Review of Sinister 2 (2015) by Leon B — 08 Apr 2016

Review:

Although I quite enjoyed the first movie, I found it hard to get into this one. The creepy twins, Zach (Dartanian Sloan) and Dylan (Robert Daniel Sloan), didn't seem that surprised with all of the extremely weird episodes that were happening in the house and the director made a right mess of the storyline, which didn't seem to flow properly. The dark theme and airy scenes, did bring some intensity to the movie but it takes ages to get going and I personally lost interest after a while. The ex-deputy (James Ransone), who is investigating the brutal murder of a famous author and his family, doesn't help the flow of the movie and while he is piecing together the evidence about the murders, the kids father is trying to get custody of his kids, from his ex-wife Courtney Collins (Shannyn Sossamon), who put in an average performance. By the time the whole story came together at the end, I really didn't know what the hell was going on but I was glad that it was over. The unheard of actors and poor script, made this feel like your everyday "straight to DVD" type of movie but the first movie was a big hit, so this sequel made a hefty profit at the box office, even though it didn't deserve to. After watching it twice, just in case I missed something really interesting, I was still disappointed, so it has to get the thumbs down from me. Disappointing!

Round-Up:

Although I haven't seen James Ransone, 36, before, he did star in 12 episodes of the Wire, Inside Man with Denzel Washington, The Next Three Days with Russell Crowe, The Son of No One, the first Sinister, Oldboy, Empire State and Broken City, and he has also made appearances in various TV series like Treme, Hawaii Five-0, Law & Order etc, but I personally don't remember his face in any of those movies, so he obviously didn't make a big impact. Anyway, the movie was directed by Ciaran Foy, who made Citadel in 2012. I can honestly say that I didn't like what he done with this sequel and the whole, "kids seeing dead people" theme, just didn't work for me.

Budget: $10million.

Worldwide Gross: $53million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their horror/mystery/thrillers starring James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan, Lea Coco and John Beasley. 2/10.