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• Jeff "

  
  This film offers nothing new, and plays out like a case of been there done that. The result is a bad film with a poor script and a low budget vibe. This film relies more on the gore elements this time around, and focuses less on the story, not that it matters because when it does, it… More
  This film offers nothing new, and plays out like a case of been there done that. The result is a bad film with a poor script and a low budget vibe. This film relies more on the gore elements this time around, and focuses less on the story, not that it matters because when it does, it navigates familiar territory that becomes predictable. The film suffers greatly due to its bad cast and poorly written script. The film is a pointless unnecessary sequel. I've thrown that term around quite a bit in describing horror sequels, but this is true with The Rage. I thought the film was bad with little substance. The film tends to play more on the gore effects. Director Katt Shea is more focused on grossing out the audience than scaring it. Considering that this is a sequel to a horror classic, you'd think that they would make it good. Unfortunately the result is a film that misses the mark and is a victim of its own conception because of the fact that it relies on gore and other assorted special effects. If more attention would have been given to its story, then the film might have been better, but it's not to be. The film has a high body count and if you love gore, you may enjoy this film. But to those whore are expecting a film like Carrie, you'll be sadly disappointed. The Rage plays out like a gore fest with slasher film elements due to a high body count. Nothing original is at work here, thus fans of the classic film will find this film pointless, stupid and a slap in the face of the original.

• Alexander D

  
  It's no wonder fans of the 1976 Stephen King movie CARRIE are scratching there heads about this film. Besides the fact that Rachel Lang is supposedly Carrie White's half-sister; and Sue Snell, one of the main bullies in the original film, has now ironically become the… More
  It's no wonder fans of the 1976 Stephen King movie CARRIE are scratching there heads about this film. Besides the fact that Rachel Lang is supposedly Carrie White's half-sister; and Sue Snell, one of the main bullies in the original film, has now ironically become the school's guidance counselor (still portrayed by Amy Irving); THE RAGE virtually has nothing in common with CARRIE. In fact, the title is <i>very</i> misleading. If this were to be even remotely better, somebody could have simply suggested changing the title to something like, "Rachel: The Rage", and <i>billing</i> it as "the follow-up to CARRIE." As a whole, CARRIE was a prom film, with a horrific twist. Does THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 even hint at the possibility of a prom being held? Of course not! That's what bad sequels are for, anyway. And this is supposed to be a supernatural horror film, like the original, because Rachel <i>also</i> has telekinetic powers (what next, a film in which we discover that their common father has telekinesis, and that it was genetic to begin with?). There's the scenes that show the supernatural side (i.e. a scene early on after Lisa commits suicide, and because of this, Rachel becomes mentally frustrated, causing every locker in the school to fly open), but the "horror" of it all is never revealed. So really, this is just like a science fiction film. The music was part of what gave nightmares to many people who watched CARRIE. Why does it come across as surprising that there is one solid theme in the beginning, and the rest is just a bunch of rock tunes composed by Danny B. Harvey (whoever he is)? Who finds rock music scary, anyway? Overall, THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 is dreadfully underwhelming. There is nothing horrific about it, and it is just an unsuccessful homage to the 1976 classic. Do not waste your time with it.

• Coxxie M

  
  yea so ive never heard of Emily Bergl but apparently thats the girl who played Carrie. and well i saw this a few times when i was little and it scared me cause id never seen violence before, but that doesnt mean its that good... one good scene tho: she telepathically squeezes this… More
  yea so ive never heard of Emily Bergl but apparently thats the girl who played Carrie. and well i saw this a few times when i was little and it scared me cause id never seen violence before, but that doesnt mean its that good... one good scene tho: she telepathically squeezes this chicks eyes til they bleed out of her head and then that girl accidentally blows off the balls of that kid from Home Improvement (not J.T.T.) with like a harpoon or something. yea that kicked some ass

• Lafe F

  
  A 90's sequel to "Carrie" with a new girl Rachel (Emily Bergl), another girl with telekinetic powers, sruggling to fit in with her peers. It's a sad story. The final massacre of the classmates is spectacular. Amy Irving makes a great appearance, as the only… More
  A 90's sequel to "Carrie" with a new girl Rachel (Emily Bergl), another girl with telekinetic powers, sruggling to fit in with her peers. It's a sad story. The final massacre of the classmates is spectacular. Amy Irving makes a great appearance, as the only survivor from the first movie. I found this movie too sad.

