.

Katt Shea knew his job directing this piece even if he doesn't make it as effective as DePalma's work on the original flick. There's a perfect opening with J. Smith Cameron dunking a paintbrush in red paint and then slowly painting a line in her house on a wall and curtains as well as a good shopt on her taking her time painting the lamp shade with bit part child actress Kayla Campbell watching her mysteriously and then trying to get her to come with her along with a nice close up shot on Cameron slapping her face with the paintbrush and a sad expression on Campbell which looked disturbing.
There's a nice shot with Campbell storming away into her room with doors slamming shut and bit part actor Katt Shea as a deputy trying to go after her and then good shots on windows slamming up and down with her screaming to stop it which also looked good. Then there's a good camera shot looking down on her in a closet kneeling down next to her dog with a nice camera change on present day with Bergl crawled in a same position in her bed.
There's a good dysfunctional moment during breakfast time with Bergl getting blunt with supporting actress Kate Skinner and then John Doe getting short with Bergl about being disrespectful which all of this looked very realistic.
There's a good dialogue between Bergl and supporting actress Mena Suvari in a school bus together which looked well done as friends having a good conversation and Suvari acting so full of life on losing her virginity.
There's a cheesy camera shot on a group of actresses lead by Charlotte Anyatta practising their cheerleading with the bus rolling in.
We spot a group of actors played by Jason London, Dylan Bruno, Zachary Ty Brown and Justin Urich talking about what points to score on sleeping with girls at their school. It looked a bit cheesy but at the same time kids being perverted kids.
There's a good shot on Suvari looking gloomy while closing her locker along with good angle camera shots on her walking up some steps to a top of a roof and then a terrific shot on probably a body double falling off a roof with her binder and papers falling out. A great shot on a distorted face crashing on a car window. There's a great close up shot on Bergl looking wide eyed and shocked. We spot some good camera shots on lockers breaking open with paper and other stuff flying out. Next, there's a nice soothing moment with Amy Irving confortably taking Bergl away from the scene.
There's a nice shot on Bergl acting expressionless in a counselling office with Irving trying to encourage her to let it out. It was still and nicely done.
We spot a nice camera shot on Irving speaking through the highschool speaker about a vow of silence to a suicide at the school while we have a nice slow motion running shot on Bergl outside.
We have a good shot on Brown close up on his face acting nervous about what had happened with Bruno talking to him.
There's a good moment with Bruno and London driving by a photography place with Bergl there and Bruno asking for some photos by acting sleazy and charming to try and get them with Bergl acting cool and smart alecky about stuff and refusing to give them to him.
There's a nice dialogue between London and Anyatta after making out in a vehicle with London being distracted on thinking about the suicide and Anyatta acting sneakily stuck up about it all but very cool. It was a real look on a total highschool bitch the way it was directed. We have a nice reaction on London acting disgusted when she tries to hint to him for a date at an upcoming grad party too with him speeding away afterwards as Shea made the direction clearly that he didn't like her.
We have good shots on a dog walking across a road with Bergl acting panicky trying to get her dog after a car runs the dog over. She does well freaking out holding him in the middle of the road crying. There's a nice close up shot on London driving looking dazed and then snapping out of it when there's a sudden crack on his windshield.
We spot a nice natural dialogue between the two of them at a diner which looked very touching.
Irving does well acting insisting towards supporting actor Clint Jordan as a Sheriff on taking legal action to a student on stagetory rape in which it looked powerfully directed as well as a good close up shot on Jordan asking her about what happened in the past with Carrie which looked incredibly eefective.
There's a good shot on Brown at his locked with the door slamming shut and then Bergl standing there showing a nice cold expression towards him and speaking coldly to him.
We have a good brief dialogue between Jordan towards Brown asking if he knew the girl that took her life and when he says no a great shocked look on Brown's face after Jordan shows him the pic on him and the girl together.
There's a good shot on Bergl in the counselling office with a mug and her staring at it while Irving is trying to talk to her and then the mug falls off with a nice reaction on Irving looking shocked.
There's a good camera shot looking up on Bergl wrapped in a red towel and then alot of good shots with people like Brown, Bruno and Urich banging on doors and windows. We also spot a nice close up shot on Bruno's mouth speaking on his cell phone to her and acting cold. We also spot a great moment with Brown really going nuts and smashing a glass window with a brick and trying to crawl through a window with the window door closing on him.
There's a good raging moment between London and Bruno in a changing room nearly brawling during the bullying incident which was energetic and nicely done.
There's a good moment with Irving trying to talk to Bergl and then a nice close up shot on a snow dome on a desk exploding with Irving looking spooked and shocked.
We have a great dialogue between Irving trying to ask Cameron who Rachel's father is with the surroundings at the mental hospital and the bit part actors as patients which looked cringing. We spot a nice close up shot on Cameron when she tells her who Rachel's father in which it was wonderfully done.
There's a nice still moment with Irving approaching Bergl with her sitting at a desk asking quietly for her to come with her somehwere. Then we get them walking at the burned down schoolhouse as it looked terrific and gloomy. There's good camera takes on the two of them talking and Irving trying to convince her to get help with her telekineseis. There's a good defensive moment with Bergl acting arrogant about all of this.
There's many great romantic dialogues between Bergl and London as it looked really peaceful as well as nicely different close up shots on the two of them making out in bed.
There's a good shot on Bergl crawling through her bedroom window the next morning with both Doe and Skinner standing there and Doe smacking Bergl in the face with a nice brief gasp by Skinner as the direction looked good between a passive and aggressive married couple.
We spot a good silent moment between Irving towards Cameron in the asylum next to a window on trying to get her out of there with a good quivering reaction on Cameron. We also spot a good shot on Irving sneaking her out.
There's a nice disturbing moment with Bergl looking at a score book Bruno gives her as well as a shot on a TV screen showing a sex scene as well as Bryan coming down the stairs to try and humiliate her. There's good black and white close up shots on people like Bruno and Bryan making mocking expressions and barking as well as others laughing at her with Bergl almost falling to the ground and then a great shot on Bergl's eye's growing as well as her tattoo growing with the rest looking shocked and then a nice shot on Bergl slowly turning around looking evil plus great shots on the doors of the house slamming and CDs flying around everywhere and other objects killing people as well as flames rising from the house and Bergl just standing there with all this happening. This was terrific camera takes indeed.
There's great panicked reactions on the cast trying to get away with Bergl looking cold and walking towards people and shots on things falling or breaking. There's tons of energetic moments with the actors like Bergl, Bruno, Bryan and Charlotte Ayanna during all of this.
There's a perfect confrontation between London and Bergl about all what happened which was the best energetic direction of all times in this film with good shots on the two of them which was touching and emotionally sad.
We spot a perfect jumping moment towards the end that involved with London and Bergl but you will have to find out for yourself. Shea's work will make you jump a bit.

