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| Directed by Katt Shea; Starring Emily Bergl, Amy Irving, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron, Rachel Blanchard, and Zachery Ty Bryan |
In one of those moves in which you can’t help but ask why, MGM decided to try out a sequel to Brian DePalma’s horror classic Carrie. This is not really a sequel but more of a rehash, somewhat like comparing 1969’s Romeo and Juliet to 1996’s Romeo + Juliet. I’ll be first to admit that the film has some good ideas hidden in its script that do not come out until the end, but all in all Carrie II is just further proof that Amy Irving is struggling for work. I actually found it fun to think that original Carrie Sissy Spacek has gone on to other more happy characters like hers in the underrated Blast from the Past, while Irving is stuck doing the sequel.
The story follows the wallflower Rachel (Bergl) who has fallen for one of the popular football players (London). The only thing is that she does not know that he and his friends are the reason for the recent suicide of her best friend. Here is the twist, Bergl has some connection to Carrie that I shall not give away, though if you couldn’t figure that out from the trailer, this might be your type of film.
The film follows the exact formula that the original did just without the zeal of DePalma. The saddest thing I can say about the film is that the best parts of it are the flash backs to the original.