• Dean M

  
  Really shocking than the original 1976 movie in the scene of when Rachel's (Emily Bergl) temper's crossed it triggers a powder-keg of anger and unleashes special powers that can turn a fun, house party into a mad-house inferno.

• Jason S

  
  This wasn't all that good and just barley qualifies as a sequel.

• Steve B

  
  Shame on Amy Irving, coming back for this one.

• Cameron J

  
  Oh, the rage, the horrible rage! No, this film isn't horrible, but wow, it is most certainly not good. By the ways, it's been 25 years, is Carrie still angry? We may never know, because this film isn't even about Carrie White, which is why they put the would-be… More
  Oh, the rage, the horrible rage! No, this film isn't horrible, but wow, it is most certainly not good. By the ways, it's been 25 years, is Carrie still angry? We may never know, because this film isn't even about Carrie White, which is why they put the would-be subtitle, "The Rage", before "Carrie 2". Clearly, they're tacking on the "Carrie" title for the sake of success, but that evidently didn't turn out all that well, because where "Carrie" was "all the rage" (Get it?), this film just pumped people full of rage, or at least pumped rage into most of the handful of people who actually saw it. Wow, Katt Shea just can't catch a break, because "Poison Ivy" couldn't even make back $3 million, though it's not like anyone cares, because I can think of plenty of people who would say that "Poison Ivy" didn't deserve $3 million, just like I can think of plenty of people who would say that this film didn't deserve the $1.8 million that "Poison Ivy" actually ended up with. I, however, won't go that far, as I didn't hate the film, though I'm still a little glad that this film underperformed at the box office, because even with this film not being bad, the biggest reason why it goes saved is simply because it's just too bland too bad, which isn't to say that blandness stands alone as this film's savior, because although there's very little to compliment with this mess of a film, what strengths there are still stand. In final execution, there's really not too much to the story, yet the overall premise concept really isn't too shabby, being definately not too commendable, yet decent enough to create a moderate degree of immediate intrigue. True, what immediate intrigue there is remains rather lacking, yet it is there, and pronounced just enough to nearly save the film as decent, and when the immediate intrigue goes intensifed by what director Katt Shea does, in fact, do moderately right, the film picks up, with the final act particularly biting as, well, actually pretty tense. True, no part in the film gets to be as effective as "Carrie" got to be, with this film being primarily much more bland than its predecessor, yet, if nothing else, the final act does actually thrill a bit, thanks largely to its brutality, because when things go down and heads begin to roll, the film delivers on unexpectedly hardcore gore, complimented by some pretty sharp effects, thus supplementing the sense of consequence that would be nothing without what Shea does do right, or, for that matter, leading lady Emily Bergl. Surprisingly, no performance is bad, yet nearly everyone is simply mediocre, with Bergl herself being given only so much to do, but Bergl is consistently decent in her portrayal of the Rachel Lang character's awkwardness and anguish, and as material begins to rise for her, she delivers on emotional range that may not be too impressive, but is still better than this film probably deserves, as it would have defined the lead as an engaging one, were it not for the undercutting mediocrity. Of course, that being said, it is, in fact, the mediocrity that helps the most in saving this film, for although the final product is too bland for its own good, ambition is felt enough for the film to actually be a little bit charming. If this film does nothing else better than "Carrie", than it is the dismissal of slowness, for although this film does deserve to be more engaging, its charm makes it all but pretty entertaining, and with there being only so much to really criticise and a reasonable bit to compliment, the final product goes nearly saved as actually decent. However, in the long run, what is wrong with the film is consistent just enough for this promising project to fall flat as, albeit barely mediocre, but mediocre nevertheless, undercutting what it does do right with what it slips up on, while the script finds itself with nothing to undercut, as it really doesn't have much to compliment. True, Lawrence D. Cohen's script for "Carrie" wasn't exactly top-notch, and Rafael Moreu's screenplay for this film really isn't all that much of a tremendous disaster, yet at the same time, there's little to compliment about Moreu's script, but quite a bit to criticise, for although faults in dialogue and set pieces are very few and far between, they still stand, with the cheesiness that the dialogue and set piece faults only supplement keeping consistent. The film isn't cornier than a well-bred chicken's diet, as I was expecting it to be, yet it is consistently, well, to be frank, kind of lame, pulling atmospheric tricks and plaguing the dialogue and set pieces with mostly immense blandness that leaves the film feeling helpless, if not a touch desperately manipulative. What further supplements the film's manipulativeness is Moreu's really going overboard in his playing to audience expectations, in that he plagues this film, from begining to end, with cliche, upon cliche, upon cliche, driving the film into one trope after another, until the final product collapses into an eye-roll worthy level of predictability that slows down momentum tremendously, or at least it would, were it not for the fact that this film really has no momentum to begin with. When I said that the film doesn't pick up until the final act, woah boy, I wasn't kidding, because where "Carrie" moves a bit too steadily for its own good, for almost the entirety of this film, absolutely nothing happens, and this film is actually longer than the already pretty do-little "Carrie". There is just so much excessive filler and very little exposition, thus rendering the film hopelessly unfocused, dragging its feet from one point to another aimlessly, and sometimes even in circles, because even with there being nearly nothing going on, this film still finds time to get pretty repetitious, if not just plain borderline monotonous. Again, the film isn't boring, or even all that dull, being no unwatchable experience, yet still one that is just so very bland and draggy, with not much else to keep it going other than a mild degree of intrigue and an actually pretty fair bit of ambition. Of course, with that said, while the ambition saves this film from mediocrity by gracing the final product with pretty pronounced charm, the ambition actually assists in the film's ultimate downfall as a mediocre misfire, as it shows you all of the areas in which this film could have succeeded and all of the areas in which this film slips up, and while the film slips up in only so many areas, it steps up even less frequently, blandly dragging along until it falls as nearly likable, but not likable enough, just mediocre. Bottom line, the high points that are within the premise create a degree of immediate intrigue, intensified by a decent lead performance by Emily Bergl, as well as by what is, in fact, done reasonably well by director Katt Shea, whether it be the admittedly pretty thrillingly gory final act or enough amibtion to grace this film with consistent charm and, by extension, a moderate degree of entertainment value, yet not enough to drown out the cheesy spots and immeasurable slew of cliches that slow down the film's momentum, which is already made nearly nonexistant by the repetitious, when not do-nothing plot that tremendously supplements the immense blandness, further pronounced by Shea's undercut overambition, that leaves "The Rage: Carrie 2" to fall flat as, albeit borderline likable, but still too mediocre to be all that worth watching. 2/5 - Mediocre

