The Rage: Carrie 2 [VHS]
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Movie Review: THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 can't hold a candle to CARRIE
Summary: 2 Stars
"The Rage: Carrie 2" is okay, but it drags and gets pretty boring in quite a few places.
It can't hold a candle to the absolutely terrifying, tear-jerking & classic 1976 original, directed by Brian DePalma.
BOTTOM LINE - see the original, don't bother with this sequel! It's dissapointing to say the least...
Movie Review: Don't measure up!
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought this sequel was okay but definately not as good as the original. Such classics like Carrie, Amityville, Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead should remain what they really are....... Classics! Every horror classic should not have to be remade just to please this short attention spanned generation. In most remakes, it seems like they do more harm than good to the movie and the original still get the highest rating.Movie Review: Not Bad, but I dont wanna own it
Summary: 2 Stars
I give the movie 2 and a half stars, it was better then I expected and I enjoyed it. But there where a lot of things I thought should have been explained better or fixed up.
Of coarse this is a sequl to Carrie, sort of.... it's not exactly CARRIE PART 2.. this story is about Carrie Whites sister Rachel. Her father was Carries father and she has inhereted the same genes Carrie had, altho the movie does not explain that too well! If I hadnt have seen the original I wouldnt have even known that Rachel was supposed to have Telekineses, i probably would have thought she had ghosts haunting her.
And the other thing I thought needed improvment was the ending, it should have been more drawn out, and maybe set up a bit better, it probbaly would have been a good idea to set up the fact that when Rachel gets angry she cant conseal it, and her tattoo probably should have boiled in previous parts of the movie and she almost goes off the deep end or something till she finally does... but apart from that, the sotry about Rachel loosing her best friend and why, and a bit on her life to the day she explodes in rage is a simmeler story to Carrie, but updated for modern day audiences, and titled part 2 to a classic horror flick.
The bonus features are not worth checking out really, theres audio commentary if your interested, a few boring deleted scenes, and dont be fooled by the bit that says ALTERNETE ENDING, it's the end of the VERY LAST SCENE, I thought it was an alternate take to how Carrie died, or at least something from the party. But its the end-end bit thats slapped in there for no reason... in the movie it shows her boyfreind and her and she does something (you'll have to watch so I dont spoil it for ya) but in the alternate version they show what they original tried to do with CGI, but even the director said, "it looks cool, but would not have made any sense" ... NOTE: the bit they did put in doesnt make any sense either!
Movie Review: CARRIED AWAY
Summary: 4 Stars
In CARRIE, Brian dePalma's classic, Carrie was the daughter of a very disturbed woman, and her torture by classmates came at times of innocence: her first period, for instance. Their cruelty was so intolerable because they didn't recognize the problems of this telekinetic young girl. Then when at the prom, she finds out how they have deceived and humiliated her, her wrath is furious.
In this well-made sequel, we meet Rachel, another telekinetic teen. In this movie, though, Rachel's torture is more about the way she looks and who she associates with. Rachel is rather pretty, intelligent, even if she is the daughter of a schizophrenic mother. Yes, her classmates torment her to a point, but other than a nightly raid by the jocks, her main threat comes in the form of her jock boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.
The finale in which Rachel gets her revenge is cataclysmic, and well staged. What keeps this from being as effective as CARRIE is that Rachel's use of her telekinetic powers seems more vicious and deliberate, whereas Carrie's were more a result of the situations.
Emily Bergl is marvelous as Rachel. While not as overwhelming as Sissy Spacek, Bergl uses her doe eyes and warm smile to make us feel for her character. Jason London (Jason and the Argonauts, Fall Time) gives one of his better performance as Jesse, the football jock, who takes a chance to get to know Rachel. Amy Irving reprises her role as Sue from CARRIE, and her character is so poorly conceived, it's embarrasing to watch Amy try and make Sue credible. Dylan Bruno and the rest of the jocks are good in their roles, giving their jock characters just the right amount of ego and menace. The way the football coach (played by Steven Ford) treats his team is abusive, sadistic and rather frightening to watch. J. Smith-Cameron as Rachel's mother does a good job, but pales in comparison to the awesome performance by Piper Laurie in CARRIE.
I know it's not fair to compare this movie to CARRIE , since it's not really a true "sequel"; however, the use of scenes from the original are neat.
Well done and entertaining, and certainly worth a view.
Movie Review: The moral of the story: give love a chance
Summary: 3 Stars
This isn't just an updated Carrie. In fact Carrie isn't in this film! And the young woman isn't her daughter but half sister. As you may know, Ralph White left Carrie's mother. Rachel the telekinetic teen in this film is his daughter. Her mother is schizophrenic. Seems our pal Ralph loves mentally disturbed women and then leaves them. In this movie, Rachel has more going for her ona stable psychological level then Carrie.
She is taken from her mom at a young age, and raised with foster parents. As we all know, puberty couldn't be held off forever, and neither could her powers. Her powers begin getting out of control when her best friend commits suicide, after being rejected by the jock she just lost her virginity to. It appears the football team has a points system going for every girl a guy sleeps with. They are basically hunting down these girls for sport, as sexual predators. This probably goes on at alot of schools.
One of these guys on the football team, Jesse cares about other things in life besides football. It just so happens he's the best looking. He and Rachel are in an English class together. THey start dating, much to the dismay of his former girlfriend and friends. Rachel has also given the police information about what the players are doing.
You know the guy loves Rachel in earnest, but she has an unfortunate cynical streak. Under the guise of apologizing to her, the "in crowd" invites her to a party. They play a video of her and Jesse they taped, unbeknownst to her or Jesse when she lost her virginity. They also show her their points book. Unfortunately, she believes them instead of checking with him first and her rage turns into a revenge-frenzied massacre.
Jesse shows up and she realizes the truth of Jesse's love too late. Revenge by killing only allows the bad guys to win.