At this point Beck is a downright supervillain because no cage can hold him. He escapes the mental hospital during a fire he possibly started and finally gets the hell out of the southwest opting to flee to the Atlanta area. While holed up in a gigantic Victorian style mansion a new family moves in so he’s gotta figure something else out. But before he leaves he sees that it’s a mother and teenage daughter who’ve taken up residence and he does his usual creepy ogling and fantasizing. The daughter, Alex (Grace Patterson), has an undiagnosed heart condition so when she passes out one night alone Beck anonymously calls an ambulance saving her life. Later at the hospital he sneaks in to hear Alex needs a nurse at home to take care of her while she waits for a heart transplant donor. Miraculously once again, Beck stumbles across an in. While posing as the new nurse he searches for his own unwitting donor so he can give Alex a new heart.
What’s really interesting about this one is the core story involving
Alex and her heart is strong enough that it could be a separate movie all by
itself. You see Alex has a rare blood
type so the chances of her finding a donor in time are reduced greatly giving
the situation a dire kick in the pants. There’s
tons of drama and tension between Alex and her mother trying to navigate this
shit plus Alex’s father died from the same condition so it’s like they’re living
that nightmare all over again. I don’t
know if this exact scenario has been done before but someone should get on it. There’s a real good film idea in here. But then the silly part is they throw a
monkey wrench into the works with Beck and his insane bullshit.
Overall this sequel is one of the better ones not only due
to the respectable surrounding plot but also because it’s a scary notion when
you find out the person you hired to take care of your loved one in your own
home turns out to be a murdering pedophile.
It’s like a twist on The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. So it’s a more believable story than say the
last sequel while giving the right amount of goofiness we’ve come to expect. For example Beck kidnaps a dude to remove his
heart to give to Alex but he escapes and immediately gets run over by a semi. Perfect.
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