Movie Review/Scream VI
I'm willing to argue that Scream is the greatest slasher movie franchise of all time. Not only was the 1996 original a horror classic, but three of the five films in the series before Scream VI were decent. Could any other swordsmanship property consisting of at least five parts bear the relation of good and evil?
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" got too silly with its nonsensical jokes, "Friday the 13th" was overworked, and fans were tired of the constant renewal of "Halloween." "Scream" has only needed an overhaul so far, and last year's fifth episode was a huge hit. Fourteen months later, we have Chapter Six, and... it keeps the property safe.
After a prologue in which a professor (Samara Weaving) and a college student (Tony Revolori) meet the newest incarnation of the terrifying masked killer known as Ghostface, it's time to meet some familiar faces. Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) has moved to New York with his sister, Tara (Jenna Ortega).
Yes, I can finally uncover the twist I hid in my last review of the movie: after Ortega's impressive performance in the opening scene, Tara survives Ghostface's attack and the entire movie, which is a rarity for the series. Will Textile or Revolo be so lucky? Also returning from the fifth film are twins Chad (Mason Gooding) and Mindy (Jasmine Savoy Brown), Kirby (Hayden Panettiere) and reporter Jill Withers (Courteney Cox) from the fourth film.
New characters include Tara Quinn (Liana Liberato), Quinn's roommate, Wayne Police father (Dermot Mulroney), Sam's boyfriend Danny (Josh Segarra), Mindy's friend Annika (Devin Nakoda), and Chad's roommate Ethan (Jack Hero). I'm not looking for new characters, but I did bring up Chad and Mindy in the last movie, and they've grown with me ever since. Sam and Tara continue to be charming as the new faces of the franchise. It was the right decision for the series to turn to them as they sought guidance.
I look forward to seeing the revised regulations spread far and wide from my small town in California to New York City where I live. Unfortunately, the atmosphere of the city is only shown in two scenes, one in the basement and the other in the subway. I didn't like the bodega sequence because Ghostface wields a gun, which is against the slasher genre rules.
And I don't like the subway sequences because they remind me of stations and lines I use at least five days a week, but they don't look familiar, so the movie clearly hasn't been made into a remake. . York. York (actually Montreal). But most characters have all the space they need to hide, walk and run around, especially in the case of the abandoned movie theater filled with Easter eggs that Ghostface uses as a base.
Scream VI is great. It's not as revolutionary as the original or as refreshing as last year's reboot. The jury is still out on whether the second film will have any appeal. But that doesn't make me want the franchise to die like a third or fourth.
It's probably a good idea to release this movie so that fans don't have time for a better movie and then get disappointed. I think there will be a seventh "Scream" movie and I'm looking forward to the next installment in the greatest movie franchise of all time. But I hope one better reminds you why this franchise is so great.
Grade B-
"Scream VI" is rated R for violence, bloody and gory language, and brief drug use. Its duration is 122 minutes.
Contact Bob Garver at rrg [email protected].
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