An average movie

Even though I really enjoyed the original ‘Scream’ (I even saw it in the movie theater when it was released. Yes, I’m that old…), I didn’t care for any of the sequels. However, since this one turned out to be fairly successful when it was released and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I was hardly impressed by the end-result after all. Sure, there were a couple of nice ideas such as the fact that the victim at the beginning actually survived through the whole duration. I also liked the idea that the main character was the illegitimate child of Billy Loomis. However, the fact that Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega both headlined the next instalment slightly ruined these ideas because, well, it was pretty obvious that none of them would die and it was fairly certain that neither of them was one of the killers either. Anyway, what bothered me the most was that they tried too much to be clever with all this meta stuff. Still, the cast was really cool, I especially enjoyed Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega who were both so charismatic (especially Barrera, such a shame that she pretty much derailed her career with some political statements) and the legacy cast was really game as well. The other thing that bothered me was that the 3rd act was rather underwhelming mostly because the two killers were just too random. Above all, it was especially lame because Amber (played by Mikey Madison) was only 1.60 meters and there was no way such a small girl could be this tall freakishly strong Ghostface killer. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn’t really impress me, I have to admit that it was still a decent watch though, probably even the best sequel so far in this franchise and it is actually worth a look, especially if you really like the genre.