Although the plot is a bit of
a rehash of the first film, this is still a hilarious, must - see sequel for all wolfpack fans.
While Freddy's Revenge isn't really in keeping with the first film in the nature of Freddy, whose powers seem to now come with the house, it still has an interesting premise and at least takes a direction that makes it less of
a rehash of the first film than other slasher film sequels have been.
2049 isn't at all
a rehash of the first film.
Higher production values are the only asset in this sequel that plays out more like
a rehash of the first film.
More over, by placing much of the action in the midst of a naval battle, the film offers a new location so these sequences don't seem like
rehashes of the first film.
Not exact matches
However, the
film still
rehashes the voodoo synopsis
of the
first two and the deus ex machine with Tyler (Jeremy Sylvers) as the new vessel for Chucky's soul is an otiose excuse for disavowing continuity.
There's a tedium to the sort
of repetition that merely
rehashes and recycles the same wink - wink barbs that worked the
first time around — but also a relatable, even pitiable humanity in the
film's desperation to be liked.
Everything that made the
first film so much fun is still here and done in a way that doesn't feel like a simple
rehash of the
first movie.
But the characters in «Sin City: A Dame to Kill For» are mostly the same, the situations basically a
rehash of the bullets, blood and beatdowns
of the
first film.
Dante does have a bit
of fun satirizing movie sequels as well as the original «Gremlins» with some clever references that are sprinkled throughout, but despite trying to avoid
rehashing the events
of the
first film, «The New Batch» feels oddly familiar.
Let me clarify,
rehashes the
first film and completely dismisses the second
film in a 2 - 5 minute sequence that gives the audience only a glimpse
of Karl Urban as Vaako.
After having peddled the beauty
of his native continent to American TV viewers (and before becoming a spokesman for Subaru), Paul Hogan
rehashed a number
of old movie plots in the
first Crocodile Dundee
film, which he co-wrote and starred in.
While the
first film was surprisingly warm and endearing, the sequel did nothing more than badly
rehash the events and themes
of the original but it omits most
of the elements that allowed Pie to succeed.
Comedy sequels have been facing a bad stigma ever since The Hangover 2: audiences are understandably jaded that a second chapter is going to
rehash much
of the exact same humor and gags as the
first film.
Blade Runner 2049 is a perfect sequel because it is not a
rehashed telling
of the
first film's story.
Perhaps its best that Predators keeps its ambitions humble, but a dearth
of inspiration makes this fifth Predator
film dangerously close to a
rehash of the
first.
The movie wasn't a great sequel; it felt like Iron Man 2 but with a stronger villain, basically
rehashing the same internal issues
of distrust and despair in the
first film.
the amazing
film wasn't a
rehash of the
first raimi
films.
It's also nice to know that the
film isn't just a
rehashing of Raimi's
first movie, but rather a whole new story with new characters in an otherwise familiar setting, and if the early buzz from the
film's world premiere at last month's SXSW festival is any indication, Fede Alvarez's remake / reboot / sequel (whatever you want to call it) has everything horror fans could possibly want — namely, the gooey red stuff, and plenty
of it.
In the
first film Nicole Kidman's villainess was a bleached
rehash of Cruella De Ville or Morticia — and it was far from her...