Saturday, 20 October 2018

FILM: Goosebumps 2 - Haunted Halloween 4DX (dir: Ari Sandel, 2018)

"This is bad, guys.  This is really, really bad."

This disappointing sequel looks and feels more like an ambitious TV episode than a movie.  It seems to lean towards an even younger audience than the first fun film, and subsequently comes across as very simplistic and has little content with which to engage interest.  Whilst there is nothing essentially bad or wrong here, the whole film is simply underwhelming, the best part being the Gummi Bears attack sequence teased in the trailer.  Even Jack Black's return is fleeting and of no real impact or consequence in this sadly unmemorable film.

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