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 one of the jocks 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.
There's a
perfect opening with Barbara Lang 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 her daughter Rachel as a little girl watching her mysteriously and then trying
to get her to come with her along with a
nice close up shot on Barbara slapping her face with the paintbrush and
a sad expression on Rachel which looked disturbing.
There's a nice shot with little Rachel storming away into her room with doors
slamming shut and 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 Rachel now a 17 year old crawled
in a same position in her bed.
There's a good dysfunctional moment
during breakfast time with Rachel getting blunt with her foster parents getting
short with her about being
disrespectful which all of this looked
very realistic.
A good conversation between Rachel and her friend Lisa in a school bus together which looked
well done as friends having a good
conversation and Lisa herself acting
so full of life on losing her virginity.
There's a cheesy camera shot on a group
of students practising their
cheerleading with the bus rolling in.
We spot a group of jocks 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 Lisa 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 her slowly 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 Rachel 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 Sue Snell comfortably
taking Rachel away from the
scene.
There's a nice shot on Rachel acting expressionless in a counselling
office with Sue trying to
encourage her to let it out. It was still
and nicely done.
We spot a nice camera shot on Sue 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 Rachel outside.
We have a good shot on Erick Stark's close up on his face acting nervous about
what had happened with Mark Bing talking to him.
A good moment with Mark and Jesse Ryan driving by a
photography place with Rachel there and Mark asking for some
photos by acting sleazy and charming to
try and get them with her acting cool and smart alecky about stuff
and refusing to give them to him.
There's a nice discussion between Jesse and Tracy Campbell after making out in
a vehicle with him being
distracted on thinking about the suicide
and her acting sneakily
stuck up about it all but very cool. It
was a real look on a total highschool
bitch the way it was done. We have a nice moment on Jesse acting disgusted when she
tries to hint to him for a date at an
upcoming grad party too with him speeding
away afterwards as this moment looked very clear that he didn't like
her.
We have good shots on a dog walking
across a road with Rachel acting
panicky trying to get her dog after a car
runs the dog over. There's a nice close up shot on Jesse driving looking dazed and then snapping
out of it when there's a sudden crack on
his windshield.
We spot a nice natural conversation between
the two of them at a diner which looked
very touching.
Powerful moment with Sue talking to a sheriff to take legal action against Erick for stagetory rape as well as a nice close up
on him asking her about what happened in the
past with Carrie which looked incredibly
eefective as we get a good brief flashback squence from the first flick.
There's a good shot on Erick at
his locked with the door slamming shut
and then Rachel standing there
showing a nice cold expression towards
him and speaking coldly to him.
There's a good shot on Rachel in
the counselling office with a mug and her
staring at it while Sue is trying to
talk to her and then the mug falls off.
A good camera shot looking up on Rachel wrapped in a red towel and then alot of
good shots with people like Erick, Mark and Brad Winters banging
on doors and windows. We also spot a nice
close up shot on Mark's mouth
speaking on his cell phone to her and
acting cold. We also spot a great moment
with Erick 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.
A good raging moment between Jesse and Mark in a changing room
nearly brawling during the bullying
incident which was energetic and nicely
done.
A good moment with Sue trying to talk to Rachel and then
a nice close up shot on a snow dome on a
desk exploding with Sue herself looking
spooked and shocked.
A great confrontation between Sue trying to ask Barbara who Rachel's father is with the
surroundings at the mental hospital with the crazy patients which
looked cringing. We spot a nice close up
shot on Barbara herself when she tells
her who Rachel's father in which it was
wonderfully done.
A nice still moment with Sue approaching Rachel with her
sitting at a desk asking quietly for her
to come with her somewhere. 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 Sue trying to
convince her to get help with her
telekineseis. There's a good defensive
moment with Rachel acting
arrogant about all of this.
There's many great romantic sequences
between Rachel and Jesse as it looked really peaceful as well as
nicely different close up shots on the
two of them making out in bed.
A good shot on Rachel crawling through her bedroom window the
next morning with both her foster parents standing there and the foster dad smacking her in the face with a nice brief gasp by the foster mom in which the scene looked good between a
passive and aggressive married couple.
We spot a good silent moment between Sue towards Barbara in the asylum
next to a window on trying to get her out
of there with a good quivering reaction
on Barbara herself . We also spot a good
shot on Sue sneaking her out.
There's a nice disturbing moment with Rachel looking at a score book Mark gives her as well as a shot on a TV
screen showing a sex scene as well as Erick coming down the stairs to try and
humiliate her. There's good black and
white close up shots on people like Mark and Erick making mocking
expressions and barking as well as others
laughing at her with her almost falling to the ground and then a
great shot on her eye's
growing as well as her tattoo growing
with the rest looking shocked and then a
nice shot on Rachel 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 Rachel just standing there with all this
happening. This was terrific camera takes
indeed.
There's great panicked reactions on everyone trying to get away with Rachel looking cold and walking towards people
and shots on things falling or breaking.
There's tons of energetic moments with everyone during all of this.
A perfect confrontation between Jesse and Rachel about all what
happened which was the best energetic
scene 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 Jesse and
Rachel but you will have to find out for
yourself.
Bottom line is that 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 (Rachel Lang) 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 and does well freaking
out holding her dog in the middle of the road
crying after her pet was run over which was a nice example. 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 (Jesse Ryan) 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 (Sue Snell) does her job wonderfully
by reprising her role 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. Does well acting insisting
towards an onscreen sheriff on taking legal action to a
student on stagetory rape in which it
looked powerfully performed. Also a good shocked reaction on her in her office after a coffee mug slips off her desk. She hasn't lost her touch
at all since her work in the original.
Just more mature like.
J. Smith Cameron (Barbara Lang) 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 (Mark Bing) 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 (Erick Stark) 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. Shows a good shocked expression on his face in a scene when someone shows a picture to him.
Charlotte Ayanna (Tracy Campbell) 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.
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? |