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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dark, morbid and disturbing, but lacking that special something that made the original great., September 23, 2005
"Pet Sematary Two" was directed by the same Mary Lambert who directed the original "Pet Sematary" and the similarities in style are clearly evident between the two movies. Once again, Lambert paints a disturbingly dark and morbid picture in part two of this horror movie series.
Basically, the plot centers around a young boy played by Edward Furlong who is absolutely devastated by his mother's grisly demise...naturally, he would do anything to get his mother back and eventually does. The basic premise behind this movie appears to be that the evil force behind the pet sematary is calling upon Furlong's character to resort to the pet sematary to bring back his mother along with some incredible evil as well.
Overall, the movie works a good bit like the original and while it is certainly an entertaining enough movie for horror movie fans, the sequel is not nearly as effective as the original. One strong area that the original "Pet Sematary" had was the very interesting character of Jud played very well by Fred Gwynne...Jud's character carries the momentum of each scene in the original and basically made "Pet Sematary" work, but we don't have that strong character presence to make the wheels go round in this sequel, therefore the movie comes across flat. What we do have in this sequel is an average horror movie that attempts to cash in on the success of the original classic.
Perhaps, the characters in "Pet Sematary II" are just weak in general (no disrespect to Clancy Brown or Anthony Edwards), but something is missing here in part two of this series despite the similarities in the dark and disturbing atmosphere painted so meticulously by Lambert. Quite frankly, I did not like the casting of Edward Furlong as the main character to begin with...I don't know but it just left a bad taste in my mouth about this movie...he's such an uncharasmatic dork and his hard to sympathize with, notwithstanding the obvious limitations of his acting abilities.
The bottom line is that due to the lack of quality characters present in "Pet Sematary Two", the sequel just isn't near as compelling as the original. Because "Pet Sematary Two" isn't anywhere near as good, nor as emotionally compelling as the original classic. Indeed, one is left to wonder if a sequel was a smart move here. Still, with that being said, "Pet Sematary Two" is not a terrible movie and so I give it TWO STARS which means it's just fair or average, but I would be remiss if I did not say that I've certainly seen a lot worse...just check out some of my other reviews and see what I mean.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You have the right to remain silent, Drew buddy!, August 27, 2002
A Kid's Review
Wow! This sequel is just as incredible as the original. Now there's something you definately don't see every day! After I saw the fabulous PET SEMATARY, probably the greatest movie on Earth, I dreaded the thought that there was a sequel because I thought it would just be cheesy [stuff]. I decided to rent it and see for myself. BOY WAS I WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Believe it or not, this really IS just as good as the original. The movie is about this kid Jeff Mathews and his father who live din Hollywood with Jeff's movie star mother Renee, until there was an accident while filming a movie and Renee got electricuted and died. Jeff saw the whole thing. So his father decided to move to Ludlow, Maine (the place where all the stuff happened with the Creed family from the first film) and Jeff gets himself a new kitten from the kennel where his dad is going to work. When he starts school, Jeff hears talk of an acient Indian Burial Ground that "makes the dead rise." Then Jeff makes friends with pudjy Drew Gilmore. When Drew's abusive trigger-happy father Gus shoots Drew's dog, Jeff and Drew bury him in the Burial Ground. When Drew's vengevul dog comes back from the dead and kills Gus, They bury him in the Burial Ground. Gus comes back and all hell breaks loose and all citizens of the town are in danger. So, it is more fun and enjoyable than the first, but not so much fun that it's cheesy. It's just not as serious as the first. It is still very disturbing, as the first was. See it if you liked the first one.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
PS1 vs. PS2... Which one do you prefer?, August 9, 2000
This movie was highly entertaining and had many redeeming qualities that the original film (which was very close to the book, since King wrote the script as well) doesn't. First, the emotions portrayed by the lead in this film (Furlong) are very well portrayed and many viewers feel a sort of empathy with him as the movie progresses from his mother's death, through his moments of trying to get back to normal, to his inevitable state of mind when the movie comes to a climax. Second, although people of all ages see these horror flicks and read the books, this sequel seems to be more directed towards young adults, and not so much to adults as the first. Third, you are given more insight into the actual Micmac burial ground and what happens to the pets and people more than the first. For example, in the original, although the cat was brought back, it was never shown if the cat WAS really bad as it came back; only the people seemed to be. In this movie, however, the dog is horrifying, in one word, and the people usually vary. There is one point in the movie where the character Drew says that "maybe it depends on what they're like before they die." Well, does it? See the movie and find out for yourself! Hope this was helpful! :-)
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