Sonuvabitch, they open up the film with some yadda yadda bullshit about how Dr. Al Beck was acquitted of all charges from the events of the previous installments. Turns out the kidnapping, torture, assault, stealing of a corpse, attempted murder, actual murder (I guess no one found the body since it was dissolved in acid), attempted rape, fleeing the scene of a crime, evading the police, it was a misunderstanding. Who knew? And forget that he was in prison at the end of the last film. Whatever, he’s now a college professor in Arizona teaching cardiology. Meanwhile Sophie from the first movie decides to enact revenge by confronting Beck head on at the school. She puts up flyers denouncing him as a pervert and getting over a thousand students to sign a petition to have him removed. Of course Sophie’s not wrong in her accusations because we were all there with her to witness the crimes Beck committed. But Beck’s boss and one student in particular, Melissa (Anna Marie Dobbins), come to his defense. Sophie orchestrates a series of attacks while Beck and Melissa’s relationship become more intense.
This sequel is certainly more entertaining than the last one
but it’s also way dumber. Here are a couple
of examples. To show Sophie’s turned
dark and ruthless they give her bangs, dark eye shadow, dark lipstick, she sports
a black leather jacket, Doc Martens and scowls a helluva lot. Her car’s black too. Beck’s been a maniac from the get go but his psychosis
gets worse with each film. In this one
he sees and talks to a version of himself, his conscience I think, dressed in Hawaiian
shirts sipping tropical cocktails. Different
shirt, different drink each time. And at
one point he fantasizes about doing a full on song and dance routine with
Melissa that’s an homage/rip off of La La Land. Definitely the worst and most jarring section
of the whole series to date.
Additionally, Sophie’s grand scheme is comically overly
complicated but that’s part and parcel to this type of thriller. It also becomes painfully obvious about a
third of the way through what the twist ending will be but don’t worry I’ll
keep it a secret in case you decide to dive into this universe.
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