What really sparked a career revival for Keanu Reeves?Jeff Rindskopf
Beauty and the Beast is a beautifully animated retelling of a classic fairytale with many of the most influenced songs and characters in Hollywood. Its second direct-to-video sequel is a lazy collection of TV spinoff content entirely lacking in the original’s charm or ahem elegance. The four segments that make up this so-called movie are completely disconnected from each other, which is poorly animated and so boring that they will even annoy most infants. 2.
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
Even when Disney tries a bit harder on one of their many direct-to-video adaptations the results fall far short of the original film’s standards.
3. To order to secure Robin Williams for Aladdin, Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Disney paid big bucks where the success of the comic as the Genie sometimes stole the film from its titular star. He steals it entirely distracting in Aladdin and the King of Thieves from the uninteresting treasure hunt plot with a chaotic sequence of modern day experiences that are amusing on their own but only serve to highlight the excitement that is missing in the rest of the film. 4.
S. Darko
Donnie Darko is a half teen film and half a heady sci-fi horror mind bender but given this difficult balancing act of the genre, he manages to thrill and provoke thought. His direct-to-video sequel completely misses the mark in trying to recreate the magic that turns focus to Donnie’s sister Samantha for an escape from the intimidating environment of the original without any clear logic or mystery to keep it all together.
Lionsgate soon rebranded an unrelated script about an ambitious sociopathic FBI agent as a direct-to-video sequel to the Christian Bale-starring adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis ‘ darkly comedic American Psycho satire. Patrick Bateman American Psycho II, given a brief cameo from the main character of the film, is little more than a crappy killer thriller full of hackneyed twists and uninteresting characters. 6.
Starship Troopers 2: Federal hero
The film deals primarily with cliches of action and low-rent cinematography rather than with the sharp critique of militarism seen in the original. 7.
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
The first From Dusk Till Dawn a Tarantino-penned (and starring) caper of dark crime that unexpectedly morphs into a vampire splatter flick is first, if nothing else. The same can not be said for its first sequel in which the compelling characters and unmistakable voice are completely lost, replaced by a thin plot that eventually amounts to “more people keep transforming into zombies” and a series of shootouts of horror-western-style each just a little less original than the last. The Fox and the Hound is one of Disney’s darkest and perhaps best movies telling what is basically the story of two friends torn apart and challenged by social biases. The story is not really happy to end but its sequel does its utmost to invent one anyway. It is probably before this prejudicial falling apart when Copper starts to spend time with a band that he meets and Tod becomes jealous of sorta. That’s the cutesy and easy dispute and it ends with a happy note. Except this story has no happy ending and trying to give it the whole point to one kind of ruins. 10.
Darkman II: Durant’s return
The lack of budget really reflects in the quality of the production and the most that can be said about Darkman II is that it isn’t bad. In the grim world of direct-to-video launches which can be an accomplishment in itself. @jrindskopf Entertainment On Whatsapp, cheat sheet!
Beauty and the Beast is a beautifully animated retelling of a classic fairytale with many of the most influenced songs and characters in Hollywood. Its second direct-to-video sequel is a lazy collection of TV spinoff content entirely lacking in the original’s charm or ahem elegance. The four segments that make up this so-called movie are completely disconnected from each other, which is poorly animated and so boring that they will even annoy most infants. 2.
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
Even when Disney tries a bit harder on one of their many direct-to-video adaptations the results fall far short of the original film’s standards.
3. To order to secure Robin Williams for Aladdin, Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Disney paid big bucks where the success of the comic as the Genie sometimes stole the film from its titular star. He steals it entirely distracting in Aladdin and the King of Thieves from the uninteresting treasure hunt plot with a chaotic sequence of modern day experiences that are amusing on their own but only serve to highlight the excitement that is missing in the rest of the film. 4.
S. Darko
Donnie Darko is a half teen film and half a heady sci-fi horror mind bender but given this difficult balancing act of the genre, he manages to thrill and provoke thought. His direct-to-video sequel completely misses the mark in trying to recreate the magic that turns focus to Donnie’s sister Samantha for an escape from the intimidating environment of the original without any clear logic or mystery to keep it all together.
Lionsgate soon rebranded an unrelated script about an ambitious sociopathic FBI agent as a direct-to-video sequel to the Christian Bale-starring adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis ‘ darkly comedic American Psycho satire. Patrick Bateman American Psycho II, given a brief cameo from the main character of the film, is little more than a crappy killer thriller full of hackneyed twists and uninteresting characters. 6.
Starship Troopers 2: Federal hero
The film deals primarily with cliches of action and low-rent cinematography rather than with the sharp critique of militarism seen in the original. 7.
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
The first From Dusk Till Dawn a Tarantino-penned (and starring) caper of dark crime that unexpectedly morphs into a vampire splatter flick is first, if nothing else. The same can not be said for its first sequel in which the compelling characters and unmistakable voice are completely lost, replaced by a thin plot that eventually amounts to “more people keep transforming into zombies” and a series of shootouts of horror-western-style each just a little less original than the last. The Fox and the Hound is one of Disney’s darkest and perhaps best movies telling what is basically the story of two friends torn apart and challenged by social biases. The story is not really happy to end but its sequel does its utmost to invent one anyway. It is probably before this prejudicial falling apart when Copper starts to spend time with a band that he meets and Tod becomes jealous of sorta. That’s the cutesy and easy dispute and it ends with a happy note. Except this story has no happy ending and trying to give it the whole point to one kind of ruins. 10.
Darkman II: Durant’s return
The lack of budget really reflects in the quality of the production and the most that can be said about Darkman II is that it isn’t bad. In the grim world of direct-to-video launches which can be an accomplishment in itself. @jrindskopf Entertainment On Whatsapp, cheat sheet!