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Jeepers Creepers II
By Gareth Von Kallenbach Published August 29, 2003
US Release: August 29, 2003
Directed by: Victor Salva
Starring: Ray Wise , Jonathan Breck , Travis Schiffner , Thom Gossom Jr.
R
Running Time: 106 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $35,284,000
Directed by: Victor Salva
Starring: Ray Wise , Jonathan Breck , Travis Schiffner , Thom Gossom Jr.
R
Running Time: 106 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $35,284,000
C
Fairly predictable and offers few surprises
A bus of teens returning from a championship game is about to make a deadly and unexpected stop in "Jeepers Creepers 2."
The film takes places days after the events in the last film, and details the demonic title character as he enters the final day of his feeding frenzy.
As was established in the first film, every 23rd spring for 23 days a creature emerges to feed, and naturally its food of choice is humans and it is very particular about what it eats. The scent of fear drives the creature, as it strives to induce fear in potential victims in order to determine its needs before selecting and consuming a victim.
The creature has disabled the bus on a remote section of a highway in an effort to graze off the inhabitants on its final night of feeding. It accomplishes this in several hit and run raids, as it carries off victims only to return at a moment?s notice, keeping the inhabitants trapped.
Mainly unknown actors comprise the cast, as Ray Wise is the only name of note. The cast does a decent job of conveying fear and upping the hostility, as they soon turn on each other over their various petty issues with one another. Sadly, they are not able to provide any tension, as I was expecting to see a bit of "10 Little Indians" where the audience has to guess who is going to be killed next. Instead, the film unfolds in a fairly predictable manner and offers few surprises.
The tone of the film is different from the last film, as it is largely set in a single locale instead of having the creature follow its prey down the highway and appear in different locales. The characters also do not stand around and watch as the creature attacks ? they do react and at times attempt to fight the creature as well.
While the film is better than the previous one, it is still largely devoid of any scares and becomes repetitive after a while, as one can only watch a band of teens preyed upon for so long before becoming bored. The lack of any chemistry amongst the cast as well as the lack of character development does not allow for the audience to care much for the fate of the cast; thus, much of the audience is lost.
There is some potential in the series, as the title character is an interesting villain and with the right cast and script, this could have really been something. I suspect that audiences have not seen the last of the Creeper and let?s hope that the third time will be the charm, as part two is a step forward from the first, but not enough to allow the film to take off.
The film takes places days after the events in the last film, and details the demonic title character as he enters the final day of his feeding frenzy.
As was established in the first film, every 23rd spring for 23 days a creature emerges to feed, and naturally its food of choice is humans and it is very particular about what it eats. The scent of fear drives the creature, as it strives to induce fear in potential victims in order to determine its needs before selecting and consuming a victim.
The creature has disabled the bus on a remote section of a highway in an effort to graze off the inhabitants on its final night of feeding. It accomplishes this in several hit and run raids, as it carries off victims only to return at a moment?s notice, keeping the inhabitants trapped.
Mainly unknown actors comprise the cast, as Ray Wise is the only name of note. The cast does a decent job of conveying fear and upping the hostility, as they soon turn on each other over their various petty issues with one another. Sadly, they are not able to provide any tension, as I was expecting to see a bit of "10 Little Indians" where the audience has to guess who is going to be killed next. Instead, the film unfolds in a fairly predictable manner and offers few surprises.
The tone of the film is different from the last film, as it is largely set in a single locale instead of having the creature follow its prey down the highway and appear in different locales. The characters also do not stand around and watch as the creature attacks ? they do react and at times attempt to fight the creature as well.
While the film is better than the previous one, it is still largely devoid of any scares and becomes repetitive after a while, as one can only watch a band of teens preyed upon for so long before becoming bored. The lack of any chemistry amongst the cast as well as the lack of character development does not allow for the audience to care much for the fate of the cast; thus, much of the audience is lost.
There is some potential in the series, as the title character is an interesting villain and with the right cast and script, this could have really been something. I suspect that audiences have not seen the last of the Creeper and let?s hope that the third time will be the charm, as part two is a step forward from the first, but not enough to allow the film to take off.
Gareth's Grade: C
Gareth's Overall Grading: 50 graded movies
| A | 6.0% | |
| B | 44.0% | |
| C | 40.0% | |
| D | 10.0% | |
| F | 0.0% |
