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Bookmark this pageScary Movie 2 (2001)
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
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From Time Out Film Guide
When, after the unexpected success of the first Scary Movie, Miramax immediately demanded a sequel, director Wayans and his younger brothers and co-writers Shawn and Marlon were given less than half the time it took to write the first. The result is a hack job that picks over the still warm carcass of its predecessor, regurgitating jokes which barely warranted their first screen outing. If this movie were a foodstuff, it would be processed cheese spread. The likes of House on Haunted Hill, The Haunting and Poltergeist are given the Wayans treatment, and it says a lot that any one of the original movies spoofed here contains more genuine laughs than this lacklustre effort. It shows no understanding of or insight into the genre it's attempting to parody, nor indeed of cinema in general. Many of the original cast who died at the end of the first film are mysteriously reanimated for the second. We can only hope that this time they stay dead.Author: WI
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Posted on Nov 08 2008 12:23
Scary movie 2 is the worst scary movie i liked the other 3
but hated this one .Don't buy this movie wait until it is shown on t.v - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Producer: Eric L Gold
Cast: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Chris Masterson, Kathleen Robertson, James Woods, Tim Curry, Tori Spelling, Chris Elliott, Veronica Cartwright full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 82 mins
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