I love the creativity of Ghostface. In the costume, he's almost a superhero. His phone calls with Roger's voice are stuff of legend. But I just can't stomach the people without the mask.
Immersion goes out the window in the final act. I won't reveal the identity of Ghostface but it was easily predictable, cliche, and it really doesn't fit the Ghostface brutality. In this iteration, Ghostface is a menacing being and cutthroat.
My favourite and most memorable moment was "it's an honor." It's all downhill from there and it quickly spirals into forgotten elements. I'm dreading the next sequel because this really feels like they've gone as deep as they can go with this series.
As much as I appreciate inclusion of new cast and connection of characters, it just feels a little too far fetched to have so many relatives of legacy characters here. Gale's line to Sam about Sidney being "the original" felt over the top.
Amongst the new young cast, no one shines better than Ortega (Tara) and Gooding (Chad). Arquette was the only one to reprise his role and seemingly care to put on a performance.
Scream 5, which is what it should be titled, has self-awareness and includes this aspect in the story that this requel -- not quite a reboot, not quite a sequel. Mindy, the niece of Randy Meeks, has a lot of her uncle in her and describes the killer's need to re-create Stab 8 which is also just called "Stab".
Needless to say, although a new generation may find themselves identifying with the younger cast and trends in the film, the franchise is declining and has reached its limit.
I'll give this a 3/10 because of the mid-film "honor" scene. However, there's a lot left to be desired. There were some miscues and ridiculous moments that left me confused such as no staff being in the hospital and in the finale, one of the heroes forcing the villain to catch on fire using a burner on the oven.
If it wasn't for some fine acting chops of Arquette, epic chills out of Roger Jackson and Oscar-worthy performance out of Ortega, this would be one of the worst films of the genre. Easily, however, it's the worst of the series so far -- that may change depending on the next chapter.
Scream 6 may not get as much attention as this one did, and if this film is any indication, it won't prove to be better quality than those that came before it.
Immersion goes out the window in the final act. I won't reveal the identity of Ghostface but it was easily predictable, cliche, and it really doesn't fit the Ghostface brutality. In this iteration, Ghostface is a menacing being and cutthroat.
My favourite and most memorable moment was "it's an honor." It's all downhill from there and it quickly spirals into forgotten elements. I'm dreading the next sequel because this really feels like they've gone as deep as they can go with this series.
As much as I appreciate inclusion of new cast and connection of characters, it just feels a little too far fetched to have so many relatives of legacy characters here. Gale's line to Sam about Sidney being "the original" felt over the top.
Amongst the new young cast, no one shines better than Ortega (Tara) and Gooding (Chad). Arquette was the only one to reprise his role and seemingly care to put on a performance.
Scream 5, which is what it should be titled, has self-awareness and includes this aspect in the story that this requel -- not quite a reboot, not quite a sequel. Mindy, the niece of Randy Meeks, has a lot of her uncle in her and describes the killer's need to re-create Stab 8 which is also just called "Stab".
Needless to say, although a new generation may find themselves identifying with the younger cast and trends in the film, the franchise is declining and has reached its limit.
I'll give this a 3/10 because of the mid-film "honor" scene. However, there's a lot left to be desired. There were some miscues and ridiculous moments that left me confused such as no staff being in the hospital and in the finale, one of the heroes forcing the villain to catch on fire using a burner on the oven.
If it wasn't for some fine acting chops of Arquette, epic chills out of Roger Jackson and Oscar-worthy performance out of Ortega, this would be one of the worst films of the genre. Easily, however, it's the worst of the series so far -- that may change depending on the next chapter.
Scream 6 may not get as much attention as this one did, and if this film is any indication, it won't prove to be better quality than those that came before it.