The theme song for the opening was the best score I've ever heard in a sequel as we hear a chiming song play and then some low keyboard sounds with some chantings too. It will give you goosebumps and was fantastic. Danny B. Harvey sure was original and can be influential. In other areas of the film we hear the odd piano playing as well as some bonging sounds for tragic moments in the film. Plus some good wind effects for the suicidal moment. There's also great booming sounds which almost makes you jump especially during the flashback scene's. There's some good romantic piano playing too with the main characters.

Sheriff Kelton: Sue, are you sure you aren't still trying to save a girl who died twenty years ago?

Sue: I had a traumatic experience in high school. I tried to help someone, and it backfired horribly.

Rachael: I don't think that I believe in it.
English Teacher: Believe in what?
Rachael: Love.
English Teacher: Then you have bigger problems than passing this class.

Jesse: Doesn't it bother you that some girl offed herself?
Tracy: No. It's not like she was anybody.
Jesse: What?
Tracy: I mean, I didn't know her.

Eric: I think I split her in two.

Monica: He should get some more points because she's so skanky.

Monica: He's just letting little Jesse do the thinking for big Jesse.

Sue: You've heard of Carrie White, haven't you?
Rachael: Supposedly she set the fire as some sort of revenge-suicide thing, Elvis was her date and they escaped in a UFO.

Mark Bing: We're all friends here - we're all friends!
Jesse: No - we just grew up together.

Monica: You know, Tracy isn't universally loved. She tried to steal Brad from me. She's a Melrose Place super-bitch.

Rachael: I always wanted to be one of the shiny, happy people.

Arnie: We're missing a real killer party.

Rachael: Please. Don't leave me. I don't have anyone. Please, God... let me die.

Rachael: Is that all I was to you, Jesse? Thirty points?