Review of Halloween II (2009) by Robertoiglesias — 14 Oct 2018

In my opinion, Halloween II (2009) has a great story that begins like the original Halloween II (1981) and then becomes its own story. Laurie is now a recovering and to me, likable character who becomes crazier throughout the film, but is maintaining herself. I think it makes her a stronger character who I can just root for. Loomis is a douche who struggles and Malcolm McDowell's acting makes this character more intriguing. The Brackett's are more developed and are amazing to me. The supporting characters aren't as well developed, but are enjoyable like Mya and Harley (Laurie's new friends). The hallucination scenes got a bit out of control, but I found them interesting. The violence is amazing, people should stop complaining about violence in this film, it's ridiculous. The ending is one of my favorite parts, with Loomis' death from Michael causing his brain exposed (irony I guess) and Laurie killing Michael and staying alive which I enjoy. It also opened up opportunities for sequels, and this film made me want a Halloween 3 remake. Overall, this film is pretty good and interesting to me.

Turns out, I was actually complaining about the Director's Cut of this film (3.5/10 for me). This review talks about the Theatrical Cut (the cut I like). The Director's Cut to me sucks with Laurie and Loomis being awful people, and the ending being a disappointment with Loomis' and Michael's deaths being lame (plus Michael says "Die!") and not being special, and Laurie being shot by the police, killing her. The Director's Cut's ending annoys me (also, it tries to cram the Halloween remakes in a nutshell and make them vanish), and let me down as opposed to the Theatrical Cut's ending.