• Matthew Y

  
  Way better than its deplorable reputation, The Rage: Carrie 2 suffers from its terrible title, direct-to-DVD visual quality and absolutely miserable special effects. Despite all this I was very impressed with the main story as well as the performances by the two leads. Unlike in the… More
  Way better than its deplorable reputation, The Rage: Carrie 2 suffers from its terrible title, direct-to-DVD visual quality and absolutely miserable special effects. Despite all this I was very impressed with the main story as well as the performances by the two leads. Unlike in the original Carrie the lead girl in this, Lisa, is not so much picked on as simply ignored. A social outcast her only friend commits suicide (graphically leaping from the school roof in the films best gory sequence) after learning that the boy she lost her virginity to only slept with her because the "jocks" and "popular" kids were having a contest where you score points by nailing the least attractive or least popular girls in school. Most of the students respond disgustingly to the tragedy because after all "she wasn't anybody" but one student Jesse Ryan is terribly disturbed by the girls death. He begins talking to Lisa and forms a friendship that eventually leads to a romantic relationship despite being one of the "cool kids" and Lisa being just a "nobody". The "prank" in this film that brings on Lisa's telepathic rage (Oh yah she's Carrie's half-sister...don't ask) is that the students invite her to a party and then lie telling her that Jesse was only with her to score points in their contest. This deception that ruins what was a sincere chemistry between Lisa and Jesse adds another layer of depth and heartbreak to the films bloody conclusion. Again The Rage certainly has more to offer than its terrible reputation would lead you to believe but choppy, forced connections to the original and the awful budget limited F/X bog down the production.

• Sylvester K

  
  To be honest, this young adult horror film aint half bad, I enjoyed the special effect quite a lot. Acting isn't fantastic but it's not too bad. It payed homage to the first film which is really good. It's more about sexual manipulation and humiliation in this not… More
  To be honest, this young adult horror film aint half bad, I enjoyed the special effect quite a lot. Acting isn't fantastic but it's not too bad. It payed homage to the first film which is really good. It's more about sexual manipulation and humiliation in this not entirely related sequel, Emily Bergl was great.

• Leo L

  
  Good!

• Nicky M

  
  The final massacre scene was great. The rest was ok but lots of loopholes to connect this to the original.

• paganchild1979 p

  
  For a sequel - not that bad. Though when your first watching it - your thinking it has nothing to do with Carrie. But it all comes out.

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