IT: Chapter Two (2019)
Horror
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Director: Andy Muschietti. (15)
Rating: 3/5
Synopsis
Twenty-seven years after the murderous clown It nearly devoured them, the now grown up ‘Losers’ of 1990’s Derry in the state of Maine have moved out of their home town and forgotten about the horrors of their youth.
When a series of disappearances and deaths occur, the adult Mike (Isaiah Mustafa) reassembles the ‘Losers’ to defeat the monster he knows has returned after 27 years of sleep.
Review by @Reelreviewer
In for a Pennywise, in for a pound for director Muschietti who returns to the poor, misbegotten town of Derry in Maine for more murderous clown-creature on the loose 'larks'.
Larks is a good word to describe the action in this sequel, for woven into the rather disturbing and increasingly crazed imagery, are some ghoulish - sometimes inappropriate - jokes.
Inappropriate because what follows or has just preceded are scenes of worrying viciousness or perversity.
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This is an odd film - not too scary to be a horror and not too funny to be a comedy. It uncomfortably straddles both, but helping it along are some A grade performances from the adult and child cast members with a devilishly demonic turn from Bill Skarsgard as flesh-hungry clown Pennywise.
For more, read the full review here
Cast & credits
Director: Andy Muschietti. 2hrs 49mins/169mins. KatzSmith Productions/Lin Pictures/New Line Cinema/Rideback/Vertigo Entertainment/Warner Bros. (15)
Producers: Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Barbara Muschietti.
Writer: Gary Dauberman.
Camera: Checco Varese.
Music: Benjamin Wallfisch.
Sets: Paul D. Austerberry.
Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Martell, Wyatt Oleff, Jack Dylan Grazer, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor.
