Genre: Horror
Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Starring: Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jack Champion
Running Time: 122'
Verdict: ⊗⊗
Quickly released and skipping the number 5, Scream VI adds nothing new except for Roman numerals, and New York as the new location. Somehow, all surviving characters moved from Woodsboro to the big city, for whatever reason. For the most part, this is just another Scream movie but with a novelty setting that is kind of pointless except for maybe one or two scenes. Even in that new setting, hardly anything feels different. There are still parties during a killing spree. Characters are again suspicious of their closest friends, but still keep hanging around them. There is a lot of phone calls and a lot of survived stabbings that should've been fatal. Along with its mild self-awareness, the best part of the Scream movies is trying to guess the killer. This time, movie mostly forces the self-awareness part and neglects the guessing. The ending is not really satisfying nor feels relevant. It is actually a bit silly, even as far as Scream movies go. The movie is not very imaginative and hardly moves the series forward. It obviously wants to continue the franchise further, but with milking the Woodsboro killings dry, the franchise already feels like beating a dead horse. I feel there is still more to get from the Ghostface mythos, but maybe it's time to move away from existing characters, like it already moved from Woodsboro.
Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Starring: Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jack Champion
Running Time: 122'
Verdict: ⊗⊗
Quickly released and skipping the number 5, Scream VI adds nothing new except for Roman numerals, and New York as the new location. Somehow, all surviving characters moved from Woodsboro to the big city, for whatever reason. For the most part, this is just another Scream movie but with a novelty setting that is kind of pointless except for maybe one or two scenes. Even in that new setting, hardly anything feels different. There are still parties during a killing spree. Characters are again suspicious of their closest friends, but still keep hanging around them. There is a lot of phone calls and a lot of survived stabbings that should've been fatal. Along with its mild self-awareness, the best part of the Scream movies is trying to guess the killer. This time, movie mostly forces the self-awareness part and neglects the guessing. The ending is not really satisfying nor feels relevant. It is actually a bit silly, even as far as Scream movies go. The movie is not very imaginative and hardly moves the series forward. It obviously wants to continue the franchise further, but with milking the Woodsboro killings dry, the franchise already feels like beating a dead horse. I feel there is still more to get from the Ghostface mythos, but maybe it's time to move away from existing characters, like it already moved from Woodsboro.
Rokin
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