Review of Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) by Movieznp — 07 Mar 2019

Mr. Director, was it necessary to be too oversmart? You almost ruined a film with seemingly good potential. Why? You really wanted to give us this annoyance? .

Good : There are barely any good things I remember in this film. The story direction they decided to go after they kind of undid the final moments of the previous film was okay. What they tried to do with Dr. Loomis was fine. But all these good things were executed improperly. .

Bad : By bad, I mostly mean frustrating. I liked the character arc they tried to give to Dr. Loomis. But they crossed a line. He was obsessed with bringing down Myers - fine. He is more obsessed in this film - that's okay. But he wasn't an **** in the previous films. If it wasn't for the previous films, I would clearly understand the characterization given to him in this film was that of a selfish **** He is simply annoying, even though I know what he was trying to do. The obsession factor overshadowed the likeability of the character. And, there has been no character development for him to act that way. The main character from the previous film gets killed off and instead we get a very annoying character as our final girl. I am not against the final character of the previous film getting killed. I am against the way they do it. It feels too disrespectful to a character I loved in the previous film. Some choices of music is quite annoying as well. You get that goofball music when the stupid ass **** dumb cops arrive, as if we didn't know that they were stupid ass **** dumb cops. They (spoilers for part 4) undo the thing with Jamie taking on the mantle of Myers from the ending of the previous film for just some psychic **** which feels like dishonest treatment of the thrill the previous had. It just doesn't feel right. Alright. I can digest all of it. But the main thing that bugs me and a lot of other fans is that it was just a mess to set up another mess titled "The Curse of Michael Myers". The entire set up for "cult of thorn" **** is the only thing that makes a slight amount of sense, that too because, it was explained in the next film. But again, all the good it does is to make us feel that the cult **** isn't forced. .

Conclusion : I really wanted to like this movie. I really did. But it makes so odd choices for some characters and continuity that all the choices simply overshadow the actual intent of the director. It doesn't feel right. .

Rating. .

Score : 5.