Jeepers Creepers 2 (Special Edition)
by Victor Salva
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Actor: Eric Nenninger, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Jonathan Breck, Nicki Aycox, Ray WiseDirector: Victor Salva
Brand: BRECK,JONATHAN
Writer: Victor Salva
Producer: Bobby Rock
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Kirk D'Amico
Producer: Lucas Foster
Producer: Philip von Alvensleben
Producer: Tom Luse
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Jeepers Creepers 2 (Special Edition)
Movie Review: One Of Those Rare Movies That Surpasses A Ten-Out-Of-Ten
Summary: 5 Stars
As great as the first "Jeepers Creepers" was - among the best horror movies of 2001, no forget that: among the best Movies of 2001 - "Jeepers Creepers 2" surpasses it, bloody near blows it out of the water in some respects, giving us what has to be among the top ten or so monster movies of all time.
Picking up just days after the events of its predecessor, during the same 23-day reign of terror the ghastly, winged Creeper embarks on once every twenty-three years, it captivates from the opening frames right through to the end. Centering on the Creeper's crippling of a bus full of high school athletes, cheerleaders (putting cheerleaders in a movie is almost never a bad thing) and school staff on a remote stretch of highway and the subsequent reign of horror, the movie is first rate all the way. Incredible special effects (on par with "Lord Of The Rings", "Freddy Vs. Jason" and the most advanced "Star Wars" effects), solid, believable characterization - often based on the camera angle of a single facial expression as much as on dialogue and actions - and sursprisingly complex inter-character relationships established within a very short time, making maximum use of every minute of screen time; award-worthy cinematography - for example, the Creeper soaring over the moonlit cornfields, a scene that combines the terrifying with the magnificent to perfection. The acting is top-notch, among the best ensemble casts of 2003 (a year that saw a plethora of great performances hit the big and small screens); I admittedly know little about the other work of the cast members - I saw Ray Wise in "Dead End" (a great horror-mystery with Alexandra Holden, one of my personal favorites), but I don't think I've seen any of the others in anything else; Garikayi Mutambirwa, Nicki Aycock and Billy Aaron Brown are especially impressive. Aycock plays a girl who, as the bus passes through the territory of the Creeper, unexpectedly develops psychic powers, including the ability to communicate with the ghosts of previous victims of the monster. The fact that it's never explained how this happened but is made clear how it never happened to her before is preferable to an overexplanation; it's like just being in the mere vicinity of the Creeper can mix up the normal flow of reality, resulting in all kinds of strange phenomenon; ones which defy easy, rational explanations.
The smallest detail is looked after - the lighting captures the beautiful countryside the bus travels through perfectly; the strange weapons of the Creeper are detailed and dead-on realistic; the musical score hits all the right notes (no pun intended). The one potential misstep is the conclusion, which may limit the number of paths a sequel could take; then again, maybe the filmmakers knew exactly what they were doing and already have the path planned out for the next chapter. Personally, I'd like to see the next couple be prequels (I think somebody said something about an actual prequel set in the Old West, which I think could be excellent, but that might have just been rumor) and not have the next actual sequel come out until 2024, 23 years to the day after Jeepers 1 was unleashed. The surviving characters from the first two, bring back played by the same performers. It'd be a long time to wait (despite a couple of prequels in the meantime) but think of the anticipation!
I'd be remiss in not pointing out one last observance: this is one where, like in the "Dawn Of the Dead" remake, you see the extreme horrors bringing out the best in some characters and the worst in others. Not to give anything away (this is another of those "in the first twenty-five minutes" disclaimers) but Ray Wise's character, in the very beginning is not very likable at all, but a short while later, in one of those extended facial shots I talked about earlier, you can see every regret he's ever had written across his motionless face. Now That's what happens when great acting combines with great atmosphere. "Jeepers Creepers 2" succeeds on some many levels it's astonishinng.
Summary of Jeepers Creepers 2 (Special Edition)
A stranded school bus of high school students are terrorized by an ancient creature.Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 3-AUG-2004
Media Type: DVD
Despite the usual symptoms of sequelitis, Jeepers Creepers 2 delivers the goods for those who enjoyed the 2001 original--a group large enough to propel this sequel to a record-setting opening in August 2003. While establishing the flesh-eating "Creeper" as a new horror icon with frantic action and more elaborate special effects, writer-director Victor Salva follows the traditional formula, dispensing with plot almost altogether and focusing entirely on threat, menace, mayhem, and gore. That's likely to disappoint horror fans hoping for a more revealing exploration of the Creeper's origins (room for another sequel, perhaps?), and by trapping nondescript teens in a school bus attacked by the Creeper, Salva severely limits the movie's overall potential. Still, there's something to be said for straightforward shocks, and Jeepers Creepers 2 delivers enough of them to justify its profitable existence. --Jeff Shannon
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