Sometimes its own innovation can become overbearing, as in a certain section about midway through that largely seems like padding, in hindsight. RomeroвЂ™s zombie canon in the context of Blair Witch-esque вЂfound footageвЂ™, and that what BalaguerГі and Plaza exceed at in both films is handling familiar ideas in engaging and exhilarating ways.ДЄre there problems with it? Yes, but nothing too vast to overcome. What such critics havenвЂ™t noticed is that wasnвЂ™t particularly original either, using the conventions of George A. Under lesser direction, it might have been so. With both of these and an obvious homage to John CarpenterвЂ™s The Thing in a brief scene, you might say that this was unoriginal. Owen actually interacts with one of the zombies. Because put simply, rocks.Along the way, it accumulates a massive thematic debt to The Exorcist, most obvious in a scene where Dr. The open ending leaves room for a further sequel, and if they can pull it off as an ending rather than a springboard to another bloated franchise, itвЂ™ll be something very special, indeed. This must be the first film you can compare to Aliens that actually deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence with it. 2 is lean and brutal without ever forsaking intelligence or sense, and it doesnвЂ™t skimp on twists and scares either. You can be as atheistic as you like, but the fact is zombies arenвЂ™t real either.Д«esides which, itвЂ™s all handled very well. I fully expect a backlash from that, but it seems to me that most of the backlash to the film itself is a protest against the supernatural elements. On balance, 2 isnвЂ™t as scary as its predecessor, but itвЂ™s just as exhilarating, and I actually prefer it to the original. You wonвЂ™t be bored for a millisecond as BalaguerГі and Plaza rattle through the necessarily brief running time by ramping up the stakes and masterfully telling a strong horror story. My willing suspension of disbelief was profound enough for me to overlook most of these problems, mostly because the film is so relentlessly exciting. This never bothered me as much as it might have. It allows for some picture-in-picture split screen action, if and when our heroes are separated, but also gives way to what some have said turns the film into a first-person shooter, as our perspective now has to accommodate a readied weapon too. Cloverfield still has the gold star for circumventing this problem in the character of Hud, who was always present even when he was вЂdocumentingвЂ™.ДЄlso into the mix comes the helmet cameras of the SWAT team as our way in to the scenes. Like Pablo before him, he defers largely to those we can actually see. Owen, played with paranoia and fervour by Jonathan Mellor, but otherwise we get four comparatively indistinct SWAT guys and a number of other more annoying characters in that midsection.Д¬rucially, thereвЂ™s a recurring problem from the first film, in that Rosso, our lead cameraman for this run around, doesnвЂ™t contribute much as a character. I also missed the well-rounded characters of the first film, as such character development largely falls by the wayside to the mythology.

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