Starting with the positives, just like the first film, the best thing about this film is james Jude Courtney as Michael Myers. He is fantastic in portraying this evil killer. The way he walks, his presence, his brute force, he is the best portrayal of Michael Myers and seeing Michael Myers causing chaos and mayhem is such a delight. I also like his burnt disfigured mask.
The overall performances of the rest of the cast are really good as well. Now with how some of their characters are utilized, I will talk about that is a different section but the actors give a standout job. I also appreciate that this film brings back several original characters into the franchise.
Now there's one character I really want to talk about and that is Dylan Arnolds character Cameron. Now before in the last film he felt like a pretty meh character who I didn't care about and for whatever reason, the moment he appears in this film, he feels like better, more established character with a bit of an arc and that made me care about his character. He knew he did wrong in the last film and in this film, this is sort of like his redemption story and I enjoyed it. I'm not sure if I'm on an island with this thought but we'll see.
There's also several great flashback sequences that take place 40 years ago and it feels like it. The aesthetics, the camerawork, the way the characters talk and look, it feels like a sequence that was made in the 70s and part of me wonders of it was deleted footage from the original film. I don't know but if it's not, they did a great job at making that sequence.
Now let's talk about the big one. The kills!!! This film has some of the most creative and best kills I have seen in any slasher film but what I loved most about the kills is that it made me fear Michael Myers. I've never found Michael that scary of a character but after this film, I definitely fear him now. These kills are brutal and gory and make michael a force to be reckoned with.
And finally I do like the setup for the 3rd film and the possible direction they could take Michael in.
Moving onto the mixed aspects now and the big thing is this is Michaels movie. He gets the most screen time and is this films main focus. Now whilst I enjoyed that side of it, Michael isn't really an interesting character to watch for an entire film. We're just watching him kill people. Literally that's it. He's not got much of an arc, if he is with other people, it's not for long because they're dead after ten seconds so as this films main lead, he's more of an exciting villain than lead character.
Also I avoided all the trailers for this film and was surprised by a lot of what happened but I know some of the trailers revealed quite a lot so a lot of people may be disappointed or may find this film predictable.
Now let's talk about the negatives, the big problem with this film is ultimately it's a filler film. There's no overall story. There are plotlines and subplots but unlike the first film, there's no story or progression of plot. Instead it's essentially Michael stalking the streets killing people and yes you can argue it's a slasher film and whilst I did enjoy the slasher element, what made me love the first film was the story and this film has no story.
Another way the last film was so good was the characters. They helped the story and plot progress and unfortunately the characters in this film either barely any further development or are really badly utilized. Even the characters who are brought back are not used to the best they could have been. Instead they either have nothing to do or they make really bad decisions.
And that will bring us to my next negative: the decisions the characters make are incredibly frustrating to the point where you think they want Michael to kill them. Have these people never seen a horror film before? It really bugged me that so many characters decided one of the best to do is to split up. Even the characters who live together.
And finally the mob subplot I think was very poorly executed. I love the idea of it but execution is a big deal and it comes off as very cartoonish and goes in a direction that felt completely unnecessary but also has a big plothole within the plot.
But overall, I did enjoy this film. I heard reactions that this is one of or the worst Halloween film (clearly no one has seen Resurrection) and one of the worst films of the year and I think those claims are very exaggerated. For me, this is a middle of the road Halloween film that is not the best nor the worst. Just in the middle.
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